Journal profile · Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures
ISSN 8756-758X · eISSN 1460-2695 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Monthly
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures: CAS Zone 3 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.18; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,860; median 109 days to acceptance (125 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 343 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fatigue and fracture mechanics, High Temperature Alloys and Creep and Mechanical Behavior of Composites, together about 40.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS) encompasses the broad topic of structural integrity which is founded on the mechanics of fatigue and fracture, and is concerned with the reliability and effectiveness of various materials and structural components of any scale or geometry. The editors publish original contributions that will stimulate the intellectual innovation that generates elegant, effective and economic engineering designs. The journal is interdisciplinary and includes papers from scientists and engineers in the fields of materials science, mechanics, physics, chemistry, etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Youshi HongPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 17%); most named Mainland China 1, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Japan 1, France 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fatigue and fracture mechanicsEngineering28.9%
- High Temperature Alloys and CreepEngineering6.9%
- Mechanical Behavior of CompositesEngineering4.5%
- Mechanical stress and fatigue analysisEngineering4.3%
- Non-Destructive Testing TechniquesEngineering4.1%
- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsEngineering3.9%
- Numerical methods in engineeringEngineering3.8%
- Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisEngineering3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.18LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 125OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,314OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 317LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,019Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 319Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 370,397Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,879 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 310 | 89 | 59 |
| 2025 | 343 | 131 | 818 |
| 2024 | 340 | 166 | 2,125 |
| 2023 | 297 | 172 | 2,880 |
| 2022 | 311 | 79 | 3,847 |
| 2021 | 242 | 68 | 3,789 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
109 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 155 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (125 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 128 days
- Sample
- 125 articles with submission and acceptance dates (727 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 120 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,860 / EUR 3,230 / GBP 2,580 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Article types accepted2
- original research paperResearch Paper: full-length, original research paper. The preferred maximum length of such a manuscript is 30 pages (12 pt font size, 1.5 lines spaced, includin…Length not stated
- research paperResearch Paper: full-length, original research paper. The preferred maximum length of such a manuscript is 30 pages (12 pt font size, 1.5 lines spaced, includin…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship 2.1 Authorship and Acknowledgements
Authorship: Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the manuscript has been read and approved by all authors and that all authors agree to the submission of the manuscript to the Journal. ALL named authors must have made an active contribution to the conception and design and/or analysis and interpretation of the data and/or the drafting of the paper and ALL must have critically…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 2.2 Conflict of Interest and Source of Funding
Conflict of Interest: Authors are required to disclose any possible conflict of interest. These include financial (for example patent ownership, stock ownership, consultancies, speaker's fee). Author's conflict of interest (or information specifying the absence of conflict of interest) will be published under a separate heading
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability 2.5 Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, and to cite the dat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 2.4 Copyright Assignment
Permissions policy for previously published material Model summary
Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the work and its essential substance have not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. The submission of the manuscript by the authors means that the authors automatically agree to assign exclusive license to Wiley if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication. The work shall not be published el…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors choosing Open Access
If the open access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 8756-758X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1460-2695
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures
What CAS zone is Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures is in Zone 3 of Materials Science, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Mechanical / Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.18; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 125.
How long does peer review take at Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures?
Based on the dates recorded on 125 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 109 days (interquartile range 83–155 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26% (2025). 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 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 17%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (1), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures open access, and what is the APC?
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,860.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .