New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Mechanics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Physics of Fluids16364
2 Applied Thermal Engineering12108
3 International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5221
4 Energy Conversion and Management5154
5 Nonlinear Dynamics5069
6 Journal of Fluid Mechanics4898
7 International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer4817
8 Thin-Walled Structures4709
9 Composite Structures4028
10 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences3583
11 Thermal Science and Engineering Progress3340
12 Engineering Fracture Mechanics3050
13 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering3044
14 Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation2873
15 Applied Mathematical Modelling2242
16 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures2220
17 Journal of Sound and Vibration2106
18 Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics2063
19 Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies1980
20 International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics1845
21 Journal of Vibration and Control1783
22 International Journal of Solids and Structures1736
23 Acta Mechanica1472
24 ZAMM-Zeitschrift fuer angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik1469
25 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids1383
26 International Journal of Multiphase Flow1335
27 European Journal of Mechanics A-Solids1328
28 Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines1295
29 International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow1201
30 Mechanics of Solids1181
31 International Journal of Impact Engineering1155
32 Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics1121
33 Computers & Fluids1108
34 International Journal of Plasticity1098
35 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics1084
36 Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization1078
37 Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-Applications1002
38 Mechanics of Materials1001
39 Acta Mechanica Sinica941
40 Archive of Applied Mechanics936
41 Journal of Statistical Mechanics-Theory and Experiment919
42 Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics800
43 International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics796
44 Experiments in Fluids784
45 International Journal of Thermophysics744
46 International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow717
47 Journal of Fluids and Structures697
48 Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology689
49 Fluid Dynamics665
50 Engineering Computations641
51 European Journal of Mechanics B-Fluids620
52 Computational Mechanics613
53 Extreme Mechanics Letters604
54 Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids599
55 Mechanics Research Communications569
56 Heat Transfer Engineering558
- Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics558
58 Meccanica543
59 Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics540
60 Shock and Vibration537
61 Wave Motion515
62 International Journal of Applied Mechanics509
63 Finite Elements in Analysis and Design482
64 Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics475
65 Applied Mathematics and Mechanics-English Edition474
66 Journal of Nonlinear Science472
67 Experimental Mechanics470
68 Heat and Mass Transfer462
69 Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica449
70 Numerical Heat Transfer Part B-Fundamentals440
71 International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids436
- International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics436
73 Flow Turbulence and Combustion433
74 Journal of Applied Mechanics-Transactions of the Asme430
75 Granular Matter411
76 Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics409
77 Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis408
78 Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics394
79 Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics379
80 Journal of Composites for Construction351
81 International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design342
82 Multibody System Dynamics341
83 Journal of Hydrodynamics340
84 Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials331
85 Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics327
86 Journal of Rheology324
87 Mechanics of Composite Materials322
88 Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures320
89 Experimental Techniques312
90 Journal of Adhesion310
91 Journal of Porous Media309
92 Journal of Elasticity305
93 Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics290
94 International Journal of Fracture282
95 Journal of Thermal Stresses278
96 Comptes Rendus Mecanique254
97 Nonlinear Analysis-Modelling and Control247
98 Physical Mesomechanics245
99 Mechanika243
100 Journal of Vibration and Acoustics-Transactions of the Asme236
101 Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics233
102 Journal of Engineering Thermophysics230
103 Rheologica Acta226
104 International Journal of Damage Mechanics222
105 Environmental Fluid Mechanics220
106 Regular & Chaotic Dynamics216
107 Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics193
108 Fluid Dynamics Research183
109 Shock Waves180
110 Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures179
111 Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics168
112 Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics166
- Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures166
114 Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design160
115 International Journal of Aeroacoustics159
116 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part K-Journal of Multi-Body Dynamics157
117 Mechanics & Industry151
118 Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi132
- Korea-Australia Rheology Journal132
120 International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics103
121 Journal of Turbulence101
122 Magnetohydrodynamics88
123 Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics85
124 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics83
- Image Analysis & Stereology83
126 International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation66
127 Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics47
128 Applied Mechanics Reviews45
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