Journal rankings · indicator year 2017
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Subfield ranking · 2017
Electrical and Electronic Engineering journal rankings 2017
506 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering has 506 ranked journals in 2017. The median journal has an OJR of 0.58, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2016; Q1 starts at OJR 1.14. The top three are IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Materials Science and Engineering R Reports, and Nature Energy.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2017. 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 2014–2016, the window the 2017 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 Engineering506
- Mechanical Engineering360
- Biomedical Engineering272
- Civil and Structural Engineering250
- Aerospace Engineering181
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials126
- Computational Mechanics103
- Building and Construction81
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering79
- Ocean Engineering71
- Automotive Engineering27
506 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 2016. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2014–2016, the window the 2017 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2014–2016 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 2008 to 2017. | Compare |
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1IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 17.12Q1 | 27.51 2.33 up from 2016 | 324 | 28% | $2,645 | ||
2Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 14.96Q1 | 23.56 10.77 down from 2016 | 37 | 5% | $6,150 | ||
3Nature EnergyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 10.66Q1 | 24.51no 2016 value | 220 | 37% | $12,690 | — | |
4Energy & Environmental ScienceRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 10.37Q1 | 29.25 0.40 up from 2016 | 1,020 | 24% | — | ||
5IEEE Communications MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.32Q1 | 8.70 3.13 down from 2016 | 1,271 | 19% | $2,995 | ||
6IEEE Internet of Things JournalInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.18Q1 | 8.98 1.56 down from 2016 | 314 | 18% | $2,645 | ||
7Advanced MaterialsGermany | 6.69Q1 | 18.76 2.14 up from 2016 | 3,906 | 29% | $6,070 | ||
8Applied Physics ReviewsAmerican Institute of Physics · United States | 6.38Q1 | 14.13 0.80 down from 2016 | 105 | 33% | — | ||
9IEEE Wireless CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.90Q1 | 10.55 0.04 up from 2016 | 367 | 17% | $2,995 | ||
10IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.35Q1 | 8.70 1.61 down from 2016 | 819 | 18% | $2,645 | ||
11Advanced Energy MaterialsWiley · Germany | 5.28Q1 | 17.17 3.39 up from 2016 | 1,442 | 33% | $5,790 | ||
12Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.93Q1 | 6.69 0.54 down from 2016 | 663 | 14% | $2,645 | ||
13Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.69Q1 | 10.22 0.69 up from 2016 | 3,774 | 15% | $5,220 | ||
14Materials HorizonsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 4.64Q1 | 13.89 2.81 up from 2016 | 183 | 15% | — | ||
15Energy storage materialsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.15Q1 | 14.57 1.11 up from 2016 | 110 | 15% | $5,400 | ||
16ACS Energy LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 4.00Q1 | 12.61no 2016 value | 217 | 37% | $4,500 | — | |
17Advanced Functional MaterialsWiley · Germany | 3.87Q1 | 11.07 1.31 up from 2016 | 2,990 | 27% | $5,790 | ||
18IEEE Transactions on Smart GridInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.82Q1 | 7.27 0.90 down from 2016 | 1,551 | 18% | $2,645 | ||
19IEEE Transactions on Industrial ElectronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.80Q1 | 8.63 0.37 down from 2016 | 2,279 | 12% | $2,645 | ||
20Advanced ScienceOAWiley · Germany | 3.62Q1 | 10.48 2.77 up from 2016 | 384 | 100% | $6,730 | ||
21Applied EnergyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.50Q1 | 8.47 0.51 up from 2016 | 4,357 | 23% | $4,430 | ||
22IEEE Transactions on Sustainable EnergyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.50Q1 | 7.72 1.21 up from 2016 | 608 | 14% | $2,645 | ||
23Chemistry of MaterialsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 3.46Q1 | 10.33 0.77 up from 2016 | 2,897 | 32% | $4,500 | ||
24IEEE Transactions on Wireless CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.18Q1 | 6.64 0.30 up from 2016 | 1,994 | 21% | $2,645 | ||
25IEEE AccessOAInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.15Q1 | 5.75 0.01 up from 2016 | 1,317 | 100% | $2,075 | ||
26IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power ElectronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.06Q1 | 6.27 0.21 up from 2016 | 459 | 12% | $2,645 | ||
27Journal of Materials Chemistry ARoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 3.05Q1 | 9.89 0.76 up from 2016 | 7,579 | 11% | — | ||
28IEEE Vehicular Technology MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.02Q1 | 3.56 0.10 up from 2016 | 187 | 8% | $2,645 | ||
29IEEE Industrial Electronics MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.00Q1 | 3.57 0.28 down from 2016 | 218 | 8% | — | ||
30Progress in Photovoltaics Research and ApplicationsWiley · United Kingdom | 2.97Q1 | 7.86 1.56 down from 2016 | 368 | 28% | $5,150 | ||
31ACS Applied Materials & InterfacesAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.89Q1 | 8.77 0.46 up from 2016 | 10,362 | 14% | $4,500 | ||
32IEEE Transactions on Power ElectronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.83Q1 | 6.54 0.96 down from 2016 | 2,486 | 14% | $2,645 | ||
33Laser & Photonics ReviewWiley · Germany | 2.75Q1 | 6.86 0.40 up from 2016 | 300 | 36% | $4,880 | ||
34SmallWiley · Germany | 2.74Q1 | 7.47 0.04 up from 2016 | 2,355 | 28% | $5,790 | ||
35Materials TodayElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.72Q1 | 4.36 0.94 down from 2016 | 583 | 22% | $6,070 | ||
36IEEE Transactions on Transportation ElectrificationInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | 2.70Q1 | 6.70 0.19 up from 2016 | 128 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
37IEEE Transactions on Power SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.69Q1 | 5.91 0.09 down from 2016 | 1,635 | 19% | $2,645 | ||
38ACS PhotonicsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 2.68Q1 | 7.69 0.24 up from 2016 | 776 | 36% | $4,500 | ||
39Chemical Engineering JournalElsevier BV · Switzerland | 2.66Q1 | 7.19 0.94 up from 2016 | 4,709 | 11% | $4,830 | ||
| 2.61Q1 | 1.25 0.53 up from 2016 | 112 | — | — | |||
41IEEE Transactions on CommunicationsIEEE Communications Society · United States | 2.57Q1 | 5.51 0.26 up from 2016 | 1,352 | 24% | $2,645 | ||
42Energy ProcediaOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.57Q1 | 1.69 0.28 up from 2016 | 7,547 | 100% | — | ||
43IEEE Transactions on Vehicular TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.46Q1 | 5.27 1.21 up from 2016 | 2,317 | 17% | $2,645 | ||
44Nature Reviews MaterialsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.46Q1 | 32.81no 2016 value | 105 | 26% | — | — | |
45IEEE Systems JournalInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.45Q1 | 3.31 0.14 up from 2016 | 748 | 15% | $2,645 | ||
46EnergyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.43Q1 | 5.64 0.02 up from 2016 | 4,514 | 17% | $4,260 | ||
47Journal of Power SourcesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.39Q1 | 7.39 0.48 up from 2016 | 5,198 | 18% | $4,230 | ||
48IEEE Transactions on Energy ConversionInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.35Q1 | 4.98 0.02 down from 2016 | 537 | 14% | $2,645 | ||
49Energy ReportsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.30Q1 | 5.28 0.60 up from 2016 | 72 | 100% | $3,040 | ||
50IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and NetworkingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.18Q1 | 2.87 1.34 up from 2016 | 91 | 19% | $2,645 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Electrical and Electronic Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering506
- Mechanical Engineering360
- Biomedical Engineering272
- Civil and Structural Engineering250
- Aerospace Engineering181
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials126
- Computational Mechanics103
- Building and Construction81
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering79
- Ocean Engineering71
- Automotive Engineering27
- Media Technology27
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2017. Corpus-wide, 77.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
149 additional Electrical and Electronic Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2014–2016, 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: 2017. Publication window: 2014–2016. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 506
- Window papers (baseline)
- 334,124 +6.7% from indicator year 2014
- Median OJR
- 0.580 -13.2% from indicator year 2014
- Rising journals (2025)
- 53
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2014–2016 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 | 192 | 202 | 215 | 232 | 235 | 258 | 270 | 291 | 313 | 339 | 352 | 367 | 395 | 427 | 445 | 471 | 498 | 506 | 518 | 542 | 563 | 574 | 591 | 598 | 604 | 595 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 105,443 | 112,328 | 121,252 | 132,099 | 146,142 | 162,633 | 182,642 | 203,828 | 223,437 | 239,449 | 250,153 | 261,986 | 277,806 | 294,888 | 313,067 | 327,655 | 334,807 | 334,124 | 332,970 | 342,087 | 360,164 | 378,133 | 393,452 | 397,855 | 403,017 | 417,406 | |
| Median OJR | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.73 | 0.774 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.710 | 0.669 | 0.707 | 0.76 | 0.768 | 0.70 | 0.672 | 0.655 | 0.668 | 0.626 | 0.6043 | 0.580 | 0.599 | 0.581 | 0.6037 | 0.634 | 0.647 | 0.652 | 0.64 | 0.649 |
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.