Granular Matter

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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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9
2024	2.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.698

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	85

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8130

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	914

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Engineering, Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Cohesive, frictional powders: contact models for tension

  Citation: 493

  Authors: Stefan

• Velocity distributions in homogeneous granular fluids: the free and the heated case

  Citation: 437

  Authors: T.P.C., M.H.

• Review on testers for measuring flow properties of bulk solids

  Citation: 289

  Authors: J�rg

• An approach to simulate the motion of spherical and non-spherical fuel particles in combustion chambers

  Citation: 252

  Authors: Algis, Bernhard

• A method to model realistic particle shape and inertia in DEM

  Citation: 244

  Authors: Jean-Francois, Glenn R.

• The importance of modelling ballast particle shape in the discrete element method

  Citation: 243

  Authors: M., G. R.

• The flow rate of granular materials through an orifice

  Citation: 228

  Authors: C., A., R., J. M., I., A., D.

• Energy absorption during compression and impact of dry elastic-plastic spherical granules

  Citation: 221

  Authors: Sergiy, Stefan, Jürgen, Niels G., Maureen S., J. A. M.

• Experiments on corn pressure in silo cells – translation and comment of Janssen's paper from 1895

  Citation: 220

  Authors: Matthias

• Fundamental study of thermal conduction in dry soils

  Citation: 214

  Authors: T. S., J. C.

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