International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

The International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (IJMS) is an international forum for the publication and dissemination of original work which contributes to greater scientific understanding of the main disciplines underpinning the mechanical, civil and material engineering sciences. Original contributions providing insight into the use of analytical, computational (e.g. FEM, BEM, mesh-free methods and others) modelling methods for rigid-body mechanics (e.g. dynamics, vibration, stability), structural mechanics, metal forming, behaviour and application of advanced materials (metals, composite, cellular, smart etc.), impact mechanics, strain localization and other effects of nonlinearity (e.g. large deflections, plasticity, fracture etc.), fluid mechanics (external and internal flows), tribology, thermodynamics and materials processing generally form the core of the journal contents. The International Journal of Mechanical Sciences does not accept for publication material which quite specifically belongs with other established specialist journals. Papers whose concern is primarily with mathematical or computational techniques, developed within a general framework and not aimed at any specific engineering application, are not requested. Similarly, papers whose content is purely descriptive or empirical and which do not make any scientific contribution, will not be considered. Comparison with experiments/tests conducted by the authors or others to validate the main contribution of the paper are strongly encouraged, however design-based studies, based on established formulae and methods, are outside our scope and should not be submitted to the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Aerospace Engineering	2022	Q1
Aerospace Engineering	2023	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2022	Q1
Applied Mathematics	2023	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	1999	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2000	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2001	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2002	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2003	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2004	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2005	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2006	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2007	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2008	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2009	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2010	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2011	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2012	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2013	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2014	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2015	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2016	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2017	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2018	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2019	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2020	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2021	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2022	Q1
Civil and Structural Engineering	2023	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	1999	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2000	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2001	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2002	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2003	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2004	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2005	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2006	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2007	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2008	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2009	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2010	Q2
Condensed Matter Physics	2011	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2012	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2013	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2014	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2015	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2016	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2017	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2018	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2019	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2020	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2021	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2022	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2023	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2004	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2005	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2006	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2007	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2010	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2015	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2018	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2019	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2023	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	1999	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2000	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2001	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2002	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2003	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2004	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2005	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2006	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2007	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2008	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2009	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2010	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2011	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2012	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2013	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2014	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2015	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2016	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2017	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2018	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2019	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2020	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2021	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2022	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2023	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	1999	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2000	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2001	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2002	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2003	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2004	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2005	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2006	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2007	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2008	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2009	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2010	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2011	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2012	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2013	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2014	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2015	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2016	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2017	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2018	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2019	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2020	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2021	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2022	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2023	Q1
Ocean Engineering	2022	Q1
Ocean Engineering	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.997
2000	1.100
2001	1.118
2002	1.374
2003	0.994
2004	1.222
2005	1.291
2006	1.105
2007	0.993
2008	1.090
2009	0.930
2010	0.964
2011	1.076
2012	1.103
2013	1.273
2014	1.366
2015	1.337
2016	1.377
2017	1.595
2018	1.471
2019	1.458
2020	1.330
2021	1.538
2022	1.532
2023	1.650

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	82
2000	130
2001	157
2002	139
2003	110
2004	101
2005	105
2006	134
2007	117
2008	149
2009	85
2010	171
2011	105
2012	161
2013	225
2014	273
2015	291
2016	342
2017	511
2018	567
2019	602
2020	621
2021	633
2022	659
2023	723

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.774
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.931
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	1.050
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.256
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.142
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.381
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.511
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.600
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.487
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.746
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.875
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.872
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.098
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	2.176
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	2.759
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	2.850
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	3.183
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	3.445
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	3.931
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	4.304
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	5.016
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	5.252
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	6.218
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	7.108
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	7.914
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.774
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.923
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.086
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.192
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.117
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.335
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.405
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.388
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.640
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.610
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.818
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.960
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	2.114
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.741
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.807
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	3.021
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	3.364
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	3.869
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	4.399
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	5.130
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	5.290
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	6.327
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	7.226
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	8.134
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.747
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.966
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.939
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.143
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.084
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.968
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.948
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.189
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.289
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.406
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.519
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.607
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.719
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	2.007
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.575
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	2.484
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.847
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	3.133
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	3.739
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	4.458
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	5.023
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	5.198
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	6.334
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	7.399
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	8.015

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	22
Self Cites	2000	29
Self Cites	2001	38
Self Cites	2002	53
Self Cites	2003	26
Self Cites	2004	34
Self Cites	2005	30
Self Cites	2006	29
Self Cites	2007	14
Self Cites	2008	33
Self Cites	2009	25
Self Cites	2010	34
Self Cites	2011	41
Self Cites	2012	50
Self Cites	2013	88
Self Cites	2014	145
Self Cites	2015	261
Self Cites	2016	360
Self Cites	2017	457
Self Cites	2018	538
Self Cites	2019	843
Self Cites	2020	989
Self Cites	2021	1527
Self Cites	2022	1821
Self Cites	2023	2387
Total Cites	1999	216
Total Cites	2000	251
Total Cites	2001	330
Total Cites	2002	440
Total Cites	2003	476
Total Cites	2004	542
Total Cites	2005	450
Total Cites	2006	444
Total Cites	2007	472
Total Cites	2008	584
Total Cites	2009	644
Total Cites	2010	638
Total Cites	2011	794
Total Cites	2012	763
Total Cites	2013	1198
Total Cites	2014	1378
Total Cites	2015	1991
Total Cites	2016	2654
Total Cites	2017	3505
Total Cites	2018	5032
Total Cites	2019	7284
Total Cites	2020	8888
Total Cites	2021	11325
Total Cites	2022	13411
Total Cites	2023	15560

