Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHARACTERIZATION & TESTING
STRAIN
ISSN 1475-1305 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND
STRAIN: CAS Zone 4 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.72; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,220; median 252 days to acceptance (42 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 18% (journal website); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
STRAIN is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Optical measurement and interference techniques, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, together about 28.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Strain is a long-standing international journal that contains leading-edge research on the measurement of the mechanical behavior of structures and systems. The journal includes publications from all engineering disciplines that deal with material behavior and degradation under load, structural design, and measurement methodologies in the field of experimental mechanics. Although the thrust of the journal is experimental, numerical simulations and validation are included in the coverage. Strain welcomes contributions on novel work in the following areas: experimental mechanics stress and strain analysis (numerical) analysis / validation of experiments non-destructive evaluation techniques impact behaviour of materials and structures plasticity, damage, fracture, delamination biomechanics residual stress measurement techniques micro- and nano-scale testing signal and image processing transducer and sensor design structural health monitoring extreme environments fatigue and creep testing design and testing of composite structures advanced materials characterization machine learning and data-driven approaches digital image and volume correlation advanced microstructural analysis methods additive manufacturing diffraction-based methods defect analysis methods full-field measurements Strain has been founded by and is associated to the British Society of Strain Measurement (www.BSSM.org).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHARACTERIZATION & TESTING
Editor-in-chief Johan HoefnagelsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Netherlands 1, Portugal 1, New Zealand 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Optical measurement and interference techniquesComputer Science10.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering9.2%
- Structural Health Monitoring TechniquesEngineering8.8%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science7.2%
- Fatigue and fracture mechanicsEngineering6.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Advanced Measurement and Metrology TechniquesEngineering4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Characterization & Testing | 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
INSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 1.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 645OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 53.42%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 23Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 66,770Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,252 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 11 | 5 |
| 2025 | 34 | 21 | 119 |
| 2024 | 32 | 22 | 78 |
| 2023 | 45 | 30 | 215 |
| 2022 | 32 | 12 | 239 |
| 2021 | 40 | 18 | 240 |
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
252 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 184 days – 304 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (42 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 289 days
- Sample
- 42 articles with submission and acceptance dates (55 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 212 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 21 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 4,220 / EUR 3,550 / GBP 2,780 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1475-1305
- Print ISSN
- 0039-2103
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 62, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about STRAIN
What CAS zone is STRAIN in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, STRAIN is in Zone 4 of Materials Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Characterization & Testing. 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 STRAIN?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.72; CiteScore 4, h-index 65.
How long does peer review take at STRAIN?
Based on the dates recorded on 42 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 252 days (interquartile range 184–304 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18% (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 STRAIN based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Netherlands (1), Portugal (1) and New Zealand (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index STRAIN?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, STRAIN is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is STRAIN open access, and what is the APC?
STRAIN is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,220.
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: .