International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering is a Wiley journal that carries original papers on significant developments in numerical methods applicable to engineering problems. It has appeared since 1969 and comes out every week, and it presents itself as the home for difference-making research in computational science. Its 2025 impact factor is 3.3 and its CiteScore is 6.1.《国际工程数值方法杂志》是 Wiley 出版的一份期刊，刊载涉及可用于工程问题的数值方法重大进展的原创论文。该刊自 1969 年出版，每周一期，自述为计算科学中产生差异的研究之所。其 2025 年影响因子为 3.3，CiteScore 为 6.1。

Scope

• The journal publishes original papers describing significant and novel developments in numerical methods that can be applied to engineering problems.该刊发表原创论文，描述可用于工程问题的数值方法方面的重要新进展。

• It describes itself as known for pioneering techniques that help solve critical engineering problems.该刊自述以开创有助于解决关键工程问题的技术而闻名。

• The journal covers fundamental and emerging concepts in computational science and engineering, so it holds theory and application together.该刊覆盖计算科学与工程中的基础与新兴概念，因此把理论与应用放在一处。

• Its editors present it as the home for research that makes a difference, and they say that such work leads to engineering solutions and progress.其编辑把它呈现为产生差异的研究之所，并称这类工作会带来工程解法与进展。

• A wide range of areas in computational engineering is welcomed, and model reduction is the first of those named.计算工程的广泛方向都受到欢迎，模型降阶是所列举中的第一个。

• Uncertainty quantification appears on the same list, so the journal is concerned with how far results can be trusted.不确定性量化出现在同一份清单上，因此该刊关心结果可以被信任到什么程度。

• Verification and validation are named, along with inverse analysis and stochastic methods.验证与确认被列出，反演分析与随机方法也在其中。

• Optimisation is covered as a subject of its own.最优化本身作为一个选题被覆盖。

• Element technology, solution techniques and parallel computing make up a further group of subjects.单元技术，求解技术与并行计算构成又一组选题。

• Damage and fracture are treated, and so are mechanics at the micro and nano scales.损伤与断裂受到处理，微观与纳观尺度的力学也是如此。

• Low-speed fluid dynamics and fluid-structure interaction are named among the areas the journal takes.低速流体动力学与流固耦合被列为该刊接收的方向之一。

• Coupled diffusion phenomena close the list, together with error estimation and mesh generation.耦合扩散现象补足了清单，误差估计与网格生成也在其中。

• The journal states that its aim is to publish work that matters, and it presents itself as the home for difference-making research.该刊声明其目标是发表有价值的工作，并自述为产生差异的研究之所。

• Numerical analysis is the core of the programme, but the journal expects a method to be shown on an engineering problem rather than described in the abstract.数值分析是其选题核心，但该刊期望一种方法被放到具体工程问题上展示，而不只是抽象地描述。

• Papers on topology optimisation and on the finite element method appear frequently in its pages.涉及拓扑优化与有限元方法的论文在其版面上频繁出现。

• Work on mesh generation and on error estimation is taken, since those two determine how far a computation can be trusted.涉及网格生成与误差估计的工作会被接收，因为这两者决定了一次计算可以被信任到什么程度。

• The journal also takes computational work on uncertainty quantification, which has grown quickly in engineering practice.该刊也接收涉及不确定性量化的计算工作，这一方向在工程实践中增长迅速。

• Its back volumes are available on the publisher's platform, and the whole run is held in digital form.其过刊可在出版方平台上获取，整个出版线都以数字形式保存。

History

• The journal was founded in 1969, and it has appeared without a break since.该刊创办于 1969 年，此后连续出版未断。

• Its early frequency varied, and the journal has been weekly since 2006.其早年出版频率多变，自 2006 年起改为每周出版。

• It has been issued in four volumes a year since 2006, having run to three volumes a year from 1998.自 2006 年起该刊每年出版四卷，此前自 1998 年起为每年三卷。

• The print number is 0029-5981 and the electronic number 1097-0207.其印本刊号为 0029-5981，电子刊号为 1097-0207。

• The publisher is Wiley, and the early imprint named Chichester, New York and other places of publication.出版方是 Wiley，早期出版地标注为奇切斯特，纽约等地。

• The journal is published in England, and its address in the citation records is given in Oxford and in the United States.该刊在英国出版，其在引文记录中的地址分别列在牛津与美国。

• A companion title, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, ran alongside it for a period.一份姊妹刊《Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering》曾与它并行出版一段时间。

• An extra volume in 1986 consisted of only three numbers, which shows how the journal adjusted its schedule.1986 年有一卷增卷仅含三期，可见该刊对出版节奏的调整。

• Only selected citations were carried by PubMed, so the title is not indexed for biomedical purposes in full.PubMed 只收录其部分引用，因此该刊并未被完整地纳入生物医学检索。

• The 2025 impact factor is 3.3 and the five-year figure is 3.0, and the title sits in the first quartile of its mathematics category.该刊 2025 年影响因子为 3.3，五年影响因子为 3.0，位于其数学类目的第一象限。

• Its snapshot records more than twenty-one thousand citations and 257 articles, with a cited half-life of 16.7 years.其快照记录总被引两万一千余次，年发文 257 篇，被引半衰期达 16.7 年。

• That long half-life fits a field in which a method keeps being used for decades after it is proposed.这一长半衰期切合一个方法在提出后数十年仍在被使用的领域。

• The journal has published for more than fifty years, and its volume numbering has continued without a break since 1969.该刊已出版五十余年，其卷号自 1969 年起连续未断。

• It reached volume 126 in 2025, which shows how many issues a weekly title accumulates in a year.2025 年它出到第 126 卷，可见一份周刊一年能累积多少期。

• Its issues are dated through the year at short intervals, and each volume gathers a fixed number of numbers.其各期在全年的间隔很短，每一卷汇集固定数量的期号。

• The publisher has widened the range of metrics it reports, and the journal's acceptance rate is given as 16 per cent.出版方扩大了所公布的指标范围，该刊的接受率被列为 16%。

• Its author base is international, and the journal is indexed in the science citation index expanded.其作者群具有国际性，该刊被科学引文索引扩展版收录。

• The journal's name has not changed since 1969, and it has kept its place in the engineering mathematics field throughout.该刊的刊名自 1969 年以来未曾改变，它一直在工程数学领域保有自己的位置。

• A paper is expected to show a method working on a problem that an engineer would recognise, and the journal asks for verification of the results.论文被期望展示某种方法在一个工程师会认得的问题上有效，该刊还要求对结果作出验证。

• The journal carries review articles from time to time, but its core remains the original research paper.该刊不时刊载综述文章，但其核心仍然是原创研究论文。

• The journal is issued in four volumes a year, and each volume collects a run of weekly numbers.该刊每年出版四卷，每一卷汇集成一段时间的周刊期号。

Editors

• (Alina Bruma) is the editor of the journal, and the publisher lists her name at the head of the journal page.（Alina Bruma）是该刊编辑，出版方把她的名字列在刊物页面之首。

• The journal states that its acceptance rate is 16 per cent, which indicates how selective it is.该刊声明其接受率为 16%，可见其选择之严。

• Its CiteScore stands at 6.1 in the publisher's own reporting and 5.5 in another Wiley page, both figures being given for recent years.出版方一处报告其 CiteScore 为 6.1，另一处为 5.5，两个数字都是近年数值。

• Publishing follows a hybrid model, so an author may pay an article processing charge to make a paper free to read.出版采用混合模式，作者可以支付文章处理费使论文免费阅读。

• The journal is indexed by the science citation index expanded, by Scopus and by Inspec, which suits a computational field.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版，Scopus 与 Inspec 收录，这切合一个计算类领域。

• Wiley became a signatory of the declaration on research assessment, and the publisher has widened the range of journal and article metrics it publishes.Wiley 成为研究评估宣言的签署方，出版方也扩大了所公布的期刊与论文指标范围。

• The editorial team handles manuscripts on numerical analysis, on optimisation and on computational mechanics.编辑团队处理数值分析，最优化与计算力学方面的稿件。

• Papers are submitted through the publisher's online system, and the journal publishes author guidelines on the same site.稿件通过出版方的在线系统投递，该刊在同一站点公布作者指南。

• The publisher identifies the title as an engineering mathematics journal, and it groups the title with its computational and engineering list.出版方把该刊界定为工程数学期刊，并把它归入其计算与工程刊物清单。

• The journal's editorial arrangements follow the publisher's practice for that list, and a single editor is named on the journal page.该刊的编辑安排遵循出版方对这一清单的做法，刊物页面上只列出一位编辑。

• Manuscripts are handled through the publisher's system, and the journal asks authors of computational work to make their data available.稿件通过出版方系统处理，该刊要求计算类工作的作者公开其数据。

• The board includes associate editors who work on fluid mechanics, on solid mechanics and on optimisation.编委会中有副编辑分别研究流体力学，固体力学与最优化。

• The guide for authors sets out the structure expected of a computational paper, including the reporting of a benchmark problem.作者指南规定了一篇计算类论文所期望的结构，其中包括基准问题的报告。