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Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 0334-8938Verify ISSN ↗2191-0243Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanics of Materials | 151 / 408 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | 98 / 256 | 61st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present (also 1997), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.9.
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials is Q2 in Mechanics of Materials (rank 151 of 408) and Q2 in Materials Science (miscellaneous) (rank 98 of 256), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 63rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.449, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 23.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$848 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its print ISSN is 0334-8938 and its online ISSN is 2191-0243.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials has an h-index of 34 and a 2-year mean of 2.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #182 of 376 Scopus journals in Mechanics of Materials.
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials published 55 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 83. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 97 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from India (30.8%), Iraq (16.2%) and Indonesia (7.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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