Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics publishes research on flowing soft matter systems.

Submissions in all areas of flowing complex fluids are welcomed, including polymer melts and solutions, suspensions, colloids, surfactant solutions, biological fluids, gels, liquid crystals and granular materials.

Flow problems relevant to microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, nanofluidics, biological flows, geophysical flows, industrial processes and other applications are of interest.

Subjects considered suitable for the journal include the following (not necessarily in order of importance): Theoretical, computational and experimental studies of naturally or technologically relevant flow problems where the non-Newtonian nature of the fluid is important in determining the character of the flow.

We seek in particular studies that lend mechanistic insight into flow behavior in complex fluids or highlight flow phenomena unique to complex fluids.

Examples include Instabilities, unsteady and turbulent or chaotic flow characteristics in non-Newtonian fluids, Multiphase flows involving complex fluids, Problems involving transport phenomena such as heat and mass transfer and mixing, to the extent that the non-Newtonian flow behavior is central to the transport phenomena, Novel flow situations that suggest the need for further theoretical study, Practical situations of flow that are in need of systematic theoretical and experimental research.

Such issues and developments commonly arise, for example, in the polymer processing, petroleum, pharmaceutical, biomedical and consumer product industries.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.8

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.860

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	122

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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 Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Materials Science, Mathematics 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.

• Thixotropy—a review

  Citation: 1237

  Authors: Howard A

• A new constitutive equation derived from network theory

  Citation: 1027

  Authors: Nhan Phan, Roger I.

• The yield stress—a review or ‘παντα ρει’—everything flows?

  Citation: 944

  Authors: Howard A.

• A simple constitutive equation for polymer fluids based on the concept of deformation-dependent tensorial mobility

  Citation: 867

  Authors: H.

• A review of the slip (wall depletion) of polymer solutions, emulsions and particle suspensions in viscometers: its cause, character, and cure

  Citation: 799

  Authors: Howard A.

• Large amplitude oscillatory shear as a way to classify the complex fluids

  Citation: 793

  Authors: Kyu, Sook Heun, Kyung Hyun, Seung Jong

• A new mixed finite element for calculating viscoelastic flow

  Citation: 474

  Authors: J.M., M.J.

• Yield stress fluid flows: A review of experimental data

  Citation: 452

  Authors: P.

• A finite-element/finite-difference simulation of the injection-molding filling process

  Citation: 441

  Authors: C.A., S.F.

• Constitutive laws for the matrix-logarithm of the conformation tensor

  Citation: 437

  Authors: Raanan, Raz

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