Journal rankings · indicator year 2005
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Subfield ranking · 2005
Mechanical Engineering journal rankings 2005
197 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanical Engineering has 197 ranked journals in 2005. The median journal has an OJR of 0.50, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2004; Q1 starts at OJR 1.15. The top three are International Materials Reviews, Research in Engineering Design, and Journal of Mechanical Design.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2005. 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 2002–2004, the window the 2005 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 of Engineering (16)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering258
- Mechanical Engineering197
- Aerospace Engineering125
- Civil and Structural Engineering121
- Biomedical Engineering120
- Mechanics of Materials91
- Computational Mechanics75
- Control and Systems Engineering71
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering44
- Building and Construction37
- Ocean Engineering34
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality19
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197 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 2004. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2002–2004, the window the 2005 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2002–2004 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 2005. | Compare |
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1International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 6.04Q1 | 5.97 0.97 up from 2004 | 42 | 12% | $4,400 | ||
2Research in Engineering DesignSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 4.71Q1 | 2.03 0.74 down from 2004 | 48 | 7% | $4,090 | ||
3Journal of Mechanical DesignAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 3.19Q1 | 2.59 0.30 up from 2004 | 403 | 4% | — | ||
4Design StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.05Q1 | 1.38 0.42 down from 2004 | 131 | 5% | $4,570 | ||
5Composites Part B EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.66Q1 | 1.64 0.11 up from 2004 | 234 | 7% | $5,210 | ||
6Journal of TribologyASM International · United States | 2.56Q1 | 1.74 0.73 up from 2004 | 287 | 3% | — | ||
7International Journal of Machine Tools and ManufactureElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.43Q1 | 1.47 0.17 down from 2004 | 622 | 3% | $5,610 | ||
8International Journal of Mechanical SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.43Q1 | 1.18 0.03 up from 2004 | 359 | 5% | $4,740 | ||
9Artificial intelligence for engineering design analysis and manufacturingCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 1.13 0.01 down from 2004 | 71 | 24% | $3,550 | ||
10ManufacturingInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United Kingdom | 2.22Q1 | 0.35 0.02 down from 2004 | 147 | — | — | ||
11International Journal of PlasticityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.22Q1 | 3.61 0.33 down from 2004 | 323 | 11% | $3,740 | ||
12Journal of Manufacturing Science and EngineeringASM International · United States | 2.19Q1 | 1.14 0.21 down from 2004 | 345 | 2% | — | ||
13Journal of Engineering DesignTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.16Q1 | 1.26 0.53 up from 2004 | 119 | 2% | — | ||
14Tribology InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.07Q1 | 1.45 0.21 up from 2004 | 417 | 1% | $5,390 | ||
15Microscale Thermophysical EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.06Q1 | 1.81 0.43 up from 2004 | 75 | 0% | — | ||
16Scripta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.01Q1 | 2.09 0.08 up from 2004 | 1,389 | 3% | $3,220 | ||
17Tribology TransactionsTaylor & Francis | 2.00Q1 | 1.18 0.07 up from 2004 | 237 | 2% | — | ||
18ASME Journal of Heat and Mass TransferASM International · United States | 1.99Q1 | 1.48 0.38 up from 2004 | 444 | 4% | — | ||
19Journal of Sandwich Structures & MaterialsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.97Q1 | 0.96 0.07 up from 2004 | 62 | 9% | $4,400 | ||
20CalphadElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.97Q1 | 1.14 1.13 down from 2004 | 137 | 3% | $3,250 | ||
21International Journal of Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 1.71 0.28 up from 2004 | 1,523 | 5% | $4,220 | ||
22IntermetallicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.90Q1 | 1.42 0.44 down from 2004 | 603 | 2% | $2,730 | ||
23WearElsevier BV · Switzerland | 1.78Q1 | 1.49 0.21 up from 2004 | 1,034 | 5% | $5,394 | ||
24Journal of Engineering Materials and TechnologyAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 1.72Q1 | 1.46 0.35 up from 2004 | 169 | 3% | — | ||
25Tribology LettersSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.61Q1 | 1.64 0.45 up from 2004 | 312 | 5% | $3,990 | ||
26Vehicle System DynamicsTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 1.60Q1 | 0.84 0.18 up from 2004 | 217 | 1% | — | ||
27CIRP AnnalsElsevier BV | 1.56Q1 | 1.48 0.16 up from 2004 | 379 | 5% | $3,190 | ||
