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Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Annual Reviews Inc. · United States · Est. 1968

ISSN1545-4479

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

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

8.258

H-Index

317

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

11.377

Total Works

1,406

Total Citations

338,723

2yr Mean Citedness

13.05

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Aims & Scope

The Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics covers the significant developments in the field of fluid mechanics, including history and foundations; non-newtonian fluids and rheology; incompressible and compressible fluids; plasma flow; stability of flow; multi-phase flows; mixing and transport of heat and species; control of fluid flow; combustion; turbulence; shock waves and explosions.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1968

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,406

Publisher OrgAnnual Reviews

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewEditorial Committee review and/or external reviewer

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

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7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Annual Reviews Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1545-4479

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Editorial Committee review and/or external reviewer

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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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

MechanicsPhysics, Fluids & Plasmas

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter Physics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsWind and Air Flow StudiesComputational Physics and Python ApplicationsFluid Dynamics and Vibration AnalysisFluid Dynamics and Heat TransferParticle Dynamics in Fluid FlowsRheology and Fluid Dynamics StudiesLattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies