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Journal of Fluid Mechanics
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Among the 50 engineering journals in this index it has the 7th highest h-index and the 42nd highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
Listed article processing charge: about $3 550.
Where its authors come from
Share of the 4 780 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| China | 25% |
| United States | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 16% |
| France | 11% |
| Germany | 7% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 99% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows | 34% |
| Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer | 8% |
| Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis | 5% |
| Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows | 5% |
| Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films | 4% |
| Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- A theoretical model for compressible bubble dynamics considering phase transition and migration (2024, 216 citations)
- Investigation of hydrodynamics of water impact and tail slamming of high-speed water entry with a novel immersed boundary method (2023, 160 citations)
- Vertically neutral collapse of a pulsating bubble at the corner of a free surface and a rigid wall (2023, 119 citations)
- A transformer-based synthetic-inflow generator for spatially developing turbulent boundary layers (2023, 86 citations)
- Residual dynamic mode decomposition: robust and verified Koopmanism (2023, 86 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0022-1120):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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