Journal rankings · indicator year 2011
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Subfield ranking · 2011
Mechanical Engineering journal rankings 2011
259 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanical Engineering has 259 ranked journals in 2011. The median journal has an OJR of 0.58, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2010; Q1 starts at OJR 1.10. The top three are International Materials Reviews, SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, and Research in Engineering Design.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2011. 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 2008–2010, the window the 2011 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 Engineering367
- Mechanical Engineering259
- Biomedical Engineering194
- Civil and Structural Engineering167
- Aerospace Engineering158
- Mechanics of Materials110
- Control and Systems Engineering94
- Computational Mechanics90
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering65
- Building and Construction55
- Ocean Engineering46
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
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259 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 2010. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2008–2010, the window the 2011 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2008–2010 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 2002 to 2011. | Compare |
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1International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 7.37Q1 | 9.81 3.03 up from 2010 | 43 | 0% | $4,400 | ||
2SPE Eastern Regional MeetingPublisher not listed | 4.98Q1 | 1.55 0.18 up from 2010 | 77 | 0% | — | ||
3Research in Engineering DesignSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 4.59Q1 | 2.47 0.13 down from 2010 | 59 | 30% | $4,090 | ||
4CIRP AnnalsElsevier BV | 3.97Q1 | 3.42 0.36 up from 2010 | 446 | 7% | $3,190 | ||
5Design StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.84Q1 | 2.68 0.59 down from 2010 | 108 | 10% | $4,570 | ||
6CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.37Q1 | 2.14 0.28 up from 2010 | 126 | 5% | $2,950 | ||
7International Journal of Machine Tools and ManufactureElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.29Q1 | 3.29 0.68 up from 2010 | 392 | 6% | $5,610 | ||
8Applied Thermal EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.74Q1 | 2.43 0.15 up from 2010 | 1,020 | 15% | $3,660 | ||
9International Journal of PlasticityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.65Q1 | 4.32 0.80 down from 2010 | 291 | 10% | $3,740 | ||
10International Journal of Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.57Q1 | 2.80 0.38 up from 2010 | 1,767 | 7% | $4,220 | ||
11Composites Part B EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.56Q1 | 2.49 0.28 up from 2010 | 271 | 5% | $5,210 | ||
12Journal of Materials Processing TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.52Q1 | 2.50 0.35 up from 2010 | 1,366 | 6% | $3,980 | ||
13Artificial intelligence for engineering design analysis and manufacturingCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.50Q1 | 1.08 0.37 down from 2010 | 120 | 29% | $3,550 | ||
14Energy Conversion and ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.42Q1 | 2.98 0.11 up from 2010 | 1,267 | 8% | $4,600 | ||
15I-THERM :/I-THERM - Intersociety Conference on Thermal Phenomena in Electronic SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.36Q1 | —no 2010 value | 151 | — | — | ||
16Procedia EngineeringOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.28Q1 | 0.70 0.08 up from 2010 | 1,028 | 100% | — | ||
17International Journal of Thermal SciencesElsevier BV · France | 2.26Q1 | 2.65 0.57 up from 2010 | 609 | 7% | $3,920 | ||
18Materials & Design (1980-2015)Elsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 2.89 0.82 up from 2010 | 1,749 | 4% | — | ||
19Science and Technology of Welding & JoiningManey Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.21Q1 | 2.42 0.34 up from 2010 | 302 | 6% | $4,400 | ||
20Journal of Mechanical DesignAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 2.18Q1 | 1.81 0.27 down from 2010 | 482 | 7% | — | ||
21International Journal of Pressure Vessels and PipingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.16Q1 | 1.25 0.13 up from 2010 | 247 | 9% | $3,620 | ||
22International Journal of Mechanical SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.11Q1 | 1.82 0.49 up from 2010 | 352 | 7% | $4,740 | ||
23International Journal of RefrigerationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 2.03 0.34 up from 2010 | 577 | 10% | $3,220 | ||
