Journal profile · Mechanics
COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE
ISSN 1631-0721 · eISSN 1873-7234 · Elsevier Masson · FRANCE · Monthly
COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.08; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy (Elsevier website: 29%); 78 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE is published by Elsevier Masson and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Educational Robotics and Engineering, together about 29.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computational Mechanics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Comptes Rendus Mécanique is a peer-reviewed electronic journal with open access that covers all fields of the discipline: dynamic systems, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, acoustics/waves/vibrations, automation/signal processing, etc. It mainly publishes original research articles, but also thematic issues, review articles, historical perspectives or texts reflecting the activity of the Académie des sciences in the field of Mechanics. Articles are published in English or French.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mechanics
Editor-in-chief Samuel ForestPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named France 14, Italy 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering10%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science9.3%
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering8.8%
- Composite Material MechanicsEngineering7%
- Advanced Mathematical Modeling in EngineeringComputer Science6.5%
- Numerical methods in engineeringEngineering5%
- Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational MathematicsEngineering3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.08LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 867OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 65LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,670 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 41 | 10 |
| 2025 | 78 | 78 | 112 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | 291 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 229 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 168 |
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 review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 29%LetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Diamond Open Access, free for authors (no publication fees) as well as for readers (immediate and perennial open access) Model summary
according to a virtuous policy of Diamond Open Access, free for authors (no publication fees) as well as for readers (immediate and perennial open access)
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier Masson
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- French
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 1631-0721
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-7234
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE
What CAS zone is COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mechanics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.08; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy (Elsevier website: 29%)”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (14) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE open access, and what is the APC?
COMPTES RENDUS MECANIQUE is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .