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Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0013-7944eISSN1873-7315

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.255

H-Index

201

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.576

Total Works

15,476

Total Citations

424,086

2yr Mean Citedness

5.31

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Engineering Fracture Mechanics welcomes contributions addressing fracture-related problems across different length and time scales, under both operational and extreme loading and environmental conditions. The journal covers a broad range of topics in fracture mechanics to be of interest and use to both researchers and practitioners, including the fracture behavior of conventional engineering materials.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Frequency18 No. A Year, <1991->

StatusActive

Total Publications15,476

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

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Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0013-7944 / 1873-7315

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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Publication & Citation Trend

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SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Mechanical EngineeringQ1

Mechanics of MaterialsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mechanics

Scopus Categories

Mechanics of MaterialsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Mechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fatigue and fracture mechanicsNumerical methods in engineeringMechanical Behavior of CompositesRock Mechanics and ModelingHigh-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior