
Although many phenomena observed in granular materials are still not yet fully understood, important contributions have been made to further our understanding using modern tools from statistical mechanics. These tools apply to disordered systems, phase transitions, instabilities or intermittent behavior and the performance of discrete particle simulations on the latest and most powerful computers. Until now, however, many of these results were only to be found scattered throughout the physics literature. Furthermore, physicists are often unaware of the theories and results published by engineers in more specialized technical journals.
The journal Granular Matter thus serves as a platform of communication among researchers of various disciplines who are involved in the basic research of granular media. It helps to establish a common language and gather articles under one single roof that up to now have been spread over many journals in a variety of fields.
- A platform for communication among researchers of various disciplines who are involved in the basic research of granular media
- Tracks contributions that further our understanding using modern tools from statistical mechanics
- Helps to establish a common language and gather articles under one single roof that up to now have been spread over journals in a variety of fields
- 92% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal again
Journal information
- Editors-in-Chief
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- Hans Herrmann,
- Stefan Luding,
- Heinrich Jaeger
- Publishing model
- Hybrid (Transformative Journal). Learn about publishing Open Access with us
Journal metrics
- 2.347 (2019)
- Impact factor
- 2.499 (2019)
- Five year impact factor
- 78 days
- Submission to first decision
- 225 days
- Submission to acceptance
- 119,940 (2020)
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Cooling after shearing: three possible fates for dense granular materials
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Effect of lateral confinement on the apparent mass of granular dampers
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A discrete element framework for modeling the mechanical behaviour of snow—Part I: Mechanical behaviour and numerical model
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About this journal
- Electronic ISSN
- 1434-7636
- Print ISSN
- 1434-5021
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