Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

The Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research, theory, and practice concerning the properties of materials. The journal was established in 1952 by Rodney Hill and is published by Elsevier. As of February 2025, the editor-in-chief is Vikram Deshpande (University of Cambridge). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 5.0.^[1]

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Discipline	Physics of solid mechanics
Language	English
Edited by	Vikram Deshpande
Publication details
History	1952–present
Publisher	Elsevier
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor	5.0 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Mech. Phys. Solids
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	JMPSA8
ISSN	0022-5096
Links
Journal homepage Online archive

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Applied Mechanics Reviews
• Chemical Abstracts Service
• Ei Compendex
• INIS Atomindex
• Mathematical Reviews
• PASCAL
• Science Abstracts
• Scopus
• Science Citation Index Expanded

See also

• Solid mechanics
• Materials science