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Strength, Fracture and Complexity

SAGE Publications Ltd · Netherlands · Est. 1977

ISSN1567-2069eISSN1875-9262

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.128

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.172

Total Worksi

330

Total Citationsi

970

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Characterization, Testing; Condensed Matter Physics; Mechanical Engineering; Mechanics of Materials.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 10 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications330

Publisher OrgIOS Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

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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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1567-2069 / 1875-9262

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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

102

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2021

2022

2023

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 PhysicsQ4

Mechanical EngineeringQ4

Mechanics of MaterialsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Characterization, Testing

Scopus Categories

Condensed Matter PhysicsMechanics of MaterialsMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fatigue and fracture mechanicsHigh Temperature Alloys and CreepNumerical methods in engineeringMaterial Properties and Failure MechanismsHigh-Velocity Impact and Material BehaviorMechanical Behavior of CompositesRock Mechanics and ModelingHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsUltrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation

Frequently asked questions about Strength, Fracture and Complexity

Is Strength, Fracture and Complexity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Strength, Fracture and Complexity: 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 Strength, Fracture and Complexity?

Strength, Fracture and Complexity 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 0.14.

Is Strength, Fracture and Complexity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Strength, Fracture and Complexity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Strength, Fracture and Complexity?