Fluids

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2000

ISSN2311-5521eISSN2311-5521

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.406

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.913

Total Worksi

2,579

Total Citationsi

20,931

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mechanics; Physics, Fluids & Plasmas; Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes; Mechanical Engineering; Condensed Matter Physics.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,579

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

e-Helvetica Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2311-5521 / 2311-5521

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

e-Helvetica Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

207

2.9k

2019

263

3.5k

2020

468

2021

386

3.4k

2022

321

2.3k

2023

300

1.3k

2024

336

857

2025

200

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.

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesQ2

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

MechanicsPhysics, Fluids & Plasmas

Scopus Categories

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesCondensed Matter PhysicsMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsFluid Dynamics and Vibration AnalysisWind and Air Flow StudiesLattice Boltzmann Simulation StudiesComputational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsFluid Dynamics and Heat TransferAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics ResearchNanofluid Flow and Heat TransferHeat Transfer MechanismsFluid Dynamics and Mixing

Frequently asked questions about Fluids

Is Fluids a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fluids: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Fluids?

Fluids 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 2.00.

Is Fluids indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fluids is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Fluids?