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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

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

6.119

H-Indexi

317

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

11.377

Total Worksi

1,406

Total Citationsi

338,723

2yr Mean Citednessi

13.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

5.5k

2019

2.6k

2020

3.5k

2021

2.3k

2022

2023

643

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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Is Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics?

Annual Review of Fluid 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 13.05.

Is Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.