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WoS SCIE Q2Scopus Q2SCImago #11,917CAS 2区Hybrid

Wave Motion

Abbreviation (ISO):WAVE MOTION
Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q2•Scopus SJR: 0.499•SCImago Rank: #11,917•Identifier (ISSN):0165-2125(Print)/1878-433X(Online)•Articles / Year: 109•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $2,969 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q2
2.2
↓ -0.3

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
52

52 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ2
Self-Citation Rate9.5%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
109articles/year
20.2% Gold OA•100% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

1.75pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2.2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20261.75đ
WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2.2)
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20251.75đ
WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2.5)
🔵 Computed
20241.75đ
WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2.1)
🔵 Computed
20231.75đ
WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2.4)
🔵 Computed
20221.75đ
WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2.174)
🔵 Computed
20211.75đ
WoS Q2 có IF ≥ 2.0(IF: 2.02)
🔵 Computed
20201.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.563)
🔵 Computed
20191.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.576)
🔵 Computed
20181.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.723)
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Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Wave Motion is devoted to the cross fertilization of ideas, and to stimulating interaction between workers in various research areas in which wave propagation phenomena play a dominant role. The description and analysis of wave propagation phenomena provides a unifying thread connecting diverse areas of engineering and the physical sciences such as acoustics, optics, geophysics, seismology, electromagnetic theory, solid and fluid mechanics. The journal publishes papers on analytical, numerical and experimental methods. Papers that address fundamentally new topics in wave phenomena or develop wave propagation methods for solving direct and inverse problems are of interest to the journal.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
PhysicsMathematicsQuantum MechanicsMathematical AnalysisOpticsComputer ScienceEngineeringGeometryThermodynamicsMechanical EngineeringMaterials ScienceGeologyAcousticsComposite MaterialsBiologyChemistry
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #11,917Scopus Q2SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1979-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:MathematicsPhysics and Astronomy
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q2
0.499

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q2
Scopus H-Index (2025)
75

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
2.50

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,969 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations809
3-Year Documents333
Citable Documents332

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)2

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate23.8%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Applied MathematicsQ2
Computational MathematicsQ2
Modeling and SimulationQ2
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Physics & Astrophysics
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3区ACOUSTICS
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
11.2周
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
4.2周
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Bimonthly
Founding Year
1979
Editorial Address
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 1000 AE
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
ACOUSTICS
JCRSCIE
16/41Q2
MECHANICS
JCRSCIE
98/172Q3
PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
JCRSCIE
48/112Q2
ACOUSTICS
JCISCIE
15/41Q2
MECHANICS
JCISCIE
76/172Q2
PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
JCISCIE
44/112Q2

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—9932
20252.5157328
20242.1145661
20232.494719
20222.1741161,031
20212.021061,090
20201.56394791
20191.5761291,870
20181.7231061,400
2017—90937
2016—1412,410
2015—1071,694
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Wave Motion

WoS Q2
1223201820192020202120222023202420252.50
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:2.5

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 9.5%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: 125c163a-0096-4d22-bb77-871f46fffa93
Database Updated: 2026-09-28