About the Journal
Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale (Fracture and Structural Integrity) is the International Journal of the Italian Group of Fracture (ISSN 1971-8993). It is an open-access journal published online every three months (January, April, July, October). The Journal is financially supported by Italian Group of Fracture and by crowdfunding and is completely free of charge both for readers and for authors. Neither processing charges nor submission charges will be required.
Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale encompasses the broad topic of structural integrity, which is based on the mechanics of fatigue and fracture and is concerned with the reliability and effectiveness of structural components. The aim of the Journal is to promote works and researches on fracture phenomena, as well as the development of new materials and new standards for structural integrity assessment. The Journal is interdisciplinary and accepts contributions from engineers, metallurgists, materials scientists, physicists, chemists, and mathematicians.
Sister Associations help the journal managing:
Australia: Australian Fracture Group - AFG
Czech Rep.: Asociace Strojních Inženýrů (Association of Mechanical Engineers)
Greece: Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials - GSEMM
India: Indian Structural Integrity Society - InSIS
Israel: Israel Structural Integrity Group - ISIG
Italy: Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia - AIM
Italy: Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica ed Applicata - AIMETA
Italy: Società Scientifica Italiana di Progettazione Meccanica e Costruzione di Macchine - AIAS
Poland: Group of Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of Materials and Structures
Portugal: Portuguese Structural Integrity Society - APFIE
Romania: Romania Association of Fracture Mechanics - ARMR
Serbia: Structural Integrity and Life Society "Prof. Stojan Sedmak" - DIVK
Spain: Grupo Espanol de Fractura - Sociedad Espanola de Integridad Estructural - GEF
Ukraine: Ukrainian Society on Fracture Mechanics of Materials (USFMM)
Current Issue
The browsable journal is available at this link
Dear friends,
also this issue is really rich, with 69 published papers. Considering that in each issue we manage between 200 and 300 papers, it is evident the effort of the community to support the journal: authors, reviewers, editorial boards members are warmly acknowledged for their efforts, their support and the time they spend on the journal!
With this issue, a crucial number is obtained: more than 1000 (one thousand!!!) papers have been published in “Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale” since its first issue, in 2007.
In this issue, we have many “Special Sections” and we are grateful to the Guest Editors for their help in the reviewing process. Frankly speaking, without their help it would be impossible to publish issues like the present one. We warmly acknowledge Valerii Matveenko and Oleg Plekhov (SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity), Mohammed Hadj Meliani, Ljubica Milovic and Guy Pluvinage (SI: Fracture Mechanics versus Environment), Raghu Vasu Prakash (SI: Showcasing Structural Integrity Research in India), Manuel Freitas, Luis Reis, Fatima Vaz (SI: New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture) and, finally, Luca Susmel and Michael Vormwald (SI: Crack Tip Fields).
In the last weeks, we activated in the journal three new plugins:
1) pdf embedded in the journal website structure: selecting a pdf, the file now is open inside the journal website;
2) papers statistics for each paper: you are able to visualize how many downloads and view were obtained for each paper, per year and per month.
3) “Online first”. As soon as the reviewing process is completed (... and the paper is accepted!), and the Publishing agreement and Visual Abstract is uploaded, the paper is immediately published in the “Online first” section, being immediately available!
We hope that all these new plugins will be appreciated and, please, feel free to send us your suggestions to further improve the journal. Very best
Articles
SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity
SI: Characterisation of Crack Tip Fields
SI: Fracture Mechanics versus Environment
SI: New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture
SI: Showcasing Structural Integrity Research in India
Additional Content
Editor in Chief and Associate Editors oversee the peer review process for the journal, including evaluating submissions, selecting reviewers and assessing their comments, and making editorial decisions. Together with Advisory Editorial Board and the Editorial Board Members, they are involved in the development of journal policies and ethics standards and work to promote Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale to provide resources, support and advice for researchers, especially early reaserchers, in their journey from writing to publishing their scientific papers while at the same time making free public access to scientific research.
