Journal rankings · indicator year 2013
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Subfield ranking · 2013
Mechanical Engineering journal rankings 2013
297 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanical Engineering has 297 ranked journals in 2013. The median journal has an OJR of 0.59, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.04 on 2012; Q1 starts at OJR 1.10. The top three are International Materials Reviews, CIRP Annals, and Design Studies.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2013. 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 2010–2012, the window the 2013 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 Engineering427
- Mechanical Engineering297
- Biomedical Engineering220
- Civil and Structural Engineering206
- Aerospace Engineering169
- Mechanics of Materials115
- Control and Systems Engineering109
- Computational Mechanics97
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering66
- Building and Construction63
- Ocean Engineering56
- Media Technology26
297 ranked journals
Filters
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 2012. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2010–2012, the window the 2013 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2010–2012 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 2004 to 2013. | Compare |
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1International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 8.30Q1 | 8.06 1.94 down from 2012 | 47 | 11% | $4,400 | ||
2CIRP AnnalsElsevier BV | 4.03Q1 | 4.41 0.72 up from 2012 | 479 | 9% | $3,190 | ||
3Design StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.79Q1 | 3.01 0.10 up from 2012 | 105 | 11% | $4,570 | ||
4SPE Eastern Regional MeetingPublisher not listed | 3.65Q1 | 1.09 0.13 up from 2012 | 103 | 0% | — | ||
5International Journal of Machine Tools and ManufactureElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.56Q1 | 3.94 0.81 up from 2012 | 320 | 5% | $5,610 | ||
6Research in Engineering DesignSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 3.41Q1 | 2.10 0.02 down from 2012 | 65 | 33% | $4,090 | ||
7International Journal of PlasticityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.01Q1 | 5.67 0.01 up from 2012 | 301 | 12% | $3,740 | ||
8CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.98Q1 | 2.30 0.03 down from 2012 | 161 | 7% | $2,950 | ||
9JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCESOAUniversiti Malaysia Pahang · Malaysia | 2.97Q1 | 4.18 3.64 up from 2012 | 33 | 100% | — | ||
10International Journal of Mechanical SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.84Q1 | 2.44 0.33 up from 2012 | 409 | 8% | $4,740 | ||
11Energy Conversion and ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.70Q1 | 4.38 0.62 up from 2012 | 1,140 | 7% | $4,600 | ||
12Composites Part B EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.68Q1 | 3.33 0.63 up from 2012 | 1,085 | 10% | $5,210 | ||
13Journal of Materials Processing TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.68Q1 | 2.51 0.03 down from 2012 | 819 | 10% | $3,980 | ||
14Materials & Design (1980-2015)Elsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.47Q1 | 3.61 0.53 up from 2012 | 2,156 | 7% | — | ||
15International Journal of Thermal SciencesElsevier BV · France | 2.41Q1 | 3.11 0.08 up from 2012 | 727 | 9% | $3,920 | ||
16Applied Thermal EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.41Q1 | 2.92 0.39 up from 2012 | 1,585 | 7% | $3,660 | ||
17International Journal of Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 2.94 0.14 up from 2012 | 2,093 | 6% | $4,220 | ||
18Tribology InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.31Q1 | 2.26 0.12 up from 2012 | 744 | 10% | $5,390 | ||
19Journal of Engineering DesignTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 2.06 0.44 up from 2012 | 98 | 8% | — | ||
20Tribology LettersSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.16Q1 | 2.47 0.38 up from 2012 | 513 | 11% | $3,990 | ||
21Vehicle System DynamicsTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 2.15Q1 | 1.54 0.32 up from 2012 | 324 | 20% | — | ||
22Archives of Civil and Mechanical EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Poland | 2.14Q1 | 1.83 0.09 up from 2012 | 190 | 1% | $3,290 | ||
23International Communications in Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United States | 2.09Q1 | 2.96 0.25 up from 2012 | 660 | 2% | $3,560 | ||
24International Journal of Pressure Vessels and PipingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.06Q1 | 1.50 0.22 up from 2012 | 248 | 8% | $3,620 | ||
