Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

This interdisciplinary journal provides a forum for presenting new ideas in continuum and quasi-continuum modeling of systems with a large number of degrees of freedom and sufficient complexity to require thermodynamic closure. Major emphasis is placed on papers attempting to bridge the gap between discrete and continuum approaches as well as micro- and macro-scales, by means of homogenization, statistical averaging and other mathematical tools aimed at the judicial elimination of small time and length scales. The journal is particularly interested in contributions focusing on a simultaneous description of complex systems at several disparate scales. Papers presenting and explaining new experimental findings are highly encouraged. The journal welcomes numerical studies aimed at understanding the physical nature of the phenomena. Potential subjects range from boiling and turbulence to plasticity and earthquakes. Studies of fluids and solids with nonlinear and non-local interactions, multiple fields and multi-scale responses, nontrivial dissipative properties and complex dynamics are expected to have a strong presence in the pages of the journal. An incomplete list of featured topics includes: active solids and liquids, nano-scale effects and molecular structure of materials, singularities in fluid and solid mechanics, polymers, elastomers and liquid crystals, rheology, cavitation and fracture, hysteresis and friction, mechanics of solid and liquid phase transformations, composite, porous and granular media, scaling in statics and dynamics, large scale processes and geomechanics, stochastic aspects of mechanics. The journal would also like to attract papers addressing the very foundations of thermodynamics and kinetics of continuum processes. Of special interest are contributions to the emerging areas of biophysics and biomechanics of cells, bones and tissues leading to new continuum and thermodynamical models.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2003	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2004	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2006	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Materials Science (miscellaneous)	2023	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	1999	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2000	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2001	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2002	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2003	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2004	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2005	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2006	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2007	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2008	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2009	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2010	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2011	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2012	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2013	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2014	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2015	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2016	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2017	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2018	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2019	Q2
Mechanics of Materials	2020	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2021	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2022	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2023	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	1999	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2000	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2001	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2003	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2011	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2012	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.914
2000	0.734
2001	0.738
2002	0.690
2003	0.548
2004	0.951
2005	0.649
2006	0.703
2007	0.545
2008	1.011
2009	0.979
2010	0.651
2011	0.831
2012	0.796
2013	0.659
2014	0.885
2015	0.651
2016	1.388
2017	0.978
2018	0.774
2019	0.645
2020	0.850
2021	0.953
2022	0.843
2023	0.506

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	23
2000	23
2001	24
2002	38
2003	37
2004	43
2005	25
2006	27
2007	31
2008	27
2009	35
2010	38
2011	29
2012	46
2013	44
2014	44
2015	60
2016	105
2017	71
2018	71
2019	105
2020	113
2021	137
2022	94
2023	136

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.900
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.828
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.802
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.978
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.833
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.008
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.225
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.224
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.992
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.437
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.482
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.200
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.328
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.519
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.459
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.936
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.006
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.572
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	2.506
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.857
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.427
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.236
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	3.269
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.955
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.857
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.900
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.699
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.768
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.943
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.835
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.081
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.076
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.276
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.530
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.682
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.032
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.480
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.425
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.059
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.918
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.831
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.483
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.958
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.482
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.449
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	3.540
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	3.051
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.637
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.900
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.761
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.652
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.830
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.935
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.880
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.075
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.132
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.712
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.724
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.569
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.032
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.562
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.254
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.440
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	2.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.182
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	2.692
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	2.691
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.943
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	2.514
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	3.909
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	3.798
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	2.632
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.571

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	12
Self Cites	2000	10
Self Cites	2001	9
Self Cites	2002	22
Self Cites	2003	9
Self Cites	2004	18
Self Cites	2005	16
Self Cites	2006	4
Self Cites	2007	9
Self Cites	2008	8
Self Cites	2009	9
Self Cites	2010	11
Self Cites	2011	10
Self Cites	2012	8
Self Cites	2013	7
Self Cites	2014	11
Self Cites	2015	23
Self Cites	2016	43
Self Cites	2017	20
Self Cites	2018	37
Self Cites	2019	62
Self Cites	2020	130
Self Cites	2021	130
Self Cites	2022	98
Self Cites	2023	148
Total Cites	1999	63
Total Cites	2000	51
Total Cites	2001	53
Total Cites	2002	66
Total Cites	2003	71
Total Cites	2004	107
Total Cites	2005	127
Total Cites	2006	134
Total Cites	2007	95
Total Cites	2008	127
Total Cites	2009	143
Total Cites	2010	96
Total Cites	2011	148
Total Cites	2012	153
Total Cites	2013	161
Total Cites	2014	245
Total Cites	2015	257
Total Cites	2016	419
Total Cites	2017	519
Total Cites	2018	462
Total Cites	2019	613
Total Cites	2020	852
Total Cites	2021	1023
Total Cites	2022	1083
Total Cites	2023	907

