Journal rankings · indicator year 2002
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Field ranking · 2002
Engineering journal rankings 2002
1,072 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Engineering has 1,072 ranked journals in 2002. The median journal has an OJR of 0.69, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.04 on 2001; Q1 starts at OJR 1.37. The top three are Materials Science and Engineering R Reports, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, and Progress in Aerospace Sciences.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2002. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Engineering (16)
Up to Physical Sciences- Electrical and Electronic Engineering215
- Mechanical Engineering174
- Aerospace Engineering115
- Civil and Structural Engineering109
- Biomedical Engineering105
- Mechanics of Materials85
- Computational Mechanics69
- Control and Systems Engineering68
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering36
- Ocean Engineering30
- Building and Construction29
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality16
Show all 16 subfields
1,072 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2001. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1999–2001 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2002. | Compare |
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1Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 9.37Q1 | 11.28 4.66 up from 2001 | 37 | 0% | $6,150 | ||
2Journal of Manufacturing SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.89Q1 | 0.53 1.91 down from 2001 | 153 | 0% | $3,850 | ||
3Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.31Q1 | 2.27 0.73 down from 2001 | 47 | 5% | $5,860 | ||
4Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.01Q1 | 4.65 1.52 up from 2001 | 53 | 0% | $6,990 | ||
5IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.91Q1 | 4.89 2.04 up from 2001 | 34 | 0% | $2,645 | ||
6Transportation ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 5.89Q1 | 1.72 0.34 up from 2001 | 95 | 6% | — | ||
7IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.67Q1 | 3.67 1.66 up from 2001 | 615 | 5% | $2,645 | ||
8Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 5.47Q1 | 2.29 0.35 up from 2001 | 130 | 15% | — | ||
9IEEE Communications MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.35Q1 | 4.24 1.98 up from 2001 | 600 | 6% | $2,995 | ||
10IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.07Q1 | 3.25 1.20 up from 2001 | 221 | 5% | $2,645 | ||
11IEEE Transactions on Robotics and AutomationInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.05Q1 | 2.17 0.68 up from 2001 | 301 | 18% | — | ||
12AutomaticaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.96Q1 | 2.10 0.16 up from 2001 | 640 | 7% | $3,760 | ||
13IEEE Control SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.88Q1 | 2.34 0.38 up from 2001 | 138 | 2% | — | ||
14Journal of Composites for ConstructionAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 4.74Q1 | 1.47 0.12 up from 2001 | 106 | 7% | — | ||
15Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.65Q1 | 3.56 1.05 up from 2001 | 434 | 8% | $2,645 | ||
16Design StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.63Q1 | 1.98 0.11 up from 2001 | 96 | 11% | $4,570 | ||
17IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.54Q1 | 1.99 0.76 up from 2001 | 249 | 6% | $2,645 | ||
18IEEE Transactions on Automatic ControlInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.93Q1 | 2.12 0.59 up from 2001 | 1,016 | 11% | $2,645 | ||
19Advanced MaterialsGermany | 3.87Q1 | 4.45 0.93 up from 2001 | 1,401 | 6% | $6,070 | ||
20Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of SolidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.76Q1 | 2.85 0.07 up from 2001 | 310 | 13% | $4,220 | ||
21IEEE Robotics & Automation MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.67Q1 | 2.05 0.76 up from 2001 | 65 | 7% | $2,045 | ||
22Journal of Microelectromechanical SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.67Q1 | 3.57 0.91 up from 2001 | 206 | 8% | $2,645 | ||
23Journal of TurbomachineryASM International · United States | 3.58Q1 | 0.82 0.18 down from 2001 | 286 | 12% | — | ||
24Journal of the American Helicopter SocietyVertical Flight Society · United States | 3.44Q1 | 1.25 0.15 up from 2001 | 94 | 19% | — | ||
25Research in Engineering DesignSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 3.41Q1 | 1.38 0.29 up from 2001 | 41 | 7% | $4,090 | ||
26IEEE Transactions on CommunicationsIEEE Communications Society · United States | 3.39Q1 | 2.58 0.98 up from 2001 | 764 | 4% | $2,645 | ||
27Steel and Composite StructuresTechnopress · South Korea | 3.36Q1 | 0.73no 2001 value | 44 | 0% | — | — | |
2839th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and ExhibitPublisher not listed | 3.30Q1 | 0.73no 2001 value | 933 | — | — | — | |
29International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.16Q1 | 1.43 0.13 up from 2001 | 34 | 8% | $4,400 | ||
30Systems & Control LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.15Q1 | 1.44 0.09 up from 2001 | 344 | 7% | $2,910 | ||
31Optimization methods & softwareTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.14Q1 | 0.96 0.97 down from 2001 | 90 | 7% | — | ||