25Journal of Mechanical DesignAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 2.00Q1 | 1.91 0.33 down from 2012 | 482 | 12% | — | ||
26WearElsevier BV · Switzerland | 1.95Q1 | 2.21 0.42 up from 2012 | 1,075 | 11% | $5,394 | ||
27International Journal of Rotating MachineryOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · Netherlands | 1.91Q1 | 1.06 0.25 up from 2012 | 88 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
28Science and Technology of Welding & JoiningManey Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 2.02 0.42 up from 2012 | 324 | 8% | $4,400 | ||
29ASME Journal of Heat and Mass TransferASM International · United States | 1.83Q1 | 2.29 0.13 up from 2012 | 700 | 5% | — | ||
30The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.81Q1 | 1.76 0.17 up from 2012 | 2,144 | 8% | $3,990 | ||
31International Journal of RefrigerationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.78Q1 | 1.79 0.29 down from 2012 | 702 | 9% | $3,220 | ||
32Materials Science and Engineering AElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.78Q1 | 2.69 0.14 up from 2012 | 3,716 | 6% | $3,430 | ||
33Scripta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.75Q1 | 2.98 0.05 down from 2012 | 1,708 | 9% | $3,220 | ||
34MaterialsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.71Q1 | 2.49 0.52 down from 2012 | 553 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
35Procedia CIRPOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.67Q1 | 1.33no 2012 value | 282 | 100% | — | — | |
36International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical EngineeringOAUniversiti Malaysia Pahang · Malaysia | 1.65Q1 | 2.44 1.70 up from 2012 | 43 | 100% | — | ||
37Precision EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.64Q1 | 1.89 0.19 up from 2012 | 243 | 8% | $3,340 | ||
38HydrometallurgyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.64Q1 | 2.54 0.28 up from 2012 | 537 | 12% | $4,350 | ||
39Journal of Manufacturing ProcessesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.61Q1 | 1.67 0.01 down from 2012 | 112 | 3% | $3,520 | ||
40Procedia EngineeringOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 0.50 0.06 up from 2012 | 9,903 | 100% | — | ||
41International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.54Q1 | 2.02 0.36 up from 2012 | 431 | 2% | $3,310 | ||
42Experimental MechanicsSpringer Nature · United States | 1.54Q1 | 1.61 0.26 down from 2012 | 364 | 20% | $2,390 | ||
43Journal of TribologyASM International · United States | 1.53Q1 | 1.26 0.21 down from 2012 | 255 | 8% | — | ||
44Materials CharacterizationElsevier BV · United States | 1.53Q1 | 2.28 0.24 up from 2012 | 542 | 5% | $3,320 | ||
45IntermetallicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 2.28 0.12 up from 2012 | 974 | 7% | $2,730 | ||
46Tribology TransactionsTaylor & Francis | 1.48Q1 | 1.65 0.38 up from 2012 | 290 | 7% | — | ||
47Surface and Coatings TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.45Q1 | 2.07 0.19 down from 2012 | 2,835 | 12% | $3,880 | ||
48Production EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.44Q1 | 1.04 0.37 down from 2012 | 236 | 10% | $3,290 | ||
49Metallurgical and Materials Transactions ASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.42Q1 | 1.74 0.24 down from 2012 | 1,414 | 17% | $3,990 | ||
50Volume 3: Controls, Diagnostics and Instrumentation; Cycle Innovations; MarinePublisher not listed | 1.38Q1 | —no 2012 value | 107 | — | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanical Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering427
- Mechanical Engineering297
- Biomedical Engineering220
- Civil and Structural Engineering206
- Aerospace Engineering169
- Mechanics of Materials115
- Control and Systems Engineering109
- Computational Mechanics97
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering66
- Building and Construction63
- Ocean Engineering56
- Media Technology26
- Automotive Engineering24
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality24
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2013. Corpus-wide, 76.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
105 additional Mechanical Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2010–2012, 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: 2013. Publication window: 2010–2012. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 297
- Window papers (baseline)
- 174,982 +25.9% from indicator year 2010
- Median OJR
- 0.59 +4.9% from indicator year 2010
- Rising journals (2025)
- 37
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2010–2012 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.