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Best Mechanics of Materials journals

402 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Mechanics of Materials. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Materials 56.9 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 International Materials Reviews 47.3 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Advanced Materials 42 99th Q1 SCIE No
4 Progress in Aerospace Sciences 34.8 99th Q1 SCIE No
5 Journal of Materials Science and Technology 29.9 98th Q1 SCIE No
6 Materials Today 27 98th Q1 SCIE No
7 Nano Materials Science 25.2 98th Q1 ESCI Yes
8 Journal of Magnesium and Alloys 24.8 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 Biomaterials 24.7 97th Q1 SCIE No
10 Composites Part B: Engineering 24.2 97th Q1 SCIE No
11 Cleaner Materials 23.4 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
12 SmartMat 22.7 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
13 International Journal of Plasticity 21.9 96th Q1 SCIE No
14 Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports 21.3 96th Q1 SCIE No
15 Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering 18.3 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
16 npj Computational Materials 17.4 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 16.1 95th Q1 SCIE No
18 Materials Horizons 15.3 95th Q1 SCIE No
19 Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 14.8 95th Q1 SCIE No
20 International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials 13.8 95th Q1 SCIE No
21 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 13.7 94th Q1 SCIE No
22 npj 2D Materials and Applications 13.6 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
23 Materials Science and Engineering: A 13.4 94th Q1 SCIE No
24 International Journal of Fatigue 13.2 94th Q1 SCIE No
25 Journal of Building Engineering 13.1 93th Q1 SCIE No
26 Tribology International 13.1 93th Q1 SCIE No
27 Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 13 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
28 Materials and Design 12.6 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
29 Composites Part C: Open Access 12.2 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
30 Composites Communications 12.1 92th Q1 SCIE No
31 Mechanism and Machine Theory 12 92th Q1 SCIE No
32 Polymer Degradation and Stability 11.8 92th Q1 SCIE No
33 International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture 11.7 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
34 Advanced Materials Technologies 11.7 91th Q1 SCIE No
35 Scripta Materialia 11.6 91th Q1 SCIE No
36 International Journal of Impact Engineering 11.4 91th Q1 SCIE No
37 Dental Materials 10.9 91th Q1 SCIE No
38 Journal of Alloys and Compounds 10.7 90th Q1 SCIE No
39 Materials Research Bulletin 10.7 90th Q1 SCIE No
40 Advances in Geo-Energy Research 10.6 90th Q1 ESCI No
41 Communications Materials 10.5 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
42 Wear 10.4 89th Q1 SCIE No
43 Structural Control and Health Monitoring 10.3 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
44 Journal of Sound and Vibration 10.2 89th Q1 SCIE No
45 Marine Structures 10.2 89th Q1 SCIE No
46 Hybrid Advances 10.1 88th Q1 Yes
47 International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials 10.1 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
48 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 10.1 88th Q1 SCIE No
49 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 10 88th Q1 SCIE No
50 Advanced Materials Interfaces 9.6 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
51 Measurement: Sensors 9.6 87th Q1 Yes
52 International Journal of Geo-Engineering 9.5 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
53 Materials Technology 9.5 87th Q1 SCIE No
54 Materials and Manufacturing Processes 9.2 86th Q1 SCIE No
55 International Journal of Modelling and Simulation 9.1 86th Q1 ESCI No
56 Materials Characterization 9.1 86th Q1 SCIE No
57 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 9 86th Q1 No
58 International Journal of Engineering Science 8.9 85th Q1 SCIE No
59 Advances in Manufacturing 8.8 85th Q1 SCIE No
60 Engineering Fracture Mechanics 8.8 85th Q1 SCIE No
61 Additive Manufacturing Letters 8.7 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
62 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 8.7 84th Q1 SCIE No
63 International Journal of Rail Transportation 8.6 84th Q1 SCIE No
64 Synthetic Metals 8.6 84th Q1 SCIE No
65 Advanced Powder Technology 8.5 84th Q1 SCIE No
66 Forces in Mechanics 8.5 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
67 Intermetallics 8.5 83th Q1 SCIE No
68 International Journal of Damage Mechanics 8.5 83th Q1 SCIE No
69 International Journal of Pavement Engineering 8.5 83th Q1 SCIE No
70 European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids 8.4 82th Q1 SCIE No
71 Materials Science and Engineering: B 8.4 82th Q1 SCIE No
72 Extreme Mechanics Letters 8.3 82th Q1 SCIE No
73 Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 8.2 82th Q1 SCIE No
74 International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 8.1 81th Q1 SCIE No
75 Journal of Composites for Construction 8.1 81th Q1 SCIE No
76 Journal of Constructional Steel Research 8.1 81th Q1 SCIE No
77 2D Materials 8 81th Q1 SCIE No
78 Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) 8 81th Q1 SCIE No
79 Journal of Mechanical Design 7.9 80th Q1 SCIE No
80 Metals and Materials International 7.9 80th Q1 SCIE No
81 Journal of Structural Engineering 7.5 80th Q1 SCIE No
82 Nanocomposites 7.5 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
83 Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines 7.5 79th Q1 SCIE No
84 Mechanics of Materials 7.5 79th Q1 SCIE No
85 Fibers 7.3 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
86 Materials Today Communications 7.3 79th Q1 SCIE No
87 International Journal of Solids and Structures 7.2 78th Q1 SCIE No
88 Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials 7.2 78th Q1 SCIE No
89 Journal of Advanced Joining Processes 7.1 78th Q1 ESCI Yes
90 Journal of Materials Science 7 78th Q1 SCIE No
91 International Journal of Structural Integrity 7 77th Q1 ESCI No
92 Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 6.8 77th Q1 SCIE No
93 Journal of Fluid Mechanics 6.8 77th Q1 SCIE No
94 Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control 6.8 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
95 Journal of Adhesion 6.8 76th Q1 SCIE No
96 International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology 6.7 76th Q1 ESCI No
97 Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 6.7 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
98 Computers, Materials and Continua 6.6 76th Q1 SCIE No
99 Boletin de la Sociedad Espanola de Ceramica y Vidrio 6.6 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
100 International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 6.6 75th Q1 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Mechanics of Materials Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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