Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Ocean Engineering journal rankings 2016
67 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Ocean Engineering has 67 ranked journals in 2016. The median journal has an OJR of 0.74, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2015; Q1 starts at OJR 1.40. The top three are International Journal of Marine Energy, SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, and SPE Journal.
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 of Engineering (16)
- 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
67 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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1International Journal of Marine EnergyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.13Q1 | 2.67 0.13 down from 2015 | 74 | 44% | — | ||
2SPE Reservoir Evaluation & EngineeringUnited States | 3.70Q1 | 4.04 0.05 down from 2015 | 142 | 3% | — | ||
3SPE JournalSociety of Petroleum Engineers · United States | 2.78Q1 | 3.35 0.04 down from 2015 | 359 | 4% | — | ||
4IEEE Journal of Oceanic EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.46Q1 | 2.48 0.47 down from 2015 | 264 | 10% | $2,645 | ||
5Water Resources and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.33Q1 | 1.87 0.14 up from 2015 | 62 | 12% | $3,798 | ||
6Journal of NavigationCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.29Q1 | 1.33 0.04 down from 2015 | 263 | 44% | $3,550 | ||
7International Journal of Water Resources DevelopmentTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 2.17 0.10 up from 2015 | 161 | 34% | — | ||
8Water Resources ManagementSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.99Q1 | 3.22 0.22 up from 2015 | 934 | 18% | $3,790 | ||
9Computational GeosciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.98Q1 | 2.41 0.69 down from 2015 | 212 | 21% | $3,290 | ||
10Journal of Petroleum Science and EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.88Q1 | 2.36 0.05 down from 2015 | 991 | 11% | $3,210 | ||
11PetroleumOAElsevier BV · China | 1.87Q1 | 2.16no 2015 value | 56 | 100% | $0 listed | — | |
12Ocean EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 2.15 0.04 up from 2015 | 1,275 | 21% | $4,150 | ||
13Applied Ocean ResearchOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.82Q1 | 2.10 0.05 up from 2015 | 285 | 21% | $2,950 | ||
14Journal of Natural Gas Science and EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.77Q1 | 3.23 0.10 down from 2015 | 1,005 | 10% | $3,450 | ||
15SPE Drilling & CompletionUnited States | 1.59Q1 | 1.62 0.17 up from 2015 | 110 | 4% | — | ||
16Transport in Porous MediaSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.46Q1 | 2.60 0.63 up from 2015 | 469 | 23% | $3,790 | ||
17SPE Production & OperationsUnited States | 1.40Q1 | 1.71 0.29 down from 2015 | 117 | 0% | — | ||
18Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine EnergySpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.25Q2 | 1.42 0.34 up from 2015 | 38 | 79% | $3,990 | ||
19Water PolicyOAUWA Publishing | 1.14Q2 | 1.13 0.20 down from 2015 | 281 | 28% | — | ||
20Journal of Natural Resources Policy ResearchRoutledge · United Kingdom | 1.11Q2 | 1.10 0.12 up from 2015 | 96 | — | — | ||
21Natural Resources ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.09Q2 | 2.23 1.09 up from 2015 | 88 | 10% | $3,790 | ||
22Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M Journal of Engineering for the Maritime EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.08Q2 | 1.21 0.06 up from 2015 | 112 | 5% | $4,150 | ||
23Journal of Ship ResearchSociety of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers · United States | 1.06Q2 | 1.09 0.20 up from 2015 | 101 | 0% | — | ||
24WMU Journal of Maritime AffairsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.06Q2 | 0.72 0.31 down from 2015 | 55 | 50% | $3,290 | ||
| 1.04Q2 | 1.52 0.11 up from 2015 | 73 | 0% | — | |||
26SPE Economics & ManagementUnited States | 1.03Q2 | 1.32 0.25 up from 2015 | 50 | 0% | — | ||
27Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production TechnologyOASpringer Nature · Switzerland | 1.02Q2 | 1.01 0.13 down from 2015 | 176 | 100% | $2,390 | ||
28Journal of Energy Resources TechnologyASM International · United States | 0.98Q2 | 2.05 0.32 up from 2015 | 278 | 6% | — | ||
29Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 0.97Q2 | 1.54 0.07 up from 2015 | 115 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
30Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic EngineeringASM International · United States | 0.96Q2 | 1.09 0.06 down from 2015 | 229 | 11% | — | ||
31Polish Maritime ResearchOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 0.88Q2 | 1.12 0.05 up from 2015 | 170 | 100% | $539 | ||
32Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Revue d’IFP Energies nouvellesOAEDP Sciences · France | 0.87Q2 | 1.21 0.31 down from 2015 | 246 | 100% | — | ||
33Ships and Offshore StructuresTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.82Q2 | 1.35 0.13 up from 2015 | 199 | 15% | — | ||
34International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean EngineeringOAElsevier BV · South Korea | 0.74Q2 | 0.97 0.11 up from 2015 | 237 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
35Underwater Technology The International Journal of the Society for UnderwaterOASociety for Underwater Technology · United Kingdom | 0.74Q3 | 0.94 0.36 up from 2015 | 78 | 9% | — | ||
36Journal of Marine Science and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.66Q3 | 0.75 0.02 up from 2015 | 408 | 6% | $4,090 | ||
37Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean AffairsTaylor & Francis · Australia | 0.65Q3 | 0.81 0.55 up from 2015 | 49 | 47% | — | ||
38Ship Technology ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.63Q3 | 0.71 0.23 up from 2015 | 41 | 17% | — | ||
39Water Economics and PolicyWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.62Q3 | 0.58 1.42 down from 2015 | 31 | 25% | — | ||
40Transactions on Maritime ScienceOACroatia | 0.62Q3 | 0.24 0.15 down from 2015 | 46 | 100% | — | ||
41TransNav the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea TransportationOAGdynia Maritime University · Poland | 0.61Q3 | 0.50 0.09 down from 2015 | 220 | 100% | $323 | ||
42Journal of Marine Science and ApplicationSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.58Q3 | 0.65 0.09 up from 2015 | 172 | 5% | $4,190 | ||
43China Ocean EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.55Q3 | 0.70 0.09 up from 2015 | 208 | 3% | $3,190 | ||
44International Journal of Oil Gas and Coal TechnologyInderscience Publishers · Switzerland | 0.54Q3 | 0.63 0.01 up from 2015 | 144 | 4% | — | ||
45Ocean Systems EngineeringSouth Korea | 0.54Q3 | 0.59 0.06 down from 2015 | 59 | 10% | — | ||
46Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime EngineeringThomas Telford Ltd. · United Kingdom | 0.54Q3 | 0.57 0.13 up from 2015 | 67 | 36% | — | ||
47Advances in Plants & Agriculture ResearchMedCrave Group · United States | 0.53Q3 | 0.71 0.16 down from 2015 | 87 | 58% | — | ||
48International Maritime HealthOAVia Medica · Poland | 0.52Q3 | 0.87 0.07 up from 2015 | 94 | 100% | — | ||
492013 OCEANS - San DiegoPublisher not listed | 0.48Q3 | —no 2015 value | 265 | — | — | ||
50Journal of Ship Production and DesignUnited States | 0.48Q3 | 0.41 0.06 up from 2015 | 148 | 4% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Ocean Engineering highlighted.
- 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.
22 additional Ocean 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
- 67
- Window papers (baseline)
- 55,145 +11.7% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.737 +0.9% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 8
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 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 39 | 41 | 40 | 45 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 71 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 14,340 | 16,820 | 18,245 | 20,265 | 21,474 | 23,452 | 25,645 | 27,751 | 31,076 | 34,470 | 37,828 | 41,237 | 45,206 | 49,374 | 53,126 | 55,220 | 55,145 | 53,690 | 53,406 | 55,439 | 58,666 | 62,156 | 64,375 | 65,678 | 65,717 | 67,746 | |
| Median OJR | 0.60 | 0.71 | 0.63 | 0.756 | 0.78 | 0.764 | 0.79 | 0.86 | 0.724 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.73 | 0.699 | 0.740 | 0.737 | 0.738 | 0.692 | 0.67 | 0.693 | 0.720 | 0.716 | 0.686 | 0.687 | 0.698 |
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.