Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Mechanics of Materials journal rankings 2025
124 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanics of Materials has 124 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.80, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.05 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.33. The highest-scoring journal with a stable rank is International Journal of Mining Science and Technology: its likely rank is within the top 3.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Engineering (16)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering595
- Mechanical Engineering366
- Biomedical Engineering349
- Civil and Structural Engineering268
- Aerospace Engineering141
- Control and Systems Engineering135
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics98
- Building and Construction88
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering84
- Ocean Engineering71
- Automotive Engineering42
124 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2016 to 2025. A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #2 of 124International Journal of Mining Science and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.35Q1 | 14.26 1.20 up from 2024 | 339 | 100% | $0 listed | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #5 of 124Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 3.99Q1 | 16.00 0.50 up from 2024 | 32 | 15% | — | ||
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #5 of 124Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentOAElsevier BV · China | 3.29Q1 | 11.50 2.57 up from 2024 | 354 | 100% | $0 listed | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 4; likely between #3 and #6 of 124Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical EngineeringOAElsevier BV · China | 3.00Q1 | 8.38 0.76 down from 2024 | 973 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 5; likely between #3 and #7 of 124International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining SciencesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.88Q1 | 8.69 0.56 up from 2024 | 720 | 29% | $4,110 | ||
Rank 6; likely between #4 and #8 of 124International Journal of Coal Science & TechnologyOASpringer International Publishing · China | 2.69Q1 | 10.13 0.94 up from 2024 | 266 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 7; likely between #4 and #15 of 124Geohazard MechanicsOAElsevier BV | 2.43Q1 | 6.30 1.99 up from 2024 | 62 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 8; likely between #7 and #11 of 124Rock Mechanics and Rock EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 2.25Q1 | 7.18 0.44 up from 2024 | 1,578 | 15% | $3,990 | ||
Rank 9; likely between #8 and #12 of 124Composites Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 10.12 0.08 up from 2024 | 1,419 | 20% | $4,610 | ||
Rank 10; likely between #9 and #14 of 124Composite StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.07Q1 | 7.95 0.60 up from 2024 | 2,985 | 26% | $4,660 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 11; likely between #7 and #24 of 124Natural Gas Industry BOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.06Q1 | 5.23 2.20 down from 2024 | 157 | 100% | $0 listed | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 12; likely between #7 and #22 of 124Rock Mechanics BulletinOAElsevier BV | 2.06Q1 | 7.29 0.17 up from 2024 | 93 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 13; likely between #7 and #18 of 124ADVANCES IN GEO-ENERGY RESEARCHOAAustralia | 2.04Q1 | 7.46 0.39 up from 2024 | 242 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 14; likely between #8 and #20 of 124International Journal of Coal GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.97Q1 | 7.48 1.59 up from 2024 | 386 | 27% | $4,090 | ||
Rank 15; likely between #11 and #16 of 124Composites Part A Applied Science and ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 8.59 0.69 down from 2024 | 1,574 | 30% | $4,480 | ||
Rank 16; likely between #11 and #19 of 124Petroleum ScienceOAElsevier BV · China | 1.90Q1 | 6.20 0.63 up from 2024 | 858 | 100% | $0 listed | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 17; likely between #12 and #24 of 124Defence TechnologyOAElsevier BV · China | 1.82Q1 | 6.08 0.92 up from 2024 | 598 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 18; likely between #15 and #21 of 124Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the EnvironmentSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.78Q1 | 5.02 0.58 up from 2024 | 1,454 | 8% | $3,990 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 19; likely between #16 and #22 of 124International Journal of FatigueElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 7.12 0.10 up from 2024 | 1,704 | 29% | $3,940 | ||
Rank 20; likely between #16 and #28 of 124NDT & E InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.65Q1 | 6.20 1.41 up from 2024 | 520 | 35% | $4,440 | ||
Rank 21; likely between #19 and #28 of 124Applied Mathematical ModellingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.61Q1 | 5.76 0.22 up from 2024 | 1,532 | 20% | $4,510 | ||
Rank 22; likely between #16 and #31 of 124Composites Part C Open AccessOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.61Q1 | 6.66 0.33 down from 2024 | 314 | 100% | $2,400 | ||
Rank 23; likely between #20 and #28 of 124Engineering Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.61Q1 | 6.27 0.73 up from 2024 | 2,016 | 21% | $4,120 | ||
