Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

The aim is to publish research of the highest quality and of lasting significance on the mechanics of solids. The scope is broad, from fundamental concepts in mechanics to the analysis of novel phenomena and applications. Solids are interpreted broadly to include both hard and soft materials as well as natural and synthetic structures. The approach can be theoretical, experimental or computational.This research activity sits within engineering science and the allied areas of applied mathematics, materials science, bio-mechanics, applied physics, and geophysics. The Journal was founded in 1952 by Rodney Hill, who was its Editor-in-Chief until 1968. The topics of interest to the Journal evolve with developments in the subject but its basic ethos remains the same: to publish research of the highest quality relating to the mechanics of solids. Thus, emphasis is placed on the development of fundamental concepts of mechanics and novel applications of these concepts based on theoretical, experimental or computational approaches, drawing upon the various branches of engineering science and the allied areas within applied mathematics, materials science, structural engineering, applied physics, and geophysics. The main purpose of the Journal is to foster scientific understanding of the processes of deformation and mechanical failure of all solid materials, both technological and natural, and the connections between these processes and their underlying physical mechanisms. In this sense, the content of the Journal should reflect the current state of the discipline in analysis, experimental observation, and numerical simulation. In the interest of achieving this goal, authors are encouraged to consider the significance of their contributions for the field of mechanics and the implications of their results, in addition to describing the details of their work.

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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
Condensed Matter Physics	1999	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2000	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2001	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2002	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2003	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2004	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2005	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2006	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2007	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2008	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2009	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2010	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2011	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2012	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2013	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2014	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2015	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2016	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2017	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2018	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2019	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2020	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2021	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2022	Q1
Condensed Matter Physics	2023	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	1999	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2000	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2001	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2002	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2003	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2004	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2005	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2006	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2007	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2008	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2009	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2010	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2011	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2012	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2013	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2014	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2015	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2016	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2017	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2018	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2019	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2020	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2021	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2022	Q1
Mechanical Engineering	2023	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	1999	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2000	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2001	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2002	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2003	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2004	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2005	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2006	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2007	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2008	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2009	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2010	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2011	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2012	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2013	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2014	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2015	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2016	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2017	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2018	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2019	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2020	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2021	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2022	Q1
Mechanics of Materials	2023	Q1

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	2.628
2000	2.344
2001	3.541
2002	3.984
2003	4.603
2004	4.274
2005	2.903
2006	3.797
2007	3.618
2008	3.557
2009	2.918
2010	3.309
2011	2.799
2012	2.229
2013	2.604
2014	2.642
2015	2.444
2016	2.231
2017	1.988
2018	2.057
2019	1.899
2020	1.857
2021	1.855
2022	1.691
2023	1.632

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	87
2000	98
2001	123
2002	106
2003	97
2004	111
2005	107
2006	102
2007	106
2008	182
2009	112
2010	121
2011	140
2012	115
2013	143
2014	196
2015	173
2016	249
2017	204
2018	225
2019	294
2020	316
2021	265
2022	262
2023	284

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	2.048
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	2.700
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	2.806
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	2.930
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	3.739
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	3.675
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	3.691
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	4.335
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	4.417
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	4.638
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	4.280
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	4.398
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	4.186
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	4.249
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	4.773
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	4.867
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	5.382
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	4.951
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	4.556
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	4.760
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	5.262
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	5.393
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	5.847
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	6.035
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	5.735
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	2.048
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	2.540
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	2.799
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	2.870
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	3.645
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	3.509
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	3.583
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	4.165
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	4.450
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	4.248
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	3.833
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	4.380
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	3.959
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	3.879
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	4.848
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	4.927
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	4.921
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	4.807
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	4.401
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	4.543
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	5.058
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	5.676
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	5.722
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	5.728
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	5.590
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	1.914
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	2.225
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	2.805
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	2.575
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	3.175
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	3.586
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	3.370
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	3.982
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	4.086
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	3.620
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	3.642
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	4.231
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	3.206
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	3.908
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	5.020
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	4.147
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	4.563
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	4.564
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	3.898
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	4.230
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	5.217
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	5.549
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	5.272
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	5.482
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	5.406

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	70
Self Cites	2000	80
Self Cites	2001	114
Self Cites	2002	120
Self Cites	2003	123
Self Cites	2004	130
Self Cites	2005	115
Self Cites	2006	110
Self Cites	2007	91
Self Cites	2008	137
Self Cites	2009	107
Self Cites	2010	129
Self Cites	2011	153
Self Cites	2012	91
Self Cites	2013	138
Self Cites	2014	168
Self Cites	2015	159
Self Cites	2016	194
Self Cites	2017	227
Self Cites	2018	213
Self Cites	2019	358
Self Cites	2020	447
Self Cites	2021	384
Self Cites	2022	401
Self Cites	2023	456
Total Cites	1999	559
Total Cites	2000	696
Total Cites	2001	809
Total Cites	2002	884
Total Cites	2003	1192
Total Cites	2004	1144
Total Cites	2005	1125
Total Cites	2006	1312
Total Cites	2007	1424
Total Cites	2008	1338
Total Cites	2009	1495
Total Cites	2010	1752
Total Cites	2011	1643
Total Cites	2012	1447
Total Cites	2013	1823
Total Cites	2014	1961
Total Cites	2015	2234
Total Cites	2016	2461
Total Cites	2017	2720
Total Cites	2018	2844
Total Cites	2019	3429
Total Cites	2020	4104
Total Cites	2021	4778
Total Cites	2022	5012
Total Cites	2023	4712

