Journal of Sound and Vibration

Journal of Sound and Vibration is published by Academic Press Inc. 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 Vibration and Dynamic Analysis, Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, together about 34.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Sound and Vibration (JSV) is an independent journal devoted to the prompt publication of original papers, both theoretical and experimental, that communicates new knowledge or reviews on important aspects of sound or vibration. There is an emphasis on fundamental work that has potential for practical application within a wider context than the specific situation reported.JSV was founded and operates on the premise that the subject of sound and vibration requires a journal that publishes papers of a high technical standard across the various subdisciplines, thus facilitating awareness of techniques and discoveries in one area that may be applicable in others.Papers published in JSV should contain new insights of value to the acoustics and vibration community.JSV welcomes papers in the following subject areas: A. Active and adaptive control of sound and vibration: Analysis, design, smart structures and materials B. Passive control of sound and vibration: Damping processes, design optimization, meta-materials, materials for optimum damping C. Measurement techniques and hardware; transducers with sound/vibration as input or as output D. Inverse problems in acoustics and vibration (linear); techniques for source or system identification; statistical methods E. Engineering sources of noise and vibration (including combustion, high-speed flow, aeroacoustic or aeroelastic instabilities, and fluid machinery) F. Structural vibration/elastic wave propagation (including fluid-loaded structures, piezoelectric materials, and granular media); Numerical modelling or physical experiments; dynamics of nano-systems* G. Acoustics/vibroacoustics (including sound propagation in the atmosphere and ocean, structure-acoustic coupling, flow ducts, and porous materials): Numerical modelling or physical experiments; Distributed Propulsion H. High-frequency approximations for wave propagation or multimode system response: Ray methods, SEA, power flow, semiclassical refinements; probabilistic descriptions of complex systems I. Nonlinear aspects of sound and vibration; dynamical systems applications; perturbation methods; nonlinear impact dynamics, damage, fatigue and transient loads** J. Analytical methods and modeling for linear vibration and acoustics; benchmark solutions K. Signal processing for sound and vibration applications, including source/system identification and active control; data reduction and filtering M. Human and biologically-related issues in sound and

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Mechanical

Editor-in-chief A.V. MetrikinePublisher website

Editorial board by country: 9 in mainland China (about 10%); most named United Kingdom 20, United States 12, Mainland China 9, Hong Kong, China 7, Netherlands 7 (88 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

5.76LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

5.8Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

10.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

10.2Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

1.33LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.89LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

156LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

274OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

17,575OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

5.58OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

23.92%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

468LetPub · 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 5 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

50%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

19 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

81 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to acceptance

172 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

5 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Academic Press Inc.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Weekly

Founded

1964

ISSN

0022-460X

Electronic ISSN

1095-8568

Official links

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