Rank 24; likely between #20 and #28 of 124Theoretical and Applied Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 5.99 0.28 up from 2024 | 1,383 | 16% | $3,730 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 25; likely between #19 and #29 of 124Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-ResourcesOASpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.59Q1 | 5.66 1.28 up from 2024 | 541 | 100% | $3,890 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 26; likely between #14 and #32 of 124Engineering With ComputersSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.58Q1 | 4.24 0.90 down from 2024 | 541 | 44% | $2,190 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 27; likely between #17 and #32 of 124Energy GeoscienceOAElsevier BV · China | 1.56Q1 | 5.56 2.10 up from 2024 | 225 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 28; likely between #24 and #31 of 124Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of SolidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.48Q1 | 6.49 0.49 up from 2024 | 924 | 52% | $4,220 | ||
Rank 29; likely between #15 and #40 of 124Quantitative InfraRed Thermography JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.48Q1 | 4.76 0.51 down from 2024 | 61 | 28% | — | ||
Rank 30; likely between #17 and #39 of 124Deep Underground Science and EngineeringOAWiley | 1.45Q1 | 4.90 0.14 down from 2024 | 117 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 31; likely between #29 and #35 of 124Marine and Petroleum GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.33Q1 | 3.79no change | 1,405 | 25% | $3,440 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 32; likely between #26 and #39 of 124Computational MechanicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.32Q2 | 4.67 0.66 up from 2024 | 460 | 55% | $3,990 | ||
Rank 33; likely between #28 and #42 of 124FirePhysChemOAElsevier BV · China | 1.27Q2 | 4.32 0.49 up from 2024 | 144 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 34; likely between #23 and #51 of 124Unconventional ResourcesOAElsevier BV · China | 1.24Q2 | 5.38 1.72 up from 2024 | 116 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 35; likely between #30 and #41 of 124UltrasonicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.23Q2 | 5.00 0.38 up from 2024 | 708 | 32% | $3,680 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 36; likely between #32 and #42 of 124European Journal of Mechanics - A/SolidsElsevier BV · France | 1.19Q2 | 4.88 0.65 up from 2024 | 824 | 35% | $4,040 | ||
Rank 37; likely between #30 and #48 of 124Energetic Materials FrontiersOAElsevier BV · China | 1.18Q2 | 3.53 0.44 up from 2024 | 146 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 38; likely between #31 and #45 of 124International Journal of Engineering ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 5.33 0.46 down from 2024 | 289 | 43% | $4,980 | ||
Rank 39; likely between #35 and #45 of 124International Journal of Solids and StructuresElsevier BV · United States | 1.12Q2 | 4.54 0.74 up from 2024 | 1,149 | 38% | $3,790 | ||
Rank 40; likely between #33 and #51 of 124Forces in MechanicsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 4.74 0.33 up from 2024 | 199 | 100% | $2,050 | ||
Rank 41; likely between #33 and #53 of 124Mechanics of Time-Dependent MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.08Q2 | 4.38 1.87 up from 2024 | 228 | 15% | $4,190 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 42; likely between #35 and #50 of 124Energy Science & EngineeringOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.07Q2 | 4.16 0.09 up from 2024 | 908 | 100% | $2,780 | ||
Rank 43; likely between #38 and #49 of 124Mechanics of MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.06Q2 | 4.23 0.03 up from 2024 | 682 | 27% | $3,850 | ||
Rank 44; likely between #39 and #55 of 124International Journal for Numerical Methods in EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 1.00Q2 | 3.44 0.53 up from 2024 | 659 | 48% | $4,250 | ||
Rank 45; likely between #41 and #53 of 124Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic SpectroscopyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.00Q2 | 3.63 0.25 down from 2024 | 485 | 32% | $3,530 | ||
Rank 46; likely between #41 and #53 of 124International Journal of Adhesion and AdhesivesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.99Q2 | 4.15 0.38 up from 2024 | 633 | 24% | $3,760 | ||
Rank 47; likely between #32 and #72 of 124Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex SystemsOAMathematical Sciences Publishers · United States | 0.98Q2 | 4.71 3.15 up from 2024 | 61 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 48; likely between #40 and #58 of 124Nondestructive Testing And EvaluationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.97Q2 | 4.66 0.15 up from 2024 | 490 | 5% | — | ||
Rank 49; likely between #40 and #60 of 124AAPG BulletinAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists · United States | 0.97Q2 | 2.79 0.06 up from 2024 | 259 | 19% | — | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 50; likely between #38 and #61 of 124Finite Elements in Analysis and DesignElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.96Q2 | 3.51 0.32 up from 2024 | 261 | 42% | $2,990 |
14 Mechanics of Materials journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
- 1Natural Gas Industry BOAElsevier BV · Netherlands+85% vs groupOJR 1.27 → 2.06range +35% to +154%
- 2Mechanics of Time-Dependent MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands+78% vs groupOJR 0.69 → 1.08range +31% to +141%
- 3International Journal of Mining Science and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands+32% vs groupOJR 3.73 → 4.35range +12% to +56%