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	1.791
External Cites per document	2000	2.248
External Cites per document	2001	2.405
External Cites per document	2002	2.481
External Cites per document	2003	3.269
External Cites per document	2004	3.110
External Cites per document	2005	3.217
External Cites per document	2006	3.816
External Cites per document	2007	4.166
External Cites per document	2008	3.813
External Cites per document	2009	3.559
External Cites per document	2010	4.058
External Cites per document	2011	3.590
External Cites per document	2012	3.635
External Cites per document	2013	4.481
External Cites per document	2014	4.505
External Cites per document	2015	4.570
External Cites per document	2016	4.428
External Cites per document	2017	4.034
External Cites per document	2018	4.203
External Cites per document	2019	4.529
External Cites per document	2020	5.058
External Cites per document	2021	5.262
External Cites per document	2022	5.270
External Cites per document	2023	5.049
Cites per document	1999	2.048
Cites per document	2000	2.540
Cites per document	2001	2.799
Cites per document	2002	2.870
Cites per document	2003	3.645
Cites per document	2004	3.509
Cites per document	2005	3.583
Cites per document	2006	4.165
Cites per document	2007	4.450
Cites per document	2008	4.248
Cites per document	2009	3.833
Cites per document	2010	4.380
Cites per document	2011	3.959
Cites per document	2012	3.879
Cites per document	2013	4.848
Cites per document	2014	4.927
Cites per document	2015	4.921
Cites per document	2016	4.807
Cites per document	2017	4.401
Cites per document	2018	4.543
Cites per document	2019	5.058
Cites per document	2020	5.676
Cites per document	2021	5.722
Cites per document	2022	5.728
Cites per document	2023	5.590

% 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	17.24
2000	23.47
2001	17.89
2002	20.75
2003	26.80
2004	19.82
2005	36.45
2006	20.59
2007	25.47
2008	27.47
2009	26.79
2010	28.93
2011	32.86
2012	39.13
2013	35.66
2014	39.80
2015	34.10
2016	37.75
2017	37.75
2018	36.44
2019	42.18
2020	38.29
2021	36.60
2022	36.26
2023	38.38

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	1
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	1
Non-citable documents	2003	2
Non-citable documents	2004	4
Non-citable documents	2005	3
Non-citable documents	2006	3
Non-citable documents	2007	2
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Non-citable documents	2009	1
Non-citable documents	2010	1
Non-citable documents	2011	1
Non-citable documents	2012	1
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	1
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	6
Non-citable documents	2018	5
Non-citable documents	2019	6
Non-citable documents	2020	2
Non-citable documents	2021	3
Non-citable documents	2022	2
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	1999	272
Citable documents	2000	274
Citable documents	2001	289
Citable documents	2002	307
Citable documents	2003	325
Citable documents	2004	322
Citable documents	2005	311
Citable documents	2006	312
Citable documents	2007	318
Citable documents	2008	313
Citable documents	2009	389
Citable documents	2010	399
Citable documents	2011	414
Citable documents	2012	372
Citable documents	2013	376
Citable documents	2014	398
Citable documents	2015	453
Citable documents	2016	511
Citable documents	2017	612
Citable documents	2018	621
Citable documents	2019	672
Citable documents	2020	721
Citable documents	2021	832
Citable documents	2022	873
Citable documents	2023	842

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	96
Uncited documents	2000	77
Uncited documents	2001	77
Uncited documents	2002	82
Uncited documents	2003	69
Uncited documents	2004	69
Uncited documents	2005	45
Uncited documents	2006	38
Uncited documents	2007	38
Uncited documents	2008	41
Uncited documents	2009	54
Uncited documents	2010	43
Uncited documents	2011	50
Uncited documents	2012	45
Uncited documents	2013	40
Uncited documents	2014	46
Uncited documents	2015	39
Uncited documents	2016	43
Uncited documents	2017	76
Uncited documents	2018	61
Uncited documents	2019	81
Uncited documents	2020	66
Uncited documents	2021	67
Uncited documents	2022	76
Uncited documents	2023	75
Cited documents	1999	177
Cited documents	2000	197
Cited documents	2001	212
Cited documents	2002	226
Cited documents	2003	258
Cited documents	2004	257
Cited documents	2005	269
Cited documents	2006	277
Cited documents	2007	282
Cited documents	2008	274
Cited documents	2009	336
Cited documents	2010	357
Cited documents	2011	365
Cited documents	2012	328
Cited documents	2013	336
Cited documents	2014	352
Cited documents	2015	415
Cited documents	2016	469
Cited documents	2017	542
Cited documents	2018	565
Cited documents	2019	597
Cited documents	2020	657
Cited documents	2021	768
Cited documents	2022	799
Cited documents	2023	768

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	4.07
2000	10.46
2001	15.29
2002	10.80
2003	12.03
2004	13.14
2005	15.00
2006	15.35
2007	11.76
2008	13.16
2009	14.35
2010	14.80
2011	16.88
2012	14.81
2013	14.83
2014	17.29
2015	16.29
2016	14.97
2017	15.94
2018	15.97
2019	19.39
2020	19.84
2021	19.95
2022	18.25
2023	20.41

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	0
Overton	2000	0
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	0
Overton	2004	9
Overton	2005	13
Overton	2006	11
Overton	2007	11
Overton	2008	11
Overton	2009	6
Overton	2010	9
Overton	2011	16
Overton	2012	9
Overton	2013	10
Overton	2014	22
Overton	2015	18
Overton	2016	9
Overton	2017	2
Overton	2018	0
Overton	2019	0
Overton	2020	1
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	1
Overton	2023	0