39 Mechanics of Materials journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals with at least 10 papers in 2025. DOAJ is an independent, openly published list of open-access journals that meet its criteria.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Science & Engineering | 2050-0505 | 497 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,81,279 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing | 1435-4934 | 315 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Open Geosciences | 1896-1517 | 167 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,41,482 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources | 2363-8419 | 161 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,36,291 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| International Journal of Mining Science and Technology | 2095-2686 | 151 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Unconventional Resources | 2666-5190 | 140 | 1 | ≈ ₹77,063 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Energy Exploration & Exploitation | 0144-5987 | 135 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Composites Part C Open Access | 2666-6820 | 128 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,00,363 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Petroleum Exploration and Development | 1876-3804 | 121 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| International Journal of Coal Science & Technology | 2095-8293 | 101 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,94,809 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Energy Geoscience | 2666-7592 | 100 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale | 1971-8993 | 99 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Applied Mechanics | 2673-3161 | 96 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,38,390 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Deep Underground Science and Engineering | 2097-0668 | 96 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,35,948 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Lesnoy Zhurnal (Forestry Journal) | 0536-1036 | 94 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Applications in Engineering Science | 2666-4968 | 85 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,37,932 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Rock Mechanics Bulletin | 2773-2304 | 82 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,594 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Геология и геофизика Юга России | 2221-3198 | 78 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Geofluids | 1468-8115 | 75 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,29,262 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Energetic Materials Frontiers | 2666-6472 | 74 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| FirePhysChem | 2667-1344 | 65 | 1 | ≈ ₹48,164 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Reports of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | 1025-6415 | 62 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Journal of Mechanics | 1727-7191 | 53 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,66,841 to publish | Yes | Yes | Taiwan |
| Facta Universitatis Series Mechanical Engineering | 0354-2025 | 42 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Forces in Mechanics | 2666-3597 | 39 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,32,152 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Earth energy science. | 2950-1547 | 35 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,44,493 to publish | Yes | Yes | Niger |
| Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience | 2468-256X | 34 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Croatian journal of forest engineering | 1845-5719 | 29 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Safety of technogenic and natural systems | 2541-9129 | 29 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Geohazard Mechanics | 2949-7418 | 28 | 1 | ≈ ₹28,899 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Vietnam Journal of Mechanics | 0866-7136 | 28 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Vietnam |
| Science and Engineering of Composite Materials | 0792-1233 | 24 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,14,274 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Theoretical and Applied Mechanics | 1450-5584 | 21 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Curved and Layered Structures | 2353-7396 | 19 | 2 | ≈ ₹81,624 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| XXI century Technosphere Safety | 2500-1574 | 19 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Innovations in Publishing Printing and Multimedia Technologies | 2029-4638 | 12 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Rock and Soil Mechanics | 1000-7598 | 12 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| Applied and Computational Mechanics | 1802-680X | 10 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| Journal of Theoretical Computational and Applied Mechanics | 2726-6141 | 10 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |