Journal profile · Mechanics
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
ISSN 0066-4189 · eISSN 1545-4479 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 1969
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics: CAS Zone 1 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 25.56; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 19 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, together about 30.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computational Mechanics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics covers the significant developments in the field of fluid mechanics, including history and foundations; non-newtonian fluids and rheology; incompressible and compressible fluids; plasma flow; stability of flow; multi-phase flows; mixing and transport of heat and species; control of fluid flow; combustion; turbulence; shock waves and explosions.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mechanics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering19.3%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.8%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences5.7%
- Wind and Air Flow StudiesEnvironmental Science5%
- Computational Physics and Python ApplicationsComputer Science4.8%
- Fluid Dynamics and Vibration AnalysisEngineering4.8%
- Fluid Dynamics and Heat TransferEngineering4.4%
- Particle Dynamics in Fluid FlowsEngineering4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physics, Fluids & Plasmas | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physics, Fluids & Plasmas | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physics, Fluids & Plasmas | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 25.56LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 26.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 43.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 6.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 9.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 163LetPub ·
- h-index
- 322OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,144OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 16.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,417 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 3 | 10 |
| 2025 | 19 | 16 | 115 |
| 2024 | 19 | 18 | 758 |
| 2023 | 23 | 21 | 1,136 |
| 2022 | 28 | 25 | 2,489 |
| 2021 | 24 | 12 | 3,744 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1969
- ISSN
- 0066-4189
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-4479
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is in Zone 1 of Engineering, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Mechanics / Physics, Fluids & Plasmas; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 25.56; CiteScore 43.3, h-index 322.
Which databases index Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .