International Journal of Damage Mechanics (IJDM)

The International Journal of Damage Mechanics is an established and influential multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE Publications since 1992, dedicated to advancing the science of damage mechanics. It serves as a premier platform for original research articles, review papers and computational studies that explore the initiation, progression and effects of damage in materials and structures under varied mechanical and environmental conditions. The journal brings together experimental insights, theoretical frameworks and numerical methods to enhance understanding of damage phenomena across different length scales — from nano to macro. Research topics include fatigue and creep damage, ductile/plastic deformation mechanisms, brittle and elastic fracture, impact and strain-rate sensitivity, probabilistic damage modeling, self-healing materials, multi-scale modeling and simulation of damage processes. It integrates knowledge from materials science, mechanical engineering, structural mechanics and computational mechanics, making it relevant to academics and practitioners working on advanced materials, infrastructure resilience, aerospace components, energy systems and biomedical materials. The journal follows a rigorous peer-review process to ensure high scientific quality and relevance. With a broad international readership, it contributes to both fundamental scientific discovery and practical engineering solutions that address durability, safety and performance of modern engineered systems.

International Journal of Damage Mechanics (IJDM) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, General Materials Science, Computational Mechanics, fatigue and creep damage, micro/macro defects, probabilistic damage, self-healing materials, strain-rate effects, impact damage, multi-scale constitutive modeling and numerical simulations of damaged systems , Online or Print , 8-issues-year Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 1056-7895, E-ISSN: 1530-7921, Established: 1992, Impact Factor: 3.9
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE