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Best Computational Mechanics journals

97 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Computational Mechanics. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 25 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 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 13.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Journal of Computational Design and Engineering 12.3 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 npj Urban Sustainability 11.9 97th Q1 SSCI – Yes
4 SAE International Journal of Vehicle Dynamics, Stability, and NVH 11.6 96th Q1 ESCI – No
5 Defence Technology 11 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Railway Engineering Science 9.8 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
7 International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow 9.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
8 Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing 9.4 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
9 International Journal of Damage Mechanics 8.5 91st Q1 SCIE – No
10 Intelligent Service Robotics 8.2 90th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics 7.9 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
12 Computational Mechanics 7.7 88th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Memories - Materials, Devices, Circuits and Systems 7.1 87th Q1 – – Yes
14 Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 6.7 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Babylonian Journal of Mechanical Engineering 6.3 85th Q1 – – No
16 Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao 6.3 84th Q1 SCIE – No
17 International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 5.9 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
18 Journal of Machine Learning for Modeling and Computing 5.8 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
19 Robotica 5.7 81st Q1 SCIE – No
20 International Journal of Fracture 5.7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization 5.5 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
22 Computers and Concrete 5.4 78th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Acta Mechanica 5.4 77th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Physics of Fluids 5.4 76th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 5.2 75th Q1 SCIE – No
26 International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics 5.1 74th Q2 ESCI – No
27 Physical Review Fluids 4.8 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
28 ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik 4.7 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
29 Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica 4.7 71st Q2 SCIE – No
30 Computational Particle Mechanics 4.7 70th Q2 SCIE – No
31 Experiments in Fluids 4.6 69th Q2 SCIE – No
32 Journal of Computational Applied Mechanics 4.5 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
33 International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering 4.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
34 Applications in Engineering Science 4.2 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
35 Curved and Layered Structures 4.1 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
36 Iranian Journal of Science and Technology - Transactions of Mechanical Engineering 4 64th Q2 SCIE – No
37 International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 3.7 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
38 Advances in Applied Mechanics 3.6 62nd Q2 – – No
39 Computer Assisted Methods in Engineering and Science 3.4 61st Q2 – – Yes
40 Computational and Mathematical Methods 3.2 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
41 Journal of Turbulence 3 59th Q2 SCIE – No
42 Lixue Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2.8 58th Q2 – – No
43 International Review of Civil Engineering 2.7 57th Q2 – – No
44 Science and Technology Foresight 2.4 56th Q2 – – No
45 Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management 2.4 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
46 Journal of Computational Dynamics 2.3 54th Q2 ESCI – No
47 Binggong Xuebao/Acta Armamentarii 2.2 53rd Q2 – – No
48 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2.2 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
49 Kongqi Donglixue Xuebao/Acta Aerodynamica Sinica 2.1 51st Q2 – – Yes
50 Computational Thermal Sciences 2 50th Q2 ESCI – No
51 International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics 2 48th Q3 SCIE – No
52 International Journal of Mechanics and Control 2 47th Q3 – – No
53 Ingenius 1.9 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
54 Metallurgical Research and Technology 1.9 44th Q3 SCIE – No
55 WSEAS Transactions on Fluid Mechanics 1.8 43rd Q3 – – No
56 WSEAS Transactions on Applied and Theoretical Mechanics 1.7 42nd Q3 – – No
57 Chinese Quarterly of Mechanics 1.5 41st Q3 – – No
58 Journal of Multiscale Modelling 1.4 40th Q3 ESCI – No
59 Discontinuity, Nonlinearity, and Complexity 1.4 39th Q3 – – No
60 Journal of Dynamics and Control 1.4 38th Q3 – – No
61 Journal of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering 1.4 37th Q3 – – Yes
62 Advances in Computational Design 1.4 36th Q3 ESCI – No
63 Understanding Complex Systems 1.3 35th Q3 – – No
64 Journal of Computational and Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering 1.3 34th Q3 – – No
65 Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 1.3 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
66 Computational Continuum Mechanics 1.2 32nd Q3 – – No
67 Journal of Graphic Engineering and Design 1.2 31st Q3 – – Yes
68 International Journal of Mathematics for Industry 1.2 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
69 Doklady Physics 1.2 29th Q3 SCIE – No
70 Civil Engineering Dimension 1.1 28th Q3 – – Yes
71 Chinese Journal of Engineering Design 1.1 27th Q3 – – No
72 Jisuan Lixue Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Computational Mechanics 1.1 26th Q3 – – No
73 PNRPU Mechanics Bulletin 1 25th Q3 – – No
74 Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series 1 24th Q4 – – No
75 Computational and Experimental Methods in Structures 1 23rd Q4 – – No
76 International Journal for Computational Civil and Structural Engineering 1 23rd Q4 – – Yes
77 International Journal of Mechanics 1 21st Q4 – – No
78 Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 0.9 20th Q4 ESCI – Yes
79 Vestnik Tomskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Matematika i Mekhanika 0.8 19th Q4 ESCI – No
80 SEMA SIMAI Springer Series 0.8 18th Q4 – – No
81 Applied and Computational Mechanics 0.7 17th Q4 – – Yes
82 AUT Journal of Mechanical Engineering 0.7 16th Q4 – – Yes
83 Shuidonglixue Yanjiu yu Jinzhan/Chinese Journal of Hydrodynamics Ser. A 0.7 15th Q4 – – No
84 Vibrations in Physical Systems 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
85 Journal of Vibration Testing and System Dynamics 0.7 13th Q4 – – No
86 WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences 0.6 12th Q4 – – No
87 Trudy Instituta Matematiki i Mekhaniki UrO RAN 0.5 10th Q4 ESCI – No
88 Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (Bulgaria) 0.5 9th Q4 ESCI – No
89 Challenge Journal of Structural Mechanics 0.5 8th Q4 – – No
90 Computational Engineering and Physical Modeling 0.5 7th Q4 – – Yes
91 Journal of the Serbian Society for Computational Mechanics 0.5 6th Q4 ESCI – No
92 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 0.5 5th Q4 – – No
93 Journal of Dalian Jiaotong University 0.4 4th Q4 – – No
94 Sustainable Civil Infrastructures 0.3 3rd Q4 – – No
95 Conexoes - Ciencia e Tecnologia 0.1 2nd Q4 – – Yes
96 Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Application 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
97 Symposium on Sensorless Control for Electrical Drives, SLED 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Computational Mechanics Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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