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Thin-Walled Structures

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0263-8231eISSN1879-3223

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.734

H-Indexi

147

SNIPi

1.965

Total Worksi

11,537

Total Citationsi

291,413

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Thin-Walled Structures concentrates specifically on structures in which problems arise due to the thinness of the walls. The published papers aim to foster the development of research in structural engineering, buckling, finite element method, composite material, and boundary value problem.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, <Apr. 1997- >

StatusActive

Total Publications11,537

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0263-8231 / 1879-3223

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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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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

601

23k

2019

725

26k

2020

734

22k

2021

959

25k

2022

948

21k

2023

1.2k

19k

2024

1.4k

8.6k

2025

991

939

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.

Building and ConstructionQ1

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ1

Mechanical EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, CivilEngineering, MechanicalMechanics

Scopus Categories

Building and ConstructionMechanical EngineeringCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisComposite Structure Analysis and OptimizationStructural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteStructural Analysis and OptimizationCellular and Composite Structures

Frequently asked questions about Thin-Walled Structures

Is Thin-Walled Structures a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Thin-Walled Structures: 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 Thin-Walled Structures?

Thin-Walled Structures 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 6.46.

Is Thin-Walled Structures indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Thin-Walled Structures is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.