Academic Journal
Q2Fluids
About Fluids
Fluids is a scholarly journal published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.406 and H-index of 40.
Coverage: 2016-2026. Research categories: Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (Q2); Mechanical Engineering (Q2); Condensed Matter Physics (Q3).
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- Journal Impact Factor: 2.1 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
- Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
- Editor(s): Prof. Dr. D. Andrew S. Rees (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Editor-in-Chief listed on the journal homepage.
- Contact email: fluids@mdpi.com — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal editorial office email published by MDPI; manuscript files use the submission system.
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Topics in published research
Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows; Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis; Wind and Air Flow Studies; Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies; Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics; Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer.
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Recent Research Articles
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2026-09-16 · DOI: 10.3390/fluids11090235Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Water Mist Penetration Through a Hot Air Jet
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2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.3390/fluids11090234The Partially Averaged Navier–Stokes Paradigm: Recent Advances Toward Predictive Scale-Resolving Turbulence Simulation
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2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.3390/fluids11090233On the Convergence, Node Collocation, and the Disc-Edge Singularity of a Vortex-Ring/Vortex-Cylinder Free-Wake Model for the Uniformly Loaded Actuator Disc
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2026-09-14 · DOI: 10.3390/fluids11090232The Interaction of Wind-Generated Gravity Water Wave Groups with Capillary-Gravity Wave Groups: Coupled Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations
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2026-09-13 · DOI: 10.3390/fluids11090231Theoretical Analysis of Cuttings Accumulation at Curvature Transition Zones in Double Build-Up Wells
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