Wave Motion

Aims & Scope

Wave Motion is devoted to the cross fertilization of ideas, and to stimulating interaction between workers in various research areas in which wave propagation phenomena play a dominant role.

The description and analysis of wave propagation phenomena provides a unifying thread connecting diverse areas of engineering and the physical sciences such as acoustics, optics, geophysics, seismology, electromagnetic theory, solid and fluid mechanics.

The journal publishes papers on analytical, numerical and experimental methods.

Papers that address fundamentally new topics in wave phenomena or develop wave propagation methods for solving direct and inverse problems are of interest to the journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.570

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	71

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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 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.

• A review of wave motion in anisotropic and cracked elastic-media

  Citation: 642

  Authors: Stuart

• Modeling the propagation of elastic waves using a modified finite-difference grid

  Citation: 502

  Authors: Erik H., Norbert, Serge A.

• Transport equations for elastic and other waves in random media

  Citation: 411

  Authors: Leonid, George, Joseph B.

• High-order local non-reflecting boundary conditions: a review

  Citation: 394

  Authors: Dan

• Eigenmodes of the time reversal operator: A solution to selective focusing in multiple-target media

  Citation: 297

  Authors: Claire, Mathias

• Phononic properties of hexagonal chiral lattices

  Citation: 290

  Authors: Alessandro, Massimo, Stefano, Fabrizio

• General electromechanical reciprocity relations applied to the calculation of elastic wave scattering coefficients

  Citation: 284

  Authors: B.A.

• A new method of computation of wave fields using Gaussian beams

  Citation: 284

  Authors: M.M.

• Guided wave signal processing and image fusion for in situ damage localization in plates

  Citation: 256

  Authors: Jennifer E., Thomas E.

• Embedded trapped modes in water waves and acoustics

  Citation: 244

  Authors: C.M., P.

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