Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Field ranking · 2006
Engineering journal rankings 2006
1,256 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Engineering has 1,256 ranked journals in 2006. The median journal has an OJR of 0.78, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2005; Q1 starts at OJR 1.58. The top three are Materials Science and Engineering R Reports, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, and IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2006. 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 2003–2005, the window the 2006 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 Engineering270
- Mechanical Engineering200
- Biomedical Engineering130
- Civil and Structural Engineering125
- Aerospace Engineering121
- Mechanics of Materials96
- Computational Mechanics76
- Control and Systems Engineering73
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering44
- Building and Construction37
- Ocean Engineering37
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality20
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1,256 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 2005. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2003–2005 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 2006. | Compare |
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1Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 13.33Q1 | 22.00 9.96 up from 2005 | 39 | 8% | $6,150 | ||
2IEEE Transactions on Automatic ControlInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 9.23Q1 | 5.29 2.27 up from 2005 | 1,028 | 7% | $2,645 | ||
3IEEE Transactions on Robotics and AutomationInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 9.13Q1 | 7.21 2.99 up from 2005 | 180 | — | — | ||
4AutomaticaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 8.86Q1 | 4.10 1.17 up from 2005 | 781 | 7% | $3,760 | ||
5Transportation ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 8.85Q1 | 4.13 1.11 up from 2005 | 108 | 14% | — | ||
6IEEE Transactions on Industrial InformaticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 8.70Q1 | 5.40no 2005 value | 30 | 4% | $2,645 | — | |
7IEEE Wireless CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 8.70Q1 | 8.12 1.60 up from 2005 | 193 | 6% | $2,995 | ||
8IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.42Q1 | 8.65 2.73 up from 2005 | 42 | 12% | $2,645 | ||
9Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.21Q1 | 6.59 0.47 up from 2005 | 554 | 4% | $2,645 | ||
10Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.00Q1 | 6.92 1.82 up from 2005 | 50 | 22% | $6,990 | ||
11IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.98Q1 | 6.44 0.83 down from 2005 | 551 | 7% | $2,645 | ||
12International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 6.55Q1 | 6.62 0.65 up from 2005 | 47 | 0% | $4,400 | ||
13IEEE Transactions on RoboticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.46Q1 | 3.94 2.59 up from 2005 | 194 | 9% | $2,645 | ||
14Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.43Q1 | 3.22 1.17 down from 2005 | 55 | 5% | $5,860 | ||
15International Journal of AeroacousticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.15Q1 | 1.20 0.01 up from 2005 | 62 | 7% | $4,150 | ||
16IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.89Q1 | 4.13 0.82 up from 2005 | 242 | 2% | $2,645 | ||
17Advanced MaterialsGermany | 5.80Q1 | 8.11 1.73 down from 2005 | 1,543 | 12% | $6,070 | ||
18Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 5.38Q1 | 4.73 0.98 up from 2005 | 212 | 6% | — | ||
19IEEE Communications MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.25Q1 | 3.56 0.20 up from 2005 | 931 | 5% | $2,995 | ||
20Transportation Research Part C Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.22Q1 | 2.28 0.18 up from 2005 | 75 | 8% | $4,040 | ||
21Advanced Engineering InformaticsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.09Q1 | 3.06 1.95 up from 2005 | 64 | 0% | $3,560 | ||
22Journal of Guidance Control and DynamicsAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 5.04Q1 | 2.12 0.48 up from 2005 | 459 | 7% | — | ||
23Computers in IndustryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.90Q1 | 2.08 0.10 down from 2005 | 234 | 13% | $4,080 | ||
24Journal of Process ControlElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.90Q1 | 2.43 0.74 up from 2005 | 235 | 9% | $3,700 | ||
252004 Solid-State, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop Technical DigestPublisher not listed | 4.79Q1 | 1.41 0.21 up from 2005 | 108 | — | — | ||
26IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.79Q1 | 2.67 0.57 up from 2005 | 351 | 4% | $2,645 | ||
27Systems & Control LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.69Q1 | 2.62 1.05 up from 2005 | 377 | 14% | $2,910 | ||
28IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.64Q1 | 3.56 1.51 up from 2005 | 122 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
29Journal of TurbomachineryASM International · United States | 4.57Q1 | 1.28 0.22 up from 2005 | 340 | 5% | — | ||
30Advanced Functional MaterialsWiley · Germany | 4.54Q1 | 6.35 0.85 down from 2005 | 603 | 10% | $5,790 | ||
31The International Journal of Robotics ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.49Q1 | 5.12 2.30 up from 2005 | 228 | 20% | $4,400 | ||
32IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and ApplicationsInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United Kingdom | 4.33Q1 | 2.42 1.06 up from 2005 | 283 | 4% | — | ||
33IEEE/ASME Transactions on MechatronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.30Q1 | 2.45 0.42 up from 2005 | 232 | 4% | $2,645 | ||
34IEEE Transactions on Wireless CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.09Q1 | 4.57 0.74 up from 2005 | 733 | 4% | $2,645 | ||
35Annual Reviews in ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.05Q1 | 2.58 1.24 up from 2005 | 81 | 16% | $3,940 | ||
36International Journal of Humanoid RoboticsWorld Scientific · Singapore | 4.03Q1 | 4.06 0.92 up from 2005 | 53 | 7% | — | ||
37IEEE Journal of Solid-State CircuitsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.96Q1 | 4.80 0.56 up from 2005 | 1,114 | 4% | $2,645 | ||
38Journal of Intelligent Transportation SystemsTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.92Q1 | 1.45 0.15 up from 2005 | 38 | 16% | — | ||
39Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation ReviewElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.90Q1 | 1.65 0.14 up from 2005 | 123 | 8% | $4,240 | ||
40Injury Control and Safety PromotionTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 3.86Q1 | 1.00 0.53 down from 2005 | 34 | — | — | ||
41Structural Health MonitoringSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.78Q1 | 2.24 0.61 up from 2005 | 69 | 8% | $4,400 | ||
42Design StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.77Q1 | 1.89 0.51 up from 2005 | 121 | 8% | $4,570 | ||
43International Journal of ControlTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.72Q1 | 1.82 0.11 up from 2005 | 395 | 13% | — | ||
44IEE Proceedings - Radar Sonar and NavigationUnited Kingdom | 3.67Q1 | 1.43 0.19 up from 2005 | 164 | 4% | — | ||
45Journal of Composites for ConstructionAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 3.66Q1 | 1.38 0.34 up from 2005 | 174 | 5% | — | ||
46Journal of Safety ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.60Q1 | 1.98 0.42 down from 2005 | 187 | 6% | $3,220 | ||
47Earthquake Engineering & Structural DynamicsWiley · United Kingdom | 3.57Q1 | 1.70 0.47 up from 2005 | 303 | 15% | $3,760 | ||
48IEEE Circuits and Systems MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.57Q1 | 2.59 0.82 up from 2005 | 105 | 4% | — | ||
49Lab on a ChipRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 3.55Q1 | 6.12 1.16 up from 2005 | 421 | 9% | — | ||
50Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of SolidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.52Q1 | 3.64 0.52 up from 2005 | 354 | 11% | $4,220 |
Subfields of Engineering, compared.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering270
- Mechanical Engineering200
- Biomedical Engineering130
- Civil and Structural Engineering125
- Aerospace Engineering121
- Mechanics of Materials96
- Computational Mechanics76
- Control and Systems Engineering73
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering44
- Building and Construction37
- Ocean Engineering37
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality20
- Automotive Engineering14
- Media Technology13
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2006. Corpus-wide, 71.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
457 additional Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2003–2005, 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: 2006. Publication window: 2003–2005. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 1,256
- Window papers (baseline)
- 2,234,640 +28.0% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 0.7782 +2.6% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 211Comparison-group list (211)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2003–2005 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.