International Journal of Material Forming

Aims & Scope

The Journal publishes and disseminates original research in the field of material forming.

The research should constitute major achievements in the understanding, modeling or simulation of material forming processes.

In this respect ‘forming’ implies a deliberate deformation of material.

The journal establishes a platform of communication between engineers and scientists, covering all forming processes, including sheet forming, bulk forming, powder forming, forming in near-melt conditions (injection moulding, thixoforming, film blowing etc.), micro-forming, hydro-forming, thermo-forming, incremental forming etc.

Other manufacturing technologies like machining and cutting can be included if the focus of the work is on plastic deformations.

All materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, glass, wood, fibre reinforced materials, materials in food processing, biomaterials, nano-materials, shape memory alloys etc.) and approaches (micro-macro modelling, thermo-mechanical modelling, numerical simulation including new and advanced numerical strategies, experimental analysis, inverse analysis, model identification, optimization, design and control of forming tools and machines, wear and friction, mechanical behavior and formability of materials etc.) are concerned.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.621

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	52

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9329

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	748

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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 Materials Science, 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.

• Single point incremental forming: state-of-the-art and prospects

  Citation: 218

  Authors: Joost R., Anne-Marie, Jian, Rajiv, Markus, Dave, Hans, Amirahmad, Jack

• Advances in anisotropy and formability

  Citation: 205

  Authors: Dorel, Frédéric, Oana, Toshihiko

• The bias-extension test for the analysis of in-plane shear properties of textile composite reinforcements and prepregs: a review

  Citation: 180

  Authors: P., N., E., A., G., F.

• Simulation of the mechanical behaviour of woven fabrics at the scale of fibers

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Damien

• New algorithm for a robust user-independent evaluation of beginning instability for the experimental FLC determination

  Citation: 122

  Authors: W., Pavel

• A state of the art review of hydroforming technology

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Colin, Jonathan, Nicola, David

• Synthesis and characterization of ZnO – polymer nanocomposites

  Citation: 114

  Authors: A., I., O., C., V.

• Experimental and theoretical investigation of forming limit diagram for Ti-6Al-4 V alloy at warm condition

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Nitin, Geetha, Shyam Krishna, Amit Kumar, Swadesh Kumar

• Similarity measures for identifying material parameters from hysteresis loops using inverse analysis

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Charles F., Gerhard, Martin P., Nielen, Raphael T.

• Discrete mesoscopic modeling for the simulation of woven-fabric reinforcement forming

  Citation: 100

  Authors: David, James A., Corey D., Julie

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