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
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
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

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

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	226
2019	294
2020	316
2021	265
2022	261

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	2.051
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	3.679
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	3.691
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	4.323
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	4.412
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	4.657
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	4.294
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	4.396
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	4.184
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	4.245
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	4.768
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	4.867
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	5.380
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	4.951
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	4.545
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	4.758
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	5.237
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	5.364
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	5.820
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	6.084
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	2.051
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	3.512
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	3.583
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	4.149
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	4.447
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	4.257
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	3.846
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	4.378
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	3.959
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	3.877
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	4.843
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	4.927
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	4.919
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	4.807
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	4.392
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	4.548
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	5.034
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	5.640
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	5.695
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	5.770
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	1.920
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	3.591
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	3.370
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	3.959
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	4.086
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	3.630
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	3.656
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	4.231
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	3.206
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	3.904
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	3.889
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	4.232
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	5.191
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	5.521
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	5.254
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	5.537

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	385
Self Cites	2022	397
Total Cites	1999	560
Total Cites	2000	696
Total Cites	2001	809
Total Cites	2002	884
Total Cites	2003	1192
Total Cites	2004	1145
Total Cites	2005	1125
Total Cites	2006	1307
Total Cites	2007	1423
Total Cites	2008	1341
Total Cites	2009	1500
Total Cites	2010	1751
Total Cites	2011	1643
Total Cites	2012	1446
Total Cites	2013	1821
Total Cites	2014	1961
Total Cites	2015	2233
Total Cites	2016	2461
Total Cites	2017	2714
Total Cites	2018	2847
Total Cites	2019	3418
Total Cites	2020	4083
Total Cites	2021	4761
Total Cites	2022	5049

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	1.801
External Cites per document	2000	2.248
External Cites per document	2001	2.405
External Cites per document	2002	2.489
External Cites per document	2003	3.289
External Cites per document	2004	3.152
External Cites per document	2005	3.248
External Cites per document	2006	3.837
External Cites per document	2007	4.189
External Cites per document	2008	3.847
External Cites per document	2009	3.581
External Cites per document	2010	4.065
External Cites per document	2011	3.599
External Cites per document	2012	3.642
External Cites per document	2013	4.476
External Cites per document	2014	4.505
External Cites per document	2015	4.578
External Cites per document	2016	4.436
External Cites per document	2017	4.064
External Cites per document	2018	4.242
External Cites per document	2019	4.547
External Cites per document	2020	5.036
External Cites per document	2021	5.253
External Cites per document	2022	5.329
Cites per document	1999	2.051
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	3.512
Cites per document	2005	3.583
Cites per document	2006	4.149
Cites per document	2007	4.447
Cites per document	2008	4.257
Cites per document	2009	3.846
Cites per document	2010	4.378
Cites per document	2011	3.959
Cites per document	2012	3.877
Cites per document	2013	4.843
Cites per document	2014	4.927
Cites per document	2015	4.919
Cites per document	2016	4.807
Cites per document	2017	4.392
Cites per document	2018	4.548
Cites per document	2019	5.034
Cites per document	2020	5.640
Cites per document	2021	5.695
Cites per document	2022	5.770

% 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	36.28
2019	42.18
2020	38.29
2021	36.60
2022	36.40

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
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	673
Citable documents	2020	722
Citable documents	2021	833
Citable documents	2022	873

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	67
Uncited documents	2021	69
Uncited documents	2022	76
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	598
Cited documents	2020	657
Cited documents	2021	767
Cited documents	2022	799