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.695
External Cites per document	2000	0.816
External Cites per document	2001	0.961
External Cites per document	2002	1.049
External Cites per document	2003	1.056
External Cites per document	2004	1.251
External Cites per document	2005	1.200
External Cites per document	2006	1.313
External Cites per document	2007	1.347
External Cites per document	2008	1.548
External Cites per document	2009	1.548
External Cites per document	2010	1.721
External Cites per document	2011	1.859
External Cites per document	2012	1.975
External Cites per document	2013	2.540
External Cites per document	2014	2.511
External Cites per document	2015	2.625
External Cites per document	2016	2.907
External Cites per document	2017	3.364
External Cites per document	2018	3.928
External Cites per document	2019	4.536
External Cites per document	2020	4.702
External Cites per document	2021	5.474
External Cites per document	2022	6.245
External Cites per document	2023	6.886
Cites per document	1999	0.774
Cites per document	2000	0.923
Cites per document	2001	1.086
Cites per document	2002	1.192
Cites per document	2003	1.117
Cites per document	2004	1.335
Cites per document	2005	1.286
Cites per document	2006	1.405
Cites per document	2007	1.388
Cites per document	2008	1.640
Cites per document	2009	1.610
Cites per document	2010	1.818
Cites per document	2011	1.960
Cites per document	2012	2.114
Cites per document	2013	2.741
Cites per document	2014	2.807
Cites per document	2015	3.021
Cites per document	2016	3.364
Cites per document	2017	3.869
Cites per document	2018	4.399
Cites per document	2019	5.130
Cites per document	2020	5.290
Cites per document	2021	6.327
Cites per document	2022	7.226
Cites per document	2023	8.134

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	21.95
2000	17.69
2001	22.93
2002	28.78
2003	20.00
2004	23.76
2005	20.00
2006	19.40
2007	18.80
2008	21.48
2009	18.82
2010	21.64
2011	20.00
2012	25.47
2013	25.33
2014	23.44
2015	25.09
2016	27.19
2017	26.03
2018	29.98
2019	30.73
2020	31.24
2021	29.70
2022	25.95
2023	25.73

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	1
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	1
Non-citable documents	2003	4
Non-citable documents	2004	5
Non-citable documents	2005	4
Non-citable documents	2006	5
Non-citable documents	2007	6
Non-citable documents	2008	8
Non-citable documents	2009	9
Non-citable documents	2010	7
Non-citable documents	2011	10
Non-citable documents	2012	5
Non-citable documents	2013	8
Non-citable documents	2014	7
Non-citable documents	2015	9
Non-citable documents	2016	7
Non-citable documents	2017	3
Non-citable documents	2018	4
Non-citable documents	2019	6
Non-citable documents	2020	6
Non-citable documents	2021	4
Non-citable documents	2022	3
Non-citable documents	2023	5
Citable documents	1999	278
Citable documents	2000	272
Citable documents	2001	304
Citable documents	2002	368
Citable documents	2003	422
Citable documents	2004	401
Citable documents	2005	346
Citable documents	2006	311
Citable documents	2007	334
Citable documents	2008	348
Citable documents	2009	391
Citable documents	2010	344
Citable documents	2011	395
Citable documents	2012	356
Citable documents	2013	429
Citable documents	2014	484
Citable documents	2015	650
Citable documents	2016	782
Citable documents	2017	903
Citable documents	2018	1140
Citable documents	2019	1414
Citable documents	2020	1674
Citable documents	2021	1786
Citable documents	2022	1853
Citable documents	2023	1908

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	167
Uncited documents	2000	158
Uncited documents	2001	164
Uncited documents	2002	167
Uncited documents	2003	200
Uncited documents	2004	193
Uncited documents	2005	151
Uncited documents	2006	125
Uncited documents	2007	155
Uncited documents	2008	132
Uncited documents	2009	139
Uncited documents	2010	119
Uncited documents	2011	126
Uncited documents	2012	97
Uncited documents	2013	111
Uncited documents	2014	127
Uncited documents	2015	133
Uncited documents	2016	143
Uncited documents	2017	111
Uncited documents	2018	158
Uncited documents	2019	137
Uncited documents	2020	146
Uncited documents	2021	96
Uncited documents	2022	76
Uncited documents	2023	61
Cited documents	1999	112
Cited documents	2000	114
Cited documents	2001	140
Cited documents	2002	202
Cited documents	2003	226
Cited documents	2004	213
Cited documents	2005	199
Cited documents	2006	191
Cited documents	2007	185
Cited documents	2008	224
Cited documents	2009	261
Cited documents	2010	232
Cited documents	2011	279
Cited documents	2012	264
Cited documents	2013	326
Cited documents	2014	364
Cited documents	2015	526
Cited documents	2016	646
Cited documents	2017	795
Cited documents	2018	986
Cited documents	2019	1283
Cited documents	2020	1534
Cited documents	2021	1694
Cited documents	2022	1780
Cited documents	2023	1852