Granular Matter
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Aims & Scope
Although many phenomena observed in granular materials are still not yet fully understood, important contributions have been made to further our understanding using modern tools from statistical mechanics, micro-mechanics, and computational science. These modern tools apply to disordered systems, phase transitions, instabilities or intermittent behavior and the performance of discrete particle simulations. >> Until now, however, many of these results were only to be found scattered throughout the literature. Physicists are often unaware of the theories and results published by engineers or other fields - and vice versa. The journal Granular Matter thus serves as an interdisciplinary platform of communication among researchers of various disciplines who are involved in the basic research on granular media. It helps to establish a common language and gather articles under one single roof that up to now have been spread over many journals in a variety of fields. Notwithstanding, highly applied or technical work is beyond the scope of this journal.
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MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
MECHANICS
PHYSICS, APPLIED
MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
MECHANICS
PHYSICS, APPLIED
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisGranular Matter (acronym: grma, abbr: GRANULAR MATTER, ISSN: 1434-7636) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Materials Science, published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg in United States since 1998. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 3.00, ranking in quartile Q3 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.787 (Q1), an H-index of 92.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Quarterly, an annual output of approximately 95 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,138 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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