Journal profile · Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN
ISSN 0309-3247 · eISSN 2041-3130 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly
JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.98; subscription journal; APC about USD 4,150; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 36 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN is published by SAGE Publications Ltd 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 Fatigue and fracture mechanics, Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis and Metal Forming Simulation Techniques, together about 28.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 26%); most named United Kingdom 7, Mainland China 6, United States 3, South Korea 2, Japan 1 (23 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fatigue and fracture mechanicsEngineering13.9%
- Mechanical stress and fatigue analysisEngineering8.1%
- Metal Forming Simulation TechniquesEngineering6.5%
- Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisEngineering6.1%
- Composite Structure Analysis and OptimizationEngineering5.4%
- Mechanical Behavior of CompositesEngineering5%
- Metallurgy and Material FormingEngineering4.7%
- Numerical methods in engineeringEngineering4.1%
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 | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 3 |
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 | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 1.98LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,131OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.24%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,624 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 6 | 14 |
| 2025 | 36 | 2 | 106 |
| 2024 | 50 | 7 | 235 |
| 2023 | 32 | 4 | 208 |
| 2022 | 29 | 6 | 184 |
| 2021 | 62 | 9 | 484 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 23.1%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 48 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- brief communicationPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…Length not stated
- editorialPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…Length not stated
- letter to the editorPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…Length not stated
- letters to the editorPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…Length not stated
- opinionPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…Length not stated
- original researchPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…Length not stated
- original research articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- perspectivePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…Length not stated
- reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…Length not stated
- short communicationPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- viewpointPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Original Research Article: Describes a piece of original o…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of c…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines
Your manuscript must follow the relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines, depending on the type of study. The EQUATOR wizard can help identify the appropriate guideline. You will need to upload the appropriate checklist with your submission. Other resources can be found at NLM’s Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives. If your research involves animals, you will be asked to confirm that…
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
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0309-3247
- Electronic ISSN
- 2041-3130
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Mechanical / Materials Science, Characterization & Testing / Mechanics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.98; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23.1%. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN based?
Of the 23 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 6 (about 26%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (7), Mainland China (6) and United States (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF STRAIN ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN is a subscription journal. APC about USD 4,150.
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: .