32IEEE Microwave MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.14Q1 | 2.39 0.78 up from 2001 | 54 | 0% | — | ||
33ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 3.13Q1 | 2.95 1.59 up from 2001 | 78 | 6% | — | ||
34SIAM Journal on Control and OptimizationSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · United States | 3.12Q1 | 1.96 0.38 up from 2001 | 299 | 9% | — | ||
35Journal of Process ControlElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.11Q1 | 1.70 0.11 up from 2001 | 149 | 5% | $3,700 | ||
36Computer-Aided DesignElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.09Q1 | 1.82 0.62 up from 2001 | 258 | 0% | $3,140 | ||
37IBM Journal of Research and DevelopmentIBM · United States | 3.08Q1 | 3.15 0.89 up from 2001 | 182 | 0% | — | ||
38Chemistry of MaterialsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 3.06Q1 | 3.67 0.30 up from 2001 | 1,835 | 4% | $4,500 | ||
39SIAM Journal on OptimizationSociety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics · United States | 3.01Q1 | 2.19 0.15 up from 2001 | 177 | 13% | — | ||
40The International Journal of Robotics ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.00Q1 | 1.54 0.35 up from 2001 | 239 | 8% | $4,400 | ||
41IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.99Q1 | 1.47 0.46 up from 2001 | 149 | 7% | $2,645 | ||
42Journal of Guidance Control and DynamicsAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 2.96Q1 | 1.16 0.29 up from 2001 | 529 | 7% | — | ||
43Automation in ConstructionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.94Q1 | 1.24 0.16 up from 2001 | 142 | 4% | $5,490 | ||
44IEEE Journal of Solid-State CircuitsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.91Q1 | 2.61 1.13 up from 2001 | 841 | 3% | $2,645 | ||
45Structural and Multidisciplinary OptimizationSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.88Q1 | 1.41 0.23 up from 2001 | 232 | 6% | $3,990 | ||
46IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.88Q1 | 2.41 0.72 up from 2001 | 236 | 1% | $2,645 | ||
47Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.85Q1 | 2.22 0.74 up from 2001 | 40 | 5% | $5,220 | ||
48IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote SensingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.83Q1 | 2.38 0.67 up from 2001 | 815 | 9% | $2,645 | ||
49Combustion and FlameElsevier BV · United States | 2.82Q1 | 2.17 0.57 up from 2001 | 569 | 4% | $4,320 | ||
50Journal of HeuristicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.79Q1 | 1.23 0.19 up from 2001 | 80 | 3% | $3,190 |
Subfields of Engineering, compared.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering215
- Mechanical Engineering174
- Aerospace Engineering115
- Civil and Structural Engineering109
- Biomedical Engineering105
- Mechanics of Materials85
- Computational Mechanics69
- Control and Systems Engineering68
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering36
- Ocean Engineering30
- Building and Construction29
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality16
- Automotive Engineering11
- Media Technology10
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2002. Corpus-wide, 69.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
366 additional Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1999–2001, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2002. Publication window: 1999–2001. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 1,072
- Window papers (baseline)
- 1,586,509 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Median OJR
- 0.694 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Rising journals (2025)
- 211Comparison-group list (211)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1999–2001 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 945 | 1,010 | 1,072 | 1,119 | 1,159 | 1,217 | 1,256 | 1,342 | 1,445 | 1,529 | 1,578 | 1,672 | 1,774 | 1,899 | 2,001 | 2,106 | 2,188 | 2,239 | 2,290 | 2,358 | 2,389 | 2,428 | 2,444 | 2,437 | 2,442 | 2,405 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 1,301,932 | 1,430,070 | 1,586,509 | 1,745,451 | 1,896,138 | 2,058,422 | 2,234,640 | 2,416,744 | 2,583,093 | 2,754,522 | 2,914,777 | 3,076,735 | 3,239,027 | 3,369,091 | 3,484,492 | 3,569,888 | 3,612,080 | 3,500,235 | 3,153,056 | 2,758,725 | 2,539,069 | 2,563,396 | 2,580,513 | 2,422,273 | 2,259,750 | 2,274,258 | |
| Median OJR | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.694 | 0.758 | 0.75 | 0.7777 | 0.7782 | 0.77 | 0.7930 | 0.80 | 0.820 | 0.822 | 0.7933 | 0.765 | 0.756 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.692 | 0.670 | 0.6705 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.689 | 0.688 | 0.669 | 0.6714 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 4.9% | 1,952 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 1.935 per 1,000 | 1,719 journals |
| Output growth | Median: +3.7% | 2,142 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 53.0% | 2,405 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $2,890 | 1,349 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 22.2% | 2,312 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 2,405 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.67 | 2,362 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 29.8% | 2,405 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 43.9% | 2,402 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.