107 Mechanics of Materials journals (Engineering) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Engineering by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polymer Composites | 0272-8397 | 1,525 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Surface and Coatings Technology | 0257-8972 | 1,250 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Composites Part B Engineering | 1359-8368 | 1,082 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Mechanical Sciences | 0020-7403 | 1,056 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Composite Structures | 0263-8223 | 987 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Engineering Fracture Mechanics | 0013-7944 | 875 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering | 0723-2632 | 853 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Austria |
| Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing | 1359-835X | 744 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Composites Science | 2504-477X | 710 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,09,226 to publish | Yes | No | Switzerland |
| Applied Mathematical Modelling | 0307-904X | 690 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Fatigue | 0142-1123 | 581 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures | 1537-6494 | 554 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics | 0167-8442 | 533 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences | 1526-1492 | 500 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Energy Science & Engineering | 2050-0505 | 497 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,81,279 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Solids and Structures | 0020-7683 | 482 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Nondestructive Testing And Evaluation | 1058-9759 | 443 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines | 0360-1218 | 440 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements | 0955-7997 | 424 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Acta Mechanica | 0001-5970 | 413 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Austria |
| European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids | 0997-7538 | 398 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| Composites Science and Technology | 0266-3538 | 383 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences | 1364-5021 | 374 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids | 0022-5096 | 372 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures | 1460-2695 | 343 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Flow Measurement and Instrumentation | 0955-5986 | 334 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering | 0029-5981 | 310 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Ultrasonics | 0041-624X | 305 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences | 1365-1609 | 304 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Marine and Petroleum Geology | 0264-8172 | 300 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Mechanics of Materials | 0167-6636 | 278 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Composite Materials | 0021-9983 | 267 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives | 0143-7496 | 265 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Archive of Applied Mechanics | 0939-1533 | 262 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| NDT & E International | 0963-8695 | 250 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Engineering Computations | 0264-4401 | 206 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites | 0731-6844 | 185 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Mechanics Research Communications | 0093-6413 | 184 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Engineering Science | 0020-7225 | 178 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology | 0169-4243 | 177 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation | 0195-9298 | 167 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| 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 |
| Computational Mechanics | 0178-7675 | 157 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Wave Motion | 0165-2125 | 157 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Tribology Letters | 1023-8883 | 153 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Mining Science and Technology | 2095-2686 | 151 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Coal Geology | 0166-5162 | 147 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Meccanica | 0025-6455 | 143 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Finite Elements in Analysis and Design | 0168-874X | 141 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Unconventional Resources | 2666-5190 | 140 | 1 | ≈ ₹77,063 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| International Journal of Applied Mechanics | 1758-8251 | 136 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Energy Exploration & Exploitation | 0144-5987 | 135 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Engineering With Computers | 0177-0667 | 134 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Applied Mechanics | 0021-8936 | 133 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Applied Mathematics and Mechanics | 0253-4827 | 131 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Hong Kong SAR China |
| Composites Part C Open Access | 2666-6820 | 128 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,00,363 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transactions of Mechanical Engineering | 2228-6187 | 125 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Iran |
| Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica | 0894-9166 | 123 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Petroleum Exploration and Development | 1876-3804 | 121 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| Applied Composite Materials | 0929-189X | 120 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Thermal Stresses | 0149-5739 | 119 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Organic Geochemistry | 0146-6380 | 116 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Packaging Technology and Science | 0894-3214 | 107 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design | 1569-1713 | 95 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Surface Engineering | 0267-0844 | 95 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Journal of Adhesion | 0021-8464 | 95 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures | 1573-6105 | 94 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics | 0935-1175 | 88 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials | 1385-2000 | 88 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Applications in Engineering Science | 2666-4968 | 85 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,37,932 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Fracture | 0020-7268 | 85 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Rock Mechanics Bulletin | 2773-2304 | 82 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,594 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Elasticity | 0374-3535 | 81 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials | 1099-6362 | 75 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| 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 |
| AIMS Materials Science | 2372-0468 | 60 | 1 | ≈ ₹28,899 to publish | Yes | No | United States |
| AAPG Bulletin | 0149-1423 | 58 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Mechanics | 1727-7191 | 53 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,66,841 to publish | Yes | Yes | Taiwan |
| Advanced Composite Materials | 0924-3046 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Petroleum Geoscience | 1354-0793 | 44 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology | 0094-4289 | 43 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Facta Universitatis Series Mechanical Engineering | 0354-2025 | 42 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| International Journal of Damage Mechanics | 1056-7895 | 41 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Deep Resources Engineering | 2949-9305 | 40 | 1 | Free to publish | No | No | |
| Forces in Mechanics | 2666-3597 | 39 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,32,152 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of mechanics of materials and structures | 1559-3959 | 37 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design | 0022-4758 | 36 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | 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 |
| Engineering Solid Mechanics | 2291-8744 | 29 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Geohazard Mechanics | 2949-7418 | 28 | 1 | ≈ ₹28,899 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems | 2572-3898 | 26 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal | 1768-6733 | 25 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Waves in Random and Complex Media | 1745-5030 | 25 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
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