Shock Waves

ISSN: 0938-1287• JCR: SHOCK WAVESSpringer Science+Business MediaGermany
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1.8
2025 Impact Factor
2.2
5-Year Impact Factor
Q3
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

Shock Waves impact factor and JCR quartile

The 2025 impact factor for Shock Waves is 1.8. The 5-year impact factor is 2.2. The journal is listed as JCR Q3 in the current Journal Metrics dataset.

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Ranking position in Engineering

Ranked #4,153 in Engineering by impact factor and #558 among Q3 Engineering journals. This context helps compare Shock Waves against journals publishing in the same field.

#4,153
of 6,482 field journals

Shock Waves publication trend

Published 192 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 1.8.

2026 vs 2025: -42
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Journal Details

Total Articles
2,500
H-Index
77
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$3,390 USD
Subject Areas
Aerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsApplied MathematicsComputational MechanicsMechanics of Materials

Article Volume

2021
79
2022
50
2023
39
2024
49
2025
48
2026
6
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