28Energy Conversion and ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.53Q1 | 1.42 0.10 up from 2004 | 822 | 4% | $4,600 | ||
29Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering TribologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.53Q1 | 0.75 0.11 up from 2004 | 132 | 2% | $4,150 | ||
30Applied Thermal EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.53Q1 | 0.90 0.07 up from 2004 | 702 | 4% | $3,660 | ||
31SPE Eastern Regional MeetingPublisher not listed | 1.50Q1 | 0.25 0.07 down from 2004 | 67 | 0% | — | ||
32Materials Science and Engineering AElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.50Q1 | 1.31 0.13 down from 2004 | 3,693 | 3% | $3,430 | ||
33Precision EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 1.08 0.12 up from 2004 | 198 | 2% | $3,340 | ||
34Metallurgical and Materials Transactions ASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.48Q1 | 1.24 0.10 down from 2004 | 1,117 | 6% | $3,990 | ||
35International Journal of RefrigerationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.43Q1 | 0.89 0.08 down from 2004 | 412 | 6% | $3,220 | ||
36Advanced Engineering MaterialsWiley · Germany | 1.41Q1 | 1.44 0.34 up from 2004 | 446 | 6% | $4,520 | ||
37International Journal of Thermal SciencesElsevier BV · France | 1.40Q1 | 1.06 0.19 up from 2004 | 378 | 5% | $3,920 | ||
38Materials CharacterizationElsevier BV · United States | 1.25Q1 | 0.77 0.41 down from 2004 | 306 | 5% | $3,320 | ||
39Surface and Coatings TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.24Q1 | 1.30 0.14 down from 2004 | 3,118 | 5% | $3,880 | ||
40International Journal of Pressure Vessels and PipingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.23Q1 | 0.84 0.17 up from 2004 | 332 | 4% | $3,620 | ||
41Journal of Pressure Vessel TechnologyASM International · United States | 1.21Q1 | 0.74 0.10 up from 2004 | 205 | 3% | — | ||
42Heat Transfer EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.21Q1 | 0.60 0.28 up from 2004 | 230 | 2% | — | ||
43Metals and Materials InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · South Korea | 1.21Q1 | 1.59 1.10 up from 2004 | 261 | 0% | $4,090 | ||
44Science and Technology of Welding & JoiningManey Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.19Q1 | 0.86 0.27 up from 2004 | 189 | 10% | $4,400 | ||
45AdsorptionSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.17Q1 | 1.51 0.14 up from 2004 | 87 | 5% | $4,090 | ||
46Materials & Design (1980-2015)Elsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.17Q1 | 0.55 0.21 down from 2004 | 561 | 4% | — | ||
47MaterialsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.16Q1 | 0.25 0.10 up from 2004 | 89 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
48Metallurgical and Materials Transactions BSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.15Q1 | 0.84 0.04 down from 2004 | 301 | 4% | $3,990 | ||
49Journal of Materials Processing TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.15Q1 | 0.79 0.01 up from 2004 | 2,857 | 8% | $3,980 | ||
50Journal of Applied MechanicsASM International · United States | 1.15Q1 | 0.61 0.13 down from 2004 | 784 | 39% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanical Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering258
- Mechanical Engineering197
- Aerospace Engineering125
- Civil and Structural Engineering121
- Biomedical Engineering120
- Mechanics of Materials91
- Computational Mechanics75
- Control and Systems Engineering71
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering44
- Building and Construction37
- Ocean Engineering34
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality19
- Media Technology13
- Automotive Engineering12
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2005. Corpus-wide, 70.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
64 additional Mechanical Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2002–2004, 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: 2005. Publication window: 2002–2004. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 197
- Window papers (baseline)
- 99,066 +29.1% from indicator year 2002
- Median OJR
- 0.501 -5.7% from indicator year 2002
- Rising journals (2025)
- 37
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2002–2004 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 | 153 | 165 | 174 | 181 | 189 | 197 | 200 | 216 | 239 | 248 | 253 | 259 | 279 | 297 | 318 | 336 | 349 | 360 | 367 | 371 | 379 | 380 | 376 | 376 | 372 | 366 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 62,334 | 69,348 | 76,751 | 85,480 | 91,814 | 99,066 | 105,079 | 114,255 | 121,976 | 131,580 | 138,936 | 149,595 | 164,074 | 174,982 | 184,498 | 189,752 | 192,405 | 190,265 | 188,986 | 196,408 | 208,840 | 221,656 | 231,232 | 237,955 | 243,502 | 258,806 | |
| Median OJR | 0.511 | 0.539 | 0.531 | 0.553 | 0.47 | 0.501 | 0.51157 | 0.5481 | 0.5022 | 0.5090 | 0.565 | 0.58 | 0.551 | 0.59 | 0.561 | 0.5478 | 0.57 | 0.545 | 0.51162 | 0.500 | 0.5023 | 0.492 | 0.5093 | 0.496 | 0.528 | 0.489 |
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.