24Journal of Engineering DesignTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 1.82 0.63 up from 2010 | 147 | 7% | — | ||
25WearElsevier BV · Switzerland | 2.03Q1 | 2.15 0.34 up from 2010 | 1,105 | 9% | $5,394 | ||
26Tribology InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.98Q1 | 1.77 0.26 up from 2010 | 694 | 9% | $5,390 | ||
27Vehicle System DynamicsTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 1.90Q1 | 1.36 0.08 down from 2010 | 369 | 12% | — | ||
28ASME Journal of Heat and Mass TransferASM International · United States | 1.85Q1 | 2.18 0.40 up from 2010 | 720 | 8% | — | ||
29International Communications in Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United States | 1.84Q1 | 2.53 0.43 up from 2010 | 592 | 5% | $3,560 | ||
30Scripta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.76Q1 | 2.74 0.04 down from 2010 | 1,883 | 6% | $3,220 | ||
31International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.76Q1 | 2.01 0.32 up from 2010 | 343 | 3% | $3,310 | ||
32Precision EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.75Q1 | 1.55 0.20 up from 2010 | 217 | 7% | $3,340 | ||
33The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 1.69 0.43 up from 2010 | 1,754 | 7% | $3,990 | ||
34Materials Science and Engineering AElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.70Q1 | 2.29 0.01 up from 2010 | 3,154 | 5% | $3,430 | ||
35International Journal of Rotating MachineryOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · Netherlands | 1.67Q1 | 1.15 0.38 up from 2010 | 53 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
36Surface and Coatings TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.64Q1 | 2.22 0.07 down from 2010 | 2,303 | 10% | $3,880 | ||
37Materials CharacterizationElsevier BV · United States | 1.61Q1 | 1.84 0.16 up from 2010 | 542 | 4% | $3,320 | ||
38Journal of TribologyASM International · United States | 1.61Q1 | 1.39 0.17 up from 2010 | 282 | 6% | — | ||
39IntermetallicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 1.85 0.39 down from 2010 | 799 | 7% | $2,730 | ||
40Production EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.59Q1 | 1.08 0.12 down from 2010 | 210 | 12% | $3,290 | ||
41CalphadElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.55Q1 | 1.64 0.04 up from 2010 | 233 | 1% | $3,250 | ||
42Experimental MechanicsSpringer Nature · United States | 1.49Q1 | 1.62 0.06 up from 2010 | 330 | 16% | $2,390 | ||
43Tribology LettersSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.49Q1 | 1.76 0.22 up from 2010 | 445 | 9% | $3,990 | ||
44Research in Nondestructive EvaluationTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.49Q1 | 1.00 0.08 up from 2010 | 40 | 13% | — | ||
45Journal of Manufacturing ProcessesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.47Q1 | 1.03 0.05 down from 2010 | 49 | 10% | $3,520 | ||
46Journal of Sandwich Structures & MaterialsSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.47Q1 | 0.94 0.22 up from 2010 | 98 | 0% | $4,400 | ||
47Metallurgical and Materials Transactions ASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.45Q1 | 1.62 0.22 down from 2010 | 1,138 | 17% | $3,990 | ||
48MaterialsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.40Q1 | 2.39 0.92 up from 2010 | 360 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
49Machining Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.38Q1 | 1.19 0.29 up from 2010 | 87 | 4% | — | ||
50Journal of Manufacturing Science and EngineeringASM International · United States | 1.35Q1 | 1.24 0.07 down from 2010 | 369 | 5% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanical Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering367
- Mechanical Engineering259
- Biomedical Engineering194
- Civil and Structural Engineering167
- Aerospace Engineering158
- Mechanics of Materials110
- Control and Systems Engineering94
- Computational Mechanics90
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering65
- Building and Construction55
- Ocean Engineering46
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Automotive Engineering21
- Media Technology19
- Architecture1
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2011. Corpus-wide, 75.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
98 additional Mechanical Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2008–2010, 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: 2011. Publication window: 2008–2010. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 259
- Window papers (baseline)
- 149,595 +22.6% from indicator year 2008
- Median OJR
- 0.58 +14.8% from indicator year 2008
- Rising journals (2025)
- 37
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2008–2010 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.