- 4Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transactions of Mechanical EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Iran+42% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.59range +10% to +84%
- 5Composite StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom+16% vs groupOJR 2.02 → 2.06range +9.9% to +23%
- 6Carbonates and EvaporitesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany+36% vs groupOJR 0.52 → 0.63range +8.1% to +70%
- 7Mechanics of Advanced Materials and StructuresTaylor & Francis · United States+22% vs groupOJR 0.76 → 0.82range +7.9% to +37%
- 8Petroleum ScienceOAElsevier BV · China+22% vs groupOJR 1.76 → 1.90range +5.7% to +41%
- 9Acta MechanicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria+21% vs groupOJR 0.79 → 0.85range +4.4% to +41%
- 10Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentOAElsevier BV · China+27% vs groupOJR 2.94 → 3.29range +3.8% to +55%
- 11Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-ResourcesOASpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland+23% vs groupOJR 1.47 → 1.59range +2.2% to +47%
- 12UltrasonicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom+20% vs groupOJR 1.16 → 1.23range +1.2% to +42%
- 13Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the EnvironmentSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany+11% vs groupOJR 1.82 → 1.78range +0.9% to +23%
- 14Theoretical and Applied Fracture MechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom+11% vs groupOJR 1.64 → 1.60range +0.3% to +22%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -62% to +166% (ratio scale)
15 Mechanics of Materials journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1Combustion Explosion and Shock WavesPleiades Publishing · Netherlands-58% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.17range -70% to -42%
- 2Egyptian Journal of PetroleumOAElsevier BV · Egypt-47% vs groupOJR 1.20 → 0.56range -65% to -20%
- 3Mechanics of Composite MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States-36% vs groupOJR 0.72 → 0.41range -50% to -18%
- 4Journal of Reinforced Plastics and CompositesSAGE Publishing · United States-35% vs groupOJR 1.12 → 0.64range -50% to -16%
- 5Journal of Energetic MaterialsTaylor & Francis · United States-36% vs groupOJR 0.82 → 0.46range -51% to -15%
- 6International Journal of Applied MechanicsWorld Scientific · United Kingdom-30% vs groupOJR 0.90 → 0.55range -43% to -14%
- 7Mathematics and Mechanics of SolidsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom-32% vs groupOJR 0.71 → 0.43range -47% to -14%
- 8Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & StructuresWiley · United Kingdom-25% vs groupOJR 1.27 → 0.84range -34% to -14%
- 9Organic GeochemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom-25% vs groupOJR 1.05 → 0.70range -38% to -8.5%
- 10GeofluidsOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom-18% vs groupOJR 0.61 → 0.45range -26% to -8.2%
- 11LithosphereOAGeological Society of America · United States-27% vs groupOJR 0.92 → 0.59range -42% to -8.1%
- 12AAPG BulletinAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists · United States-26% vs groupOJR 1.49 → 0.97range -41% to -8.1%
- 13Marine and Petroleum GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom-14% vs groupOJR 1.75 → 1.33range -20% to -6.4%
- 14Journal of Thermal StressesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom-25% vs groupOJR 1.01 → 0.67range -40% to -5.8%
- 15Engineering With ComputersSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom-24% vs groupOJR 2.34 → 1.58range -39% to -4.2%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -72% to +253% (ratio scale)
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanics of Materials highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering595
- Mechanical Engineering366
- Biomedical Engineering349
- Civil and Structural Engineering268
- Aerospace Engineering141
- Control and Systems Engineering135
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics98
- Building and Construction88
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering84
- Ocean Engineering71
- Automotive Engineering42
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality23
- Media Technology21
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated
Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
5 additional Mechanics of Materials journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 124
- Window papers (baseline)
- 111,140 +1.5% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 0.80 -10.6% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 14
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 78 | 81 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 91 | 96 | 101 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 110 | 108 | 115 | 117 | 121 | 124 | 126 | 123 | 123 | 121 | 123 | 122 | 121 | 126 | 124 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 41,039 | 46,235 | 51,243 | 57,208 | 61,654 | 67,090 | 72,297 | 77,433 | 83,476 | 89,782 | 95,236 | 100,355 | 106,668 | 110,219 | 112,431 | 110,199 | 106,266 | 99,874 | 95,912 | 96,897 | 101,761 | 106,369 | 109,525 | 109,615 | 109,306 | 111,140 | |
| Median OJR | 0.70 | 0.83 | 0.964 | 0.97 | 0.986 | 0.977 | 1.01 | 0.985 | 0.978 | 0.895 | 1.03 | 1.12 | 1.061 | 1.05 | 1.060 | 1.09 | 1.04 | 0.965 | 0.93 | 0.8976 | 0.910 | 0.912 | 0.8984 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.80 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.