International Journal of Impact Engineering

International Journal of Impact Engineering is published by Elsevier Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior, Structural Response to Dynamic Loads and Energetic Materials and Combustion, together about 50.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanics of Materials. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The International Journal of Impact Engineering, established in 1983 publishes original research findings related to the response of structures, components and materials subjected to impact, blast and high-rate loading. Areas relevant to the journal encompass the following general topics and those associated with them:Behaviour and failure of structures and materials under impact and blast loadingSystems for protection and absorption of impact and blast loadingTerminal ballisticsDynamic behaviour and failure of materials including plasticity and fractureStress wavesStructural crashworthinessHigh-rate mechanical and forming processesImpact, blast and high-rate loading/measurement techniques and their applicationsManuscripts submitted for publication will be subjected to stringent peer review and assessed for their contribution to scientific understanding of phenomena and the response of structures and materials to impact, blast and high-rate loading. Work resulting in fundamental insights that benefit engineering design to accommodate high-rate loading, is relevant to the journal. Well-designed and well-documented experimental studies that advance knowledge in the response of materials and structures subjected to impact, blast and high-rate loading are of relevance and interest. However, they should be accompanied by analysis of the experimental data and appropriate conclusions. The incorporation of analytical modelling and/or numerical simulations to support the experimental findings, will enhance the depth and quality of the research reported and make it more compelling. Manuscripts that focus primarily on mathematics, materials science or computation, with little contribution to the scope of impact dynamics described above, as well as those of a purely descriptive nature lacking in analysis, will be declined. Papers comprising largely parametric studies (e.g. using commercial software), unaccompanied by convincing validation and discussion of implications or applications of results generated, as well as those on novel computational techniques without comparison with established analysis or test data, are also not solicited. In all numerical studies, it is essential to demonstrate that the material parameters used in the simulations truly represent the actual physical properties of the material investigated. Consequently, sufficient description/discussion on how the material parameters were obtained, together with any assumptions, would be necessary. The numerical modelling must also include sufficient information to enable third parties to repeat the simulations. Manuscripts comprising primarily the following content should be submitted to other journals that are more directly related to them: (1) case studies or descriptions of engineering designs subjected to impact or blast loading; (2) dynamic testing that generates experimental data without in-depth analysis; and (3) work focused on defence or military technology. Papers in the International Journal of Impact Engineering should generally be of interest to those in the aeronautical, civil, mechanical, materials, naval, nuclear, ocean, offshore, and transportation engineering fields, as well as those in other science and engineering branches that deal with various aspects of impact, blast and high-rate loading.Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Manuscripts describing research employing ML or AI techniques must show clearly how they contribute to advancement in impact engineering and a deeper understanding of the mechanics or physics governing the topic investigated. Authors should outline the AI model’s architecture and describe the training procedure. To ensure reproducibility by others, the training datasets should also be made accessible to IJIE readers, either as supplementary material or via an open-access repository.Companion papers - Authors should submit manuscripts that can be reviewed on their own, without assuming that related earlier or s

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Mechanical

Editor-in-chief Magnus LangsethPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 18 in mainland China (about 19%); most named Mainland China 18, United Kingdom 13, United States 12, France 8, Norway 8 (94 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

6.56LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

6.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

11.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

11.4Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

1.66LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

2.12LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

104LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

183OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

4,049OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

6.42OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

13.4%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

18.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

302LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

about 6 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

25%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

3 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

54 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

109 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

2 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

1983

ISSN

0734-743X

Electronic ISSN

1879-3509

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website