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Journal of Applied Mechanics

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) · United States

ISSN0021-8936eISSN1528-9036

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.655

H-Indexi

319

SNIPi

0.918

Total Worksi

15,880

Total Citationsi

676,577

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mechanics; Condensed Matter Physics; Mechanical Engineering; Mechanics of Materials.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, 2001-

StatusActive

Total Publications15,880

Publisher OrgASM International

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0021-8936 / 1528-9036

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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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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?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

161

2.6k

2019

147

2020

124

1.6k

2021

114

1.1k

2022

153

1.4k

2023

100

461

2024

133

331

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ2

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Mechanics of MaterialsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mechanics

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsMechanics of MaterialsMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Composite Structure Analysis and OptimizationVibration and Dynamic AnalysisStructural Analysis and OptimizationNumerical methods in engineeringDynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Applied Mechanics

Is Journal of Applied Mechanics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Applied Mechanics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Applied Mechanics?

Journal of Applied Mechanics is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.09.

Is Journal of Applied Mechanics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Applied Mechanics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Applied Mechanics?