Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Field ranking · 2016
Engineering journal rankings 2016
2,188 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Engineering has 2,188 ranked journals in 2016. The median journal has an OJR of 0.73, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2015; Q1 starts at OJR 1.39. The top three are IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Materials Science and Engineering R Reports, and Progress in Energy and Combustion Science.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. 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 2013–2015, the window the 2016 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 Engineering498
- Mechanical Engineering349
- Biomedical Engineering257
- Civil and Structural Engineering232
- Aerospace Engineering177
- Control and Systems Engineering130
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics105
- Building and Construction82
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering81
- Ocean Engineering67
- Media Technology31
2,188 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 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 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 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 16.46Q1 | 25.18 3.92 up from 2015 | 302 | 31% | $2,645 | ||
2Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 15.62Q1 | 34.33 2.33 up from 2015 | 37 | 24% | $6,150 | ||
3Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 14.88Q1 | 22.81 2.51 up from 2015 | 55 | 22% | $6,990 | ||
4Energy & Environmental ScienceRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 10.61Q1 | 28.85 1.68 up from 2015 | 1,108 | 34% | — | ||
5Analytic Methods in Accident ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 10.27Q1 | 6.15 0.41 down from 2015 | 33 | 5% | $5,310 | ||
6IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.98Q1 | 8.46 1.33 up from 2015 | 478 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
7IEEE Communications MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.70Q1 | 11.83 2.02 up from 2015 | 1,181 | 19% | $2,995 | ||
8Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.09Q1 | 4.93 0.74 up from 2015 | 123 | 8% | $5,860 | ||
9AutomaticaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.05Q1 | 7.42 0.67 up from 2015 | 1,283 | 43% | $3,760 | ||
10Additive manufacturingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.90Q1 | 8.34 3.78 up from 2015 | 58 | 32% | $4,430 | ||
11The International Journal of Robotics ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.63Q1 | 6.52 1.34 down from 2015 | 319 | 13% | $4,400 | ||
12Advanced MaterialsGermany | 6.62Q1 | 16.61 0.27 up from 2015 | 3,605 | 32% | $6,070 | ||
13IEEE Internet of Things JournalInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.53Q1 | 10.54 0.81 up from 2015 | 176 | 9% | $2,645 | ||
14Applied Physics ReviewsAmerican Institute of Physics · United States | 6.52Q1 | 14.93 0.08 up from 2015 | 67 | 42% | — | ||
15IEEE Wireless CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.40Q1 | 10.51 1.61 up from 2015 | 349 | 17% | $2,995 | ||
16IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.86Q1 | 10.30 1.85 up from 2015 | 810 | 17% | $2,645 | ||
17IEEE Transactions on CyberneticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.83Q1 | 8.28 1.04 up from 2015 | 837 | 16% | $2,645 | ||
18IEEE Transactions on Industrial InformaticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.61Q1 | 8.86 0.47 up from 2015 | 539 | 18% | $2,645 | ||
19GPS SolutionsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 5.51Q1 | 3.19 0.45 up from 2015 | 199 | 23% | $2,790 | ||
20Cement and Concrete CompositesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.47Q1 | 4.74 0.36 up from 2015 | 433 | 18% | $5,120 | ||
21Journal of Field RoboticsWiley · United States | 5.35Q1 | 5.65 0.94 up from 2015 | 176 | 20% | $3,590 | ||
22Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation ReviewElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.25Q1 | 4.23 0.81 up from 2015 | 374 | 24% | $4,240 | ||
23Advanced Energy MaterialsWiley · Germany | 5.16Q1 | 13.78 1.84 up from 2015 | 1,130 | 30% | $5,790 | ||
24Journal of Manufacturing SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.03Q1 | 4.45 0.82 up from 2015 | 257 | 19% | $3,850 | ||
25Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.02Q1 | 7.24 0.97 up from 2015 | 647 | 16% | $2,645 | ||
26International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.91Q1 | 8.64 1.40 up from 2015 | 54 | 34% | $4,400 | ||
27Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.91Q1 | 9.53 0.40 up from 2015 | 2,958 | 16% | $5,220 | ||
28Transportation Research Part C Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.87Q1 | 4.90 0.13 up from 2015 | 650 | 30% | $4,040 | ||
29IEEE Transactions on Automatic ControlInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.86Q1 | 4.99 0.70 up from 2015 | 1,428 | 26% | $2,645 | ||
30Nano TodayElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.76Q1 | 12.51 1.64 up from 2015 | 188 | 26% | $4,830 | ||
31Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 4.61Q1 | 7.41 2.77 up from 2015 | 67 | 6% | — | ||
32Cement and Concrete ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.61Q1 | 5.17 0.84 up from 2015 | 533 | 30% | $5,180 | ||
33Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 4.51Q1 | 4.81 0.10 up from 2015 | 191 | 82% | $5,230 | ||
34Transportation ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 4.48Q1 | 3.05 0.25 down from 2015 | 168 | 23% | — | ||
35IEEE Transactions on Smart GridInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.44Q1 | 8.17 0.62 up from 2015 | 1,176 | 22% | $2,645 | ||
36European Journal of Operational ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.41Q1 | 3.88 0.03 up from 2015 | 1,975 | 34% | $3,290 | ||
37IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.41Q1 | 5.00 0.61 up from 2015 | 675 | 23% | $2,645 | ||
38Automation in ConstructionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.40Q1 | 4.70 0.42 down from 2015 | 479 | 23% | $5,490 | ||
39Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas ResourcesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.36Q1 | 5.74 0.62 up from 2015 | 65 | 20% | — | ||
40Materials HorizonsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 4.36Q1 | 11.08 1.96 up from 2015 | 156 | 31% | — | ||
41Nano EnergyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.30Q1 | 13.11 2.71 up from 2015 | 909 | 29% | $5,210 | ||
42IEEE Transactions on Industrial ElectronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.28Q1 | 9.00 0.97 up from 2015 | 1,816 | 15% | $2,645 | ||
43Computers & Operations ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.23Q1 | 3.57 0.41 up from 2015 | 670 | 34% | $3,570 | ||
44IEEE Transactions on RoboticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.21Q1 | 5.29 0.32 up from 2015 | 374 | 34% | $2,645 | ||
45IEEE AccessOAInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.19Q1 | 5.74 0.80 down from 2015 | 455 | 100% | $2,075 | ||
46IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote SensingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.15Q1 | 5.03 0.77 up from 2015 | 1,610 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
47International Journal of Marine EnergyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.13Q1 | 2.67 0.13 down from 2015 | 74 | 44% | — | ||
48Journal of Guidance Control and DynamicsAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 4.08Q1 | 2.32 0.22 down from 2015 | 694 | 16% | — | ||
49Soft RoboticsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 3.97Q1 | 7.69 1.18 down from 2015 | 50 | 39% | — | ||
50IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.94Q1 | 4.94 0.36 up from 2015 | 813 | 14% | $2,645 |
Subfields of Engineering, compared.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering498
- Mechanical Engineering349
- Biomedical Engineering257
- Civil and Structural Engineering232
- Aerospace Engineering177
- Control and Systems Engineering130
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics105
- Building and Construction82
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering81
- Ocean Engineering67
- Media Technology31
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality28
- Automotive Engineering25
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
679 additional Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, 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: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 2,188
- Window papers (baseline)
- 3,612,080 +7.2% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.73 -4.2% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 211Comparison-group list (211)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 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.