Smart Materials and Structures

Aims & Scope

Smart Materials and Structures (SMS) is a multi-disciplinary engineering journal that explores the creation and utilization of novel forms of transduction.

It is a leading journal in the area of smart materials and structures, publishing the most important results from different regions of the world, largely from Asia, Europe and North America.

The results may be as disparate as the development of new materials and active composite systems, derived using theoretical predictions to complex structural systems, which generate new capabilities by incorporating enabling new smart material transducers.

The theoretical predictions are usually accompanied with experimental verification, characterizing the performance of new structures and devices.

These systems are examined from the nanoscale to the macroscopic.

SMS has a Board of Associate Editors who are specialists in a multitude of areas, ensuring that reviews are fast, fair and performed by experts in all sub-disciplines of smart materials, systems and structures.

A smart material is defined as any material that is capable of being controlled such that its response and properties change under a stimulus.

A smart structure or system is capable of reacting to stimuli or the environment in a prescribed manner.

SMS is committed to understanding, expanding and dissemination of knowledge in this subject matter.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.8
2024	3.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.767

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	185

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7162

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4808

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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 Computer Science, 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.

• A review of power harvesting using piezoelectric materials (2003–2006)

  Citation: 2206

  Authors: Steven R, Henry A

• A piezoelectric vibration based generator for wireless electronics

  Citation: 1502

  Authors: S, P K

• Modal identification of output-only systems using frequency domain decomposition

  Citation: 1450

  Authors: Rune, Lingmi, Palle

• An experimentally validated bimorph cantilever model for piezoelectric energy harvesting from base excitations

  Citation: 1183

  Authors: A, D J

• A review of the recent research on vibration energy harvesting via bistable systems

  Citation: 1094

  Authors: R L, K W

• Modeling and control of magnetorheological dampers for seismic response reduction

  Citation: 1040

  Authors: S J, B F, M K, J D

• Ionic polymer-metal composites: I. Fundamentals

  Citation: 997

  Authors: Mohsen, Kwang J

• Powering MEMS portable devices—a review of non-regenerative and regenerative power supply systems with special emphasis on piezoelectric energy harvesting systems

  Citation: 982

  Authors: K A, N, A M

• Auxetic metamaterials and structures: a review

  Citation: 976

  Authors: Xin, Raj, Phuong, Tuan Duc, Yi Min

• Guided wave based structural health monitoring: A review

  Citation: 881

  Authors: Mira, S

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