International Journal of Damage Mechanics


The International Journal of Damage Mechanics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the fields of engineering and materials science. The editor-in-chief is Chi L. Chow. It was established in 1992 and is published by Sage Publications.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic Search Premier, Current Contents, the Material Science Citation Index, Mechanical Engineering Abstracts, Scopus, and the Science Citation Index Expanded. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2013 impact factor is 1.721, ranking it 92nd out of 251 journals in the category "Materials Science, Multidisciplinary" and 39th out of 138 journals in the category "Mechanics".