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Shock Waves

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1991

ISSN1432-2153

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

280

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 225d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.487

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.865

Total Worksi

2,501

Total Citationsi

41,382

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Shock Waves is dedicated to presenting and discussing new findings in fields associated with shock and detonation phenomena. Caters to physicists, engineers, and applied mathematicians working on theoretical, experimental, or numerical issues. Provides insight into fundamental aspects of techniques relevant to diverse research communities. Publishes research papers, review articles, short notes, and comments on previously published papers.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,501

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1432-2153

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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?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

704

2019

619

2020

825

2021

318

2022

220

2023

159

2024

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.

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mechanics

Scopus Categories

Mechanical EngineeringPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Combustion and Detonation ProcessesComputational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsGas Dynamics and Kinetic TheoryFluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEnergetic Materials and CombustionLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsPlasma and Flow Control in AerodynamicsStructural Response to Dynamic LoadsFire dynamics and safety researchParticle Dynamics in Fluid Flows

Frequently asked questions about Shock Waves

Is Shock Waves a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Shock Waves: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Shock Waves?

Shock Waves 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 1.71.

Is Shock Waves indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Shock Waves is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.