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.729
External Cites per document	2000	0.562
External Cites per document	2001	0.638
External Cites per document	2002	0.629
External Cites per document	2003	0.729
External Cites per document	2004	0.899
External Cites per document	2005	0.941
External Cites per document	2006	1.238
External Cites per document	2007	0.905
External Cites per document	2008	1.434
External Cites per document	2009	1.576
External Cites per document	2010	0.914
External Cites per document	2011	1.380
External Cites per document	2012	1.422
External Cites per document	2013	1.363
External Cites per document	2014	1.966
External Cites per document	2015	1.746
External Cites per document	2016	2.541
External Cites per document	2017	2.388
External Cites per document	2018	1.801
External Cites per document	2019	2.231
External Cites per document	2020	2.923
External Cites per document	2021	3.090
External Cites per document	2022	2.775
External Cites per document	2023	2.206
Cites per document	1999	0.900
Cites per document	2000	0.699
Cites per document	2001	0.768
Cites per document	2002	0.943
Cites per document	2003	0.835
Cites per document	2004	1.081
Cites per document	2005	1.076
Cites per document	2006	1.276
Cites per document	2007	1.000
Cites per document	2008	1.530
Cites per document	2009	1.682
Cites per document	2010	1.032
Cites per document	2011	1.480
Cites per document	2012	1.500
Cites per document	2013	1.425
Cites per document	2014	2.059
Cites per document	2015	1.918
Cites per document	2016	2.831
Cites per document	2017	2.483
Cites per document	2018	1.958
Cites per document	2019	2.482
Cites per document	2020	3.449
Cites per document	2021	3.540
Cites per document	2022	3.051
Cites per document	2023	2.637

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	26.09
2000	26.09
2001	25.00
2002	18.42
2003	37.84
2004	25.58
2005	24.00
2006	14.81
2007	38.71
2008	37.04
2009	42.86
2010	47.37
2011	20.69
2012	45.65
2013	31.82
2014	27.27
2015	25.00
2016	34.29
2017	25.35
2018	30.99
2019	36.19
2020	23.89
2021	35.04
2022	42.55
2023	42.65

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	2
Non-citable documents	2006	3
Non-citable documents	2007	3
Non-citable documents	2008	1
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	1
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	3
Non-citable documents	2013	3
Non-citable documents	2014	4
Non-citable documents	2015	3
Non-citable documents	2016	5
Non-citable documents	2017	5
Non-citable documents	2018	5
Non-citable documents	2019	2
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	3
Non-citable documents	2022	3
Non-citable documents	2023	5
Citable documents	1999	70
Citable documents	2000	73
Citable documents	2001	69
Citable documents	2002	70
Citable documents	2003	85
Citable documents	2004	99
Citable documents	2005	116
Citable documents	2006	102
Citable documents	2007	92
Citable documents	2008	82
Citable documents	2009	85
Citable documents	2010	92
Citable documents	2011	98
Citable documents	2012	99
Citable documents	2013	110
Citable documents	2014	115
Citable documents	2015	131
Citable documents	2016	143
Citable documents	2017	204
Citable documents	2018	231
Citable documents	2019	245
Citable documents	2020	247
Citable documents	2021	286
Citable documents	2022	352
Citable documents	2023	339

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	34
Uncited documents	2000	44
Uncited documents	2001	37
Uncited documents	2002	32
Uncited documents	2003	51
Uncited documents	2004	55
Uncited documents	2005	64
Uncited documents	2006	49
Uncited documents	2007	45
Uncited documents	2008	32
Uncited documents	2009	29
Uncited documents	2010	44
Uncited documents	2011	40
Uncited documents	2012	38
Uncited documents	2013	48
Uncited documents	2014	43
Uncited documents	2015	50
Uncited documents	2016	48
Uncited documents	2017	69
Uncited documents	2018	75
Uncited documents	2019	72
Uncited documents	2020	69
Uncited documents	2021	73
Uncited documents	2022	99
Uncited documents	2023	93
Cited documents	1999	36
Cited documents	2000	29
Cited documents	2001	32
Cited documents	2002	38
Cited documents	2003	34
Cited documents	2004	44
Cited documents	2005	54
Cited documents	2006	56
Cited documents	2007	50
Cited documents	2008	51
Cited documents	2009	56
Cited documents	2010	49
Cited documents	2011	60
Cited documents	2012	64
Cited documents	2013	65
Cited documents	2014	76
Cited documents	2015	84
Cited documents	2016	100
Cited documents	2017	140
Cited documents	2018	161
Cited documents	2019	175
Cited documents	2020	178
Cited documents	2021	216
Cited documents	2022	256
Cited documents	2023	251