Journal profile · Mechanics
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
ISSN 0033-5614 · eISSN 1464-3855 · Oxford University Press · ENGLAND · Quarterly
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.73; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,718; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 14 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS is published by Oxford University Press 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 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Elasticity and Wave Propagation and Elasticity and Material Modeling, together about 25.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanics of Materials. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics (QJMAM) is an online-only mathematics focused journal, published by Oxford University Press, that publishes original research articles on the application of mathematics to the field of applied mathematics interpreted in the broadest sense. The Journal has been published since 1948 and is proud to be the home of seminal papers from key mathematicians including Alan Turing and James Lighthill. The Editors encourage submissions that fit the following criteria: A good balance between the development of the application(s) and the analysis is expected. Papers developing new mathematical models will also be considered. Manuscripts should offer substantial and meaningful advancements beyond existing results All papers are expected to illustrate the application of novel and/or established rigorous mathematical methods/analysis. Papers could integrate innovative or novel mathematical analysis insights with commercial software packages Papers that combine novel mathematical contributions with experimental work The editors welcome submissions including but not limited to: A combination of computation and mathematical analysis Acoustics Biomechanics Computational Mathematics (using novel methods) Data Driven Mechanistic Modelling Dynamical systems Engineering Mathematics Fluid Mechanics (e,g, boundary-layers, free-surface flows, stability, transition, radiation/wave motion, non-Newtonian flows, soft matter, complex flows) Machine Learning (in conjunction with novel mathematics) Mathematical finance and economics (especially PDE-focused papers) Mathematical Physics Solid Mechanics (e.g elasticity, material science, wave motion/dispersion) Thermodynamics Thermal Engineering *****Authors will be asked to confirm their submissions conform to the above***** ****Authors will be invited to suggest up to 3 internationally-recognised reviewers for submissions**** Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 0.8 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 0.9 Mathematics, Applied (Rank by Impact Factor) 244/345 Mechanics (Rank by Impact Factor) 148/172 2025 Cited Half-Life 44.7 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.1 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00018 2025 Article Influence Score 0.291 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 1.8 Applied Mathematics (Rank by CiteScore) 392/680 Mechanical Engineering (Rank by CiteScore) 477/740 Mechanics Of Materials (Rank by CiteScore) 277/408 Condensed Matter Physics (Rank by CiteScore) 335/446 2025 Source Normalized I
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mechanics
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering11.2%
- Elasticity and Wave PropagationEngineering8%
- Elasticity and Material ModelingEngineering6.4%
- Numerical methods in engineeringEngineering6%
- Advanced Mathematical Modeling in EngineeringComputer Science5.8%
- Composite Structure Analysis and OptimizationEngineering4.8%
- Fluid Dynamics and Vibration AnalysisEngineering4.6%
- Vibration and Dynamic AnalysisEngineering4.3%
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 | Mathematics, Applied | 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 | Mathematics, Applied | 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 | Mathematics, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mechanics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: 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
- 0.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 102OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,219OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,606 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 17 | 12 | 65 |
| 2022 | 19 | 11 | 72 |
| 2021 | 16 | 8 | 69 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 | GBP 2,819 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Data availability Availability of Data and Materials
Data availability strongly encouraged. Model summary
Where ethically feasible, The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics strongly encourages authors to make all data and software code on which the conclusions of the paper rely available to readers. We suggest that data be presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files, or deposited in a public repository whenever possible. For information on general repositories for…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licence to Publish
Exclusive licence to publish required. Model summary
It is a condition of publication in Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied mathematics that authors grant an exclusive licence to the Journal which is operated on the Journal's behalf by the Publisher. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. Open Access…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Option for Authors
Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics offers the option of publishing under either a standard licence or an open access licence. Please note that some funders require open access publication as a condition of funding. If you are unsure whether you are required to publish open access, please do clarify any such requirements with your funder or institution. Should you wish to publis…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening of all submissions. Model summary
All submissions are checked using plagiarism-detecting software.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy
Preprint policy: authors may post preprints; must update preprint status upon acceptance. Model summary
Authors retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels, and this does not prevent submission to the journal. For further information see our Online Licensing, Copyright and Permissions policies. If accepted, the authors are required to update the status of any preprint, including your published paper’s DOI, as described on our Author Self-Archiv…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving/Public Access Policy
For information about this journal's policy, please visit our author self-archiving policy page.
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0033-5614
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-3855
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 79, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
What CAS zone is QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mathematics, Applied / 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 QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.73; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 102.
How long does peer review take at QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS open access, and what is the APC?
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MECHANICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,718.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .