Journal rankings · indicator year 2017
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Field ranking · 2017
Engineering journal rankings 2017
2,239 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Engineering has 2,239 ranked journals in 2017. The median journal has an OJR of 0.69, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.04 on 2016; Q1 starts at OJR 1.35. 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: 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 in Engineering (16)
Up to Physical Sciences- 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
2,239 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 | ||
3Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 13.36Q1 | 18.10 4.71 down from 2016 | 67 | 42% | $6,990 | ||
4Nature EnergyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 10.66Q1 | 24.51no 2016 value | 220 | 37% | $12,690 | — | |
5Energy & Environmental ScienceRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 10.37Q1 | 29.25 0.40 up from 2016 | 1,020 | 24% | — | ||
6Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.50Q1 | 4.01 0.93 down from 2016 | 152 | 13% | $5,860 | ||
7IEEE Communications MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.32Q1 | 8.70 3.13 down from 2016 | 1,271 | 19% | $2,995 | ||
8IEEE Internet of Things JournalInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.18Q1 | 8.98 1.56 down from 2016 | 314 | 18% | $2,645 | ||
9Advanced MaterialsGermany | 6.69Q1 | 18.76 2.14 up from 2016 | 3,906 | 29% | $6,070 | ||
10Analytic Methods in Accident ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.54Q1 | 9.23 3.09 up from 2016 | 42 | 20% | $5,310 | ||
11Applied Physics ReviewsAmerican Institute of Physics · United States | 6.38Q1 | 14.13 0.80 down from 2016 | 105 | 33% | — | ||
12IEEE Transactions on CyberneticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.30Q1 | 9.45 1.17 up from 2016 | 1,035 | 17% | $2,645 | ||
13The International Journal of Robotics ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.20Q1 | 7.71 1.19 up from 2016 | 245 | 35% | $4,400 | ||
14AutomaticaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.96Q1 | 7.91 0.49 up from 2016 | 1,296 | 42% | $3,760 | ||
15IEEE Wireless CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.90Q1 | 10.55 0.04 up from 2016 | 367 | 17% | $2,995 | ||
16IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.80Q1 | 6.49 1.97 down from 2016 | 583 | 12% | $2,645 | ||
17Additive manufacturingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.77Q1 | 7.35 1.00 down from 2016 | 140 | 42% | $4,430 | ||
18International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.70Q1 | 13.33 4.69 up from 2016 | 66 | 28% | $4,400 | ||
19Sustainable materials and technologiesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.41Q1 | 9.05 2.21 up from 2016 | 30 | 41% | $4,150 | ||
20IEEE 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 | ||
21Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 5.32Q1 | 7.50 0.09 up from 2016 | 59 | 19% | — | ||
22Advanced Energy MaterialsWiley · Germany | 5.28Q1 | 17.17 3.39 up from 2016 | 1,442 | 33% | $5,790 | ||
23GPS SolutionsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 5.27Q1 | 3.04 0.15 down from 2016 | 232 | 23% | $2,790 | ||
24Manufacturing LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.06Q1 | 3.97 1.12 down from 2016 | 58 | 38% | $2,000 | ||
25Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.93Q1 | 6.69 0.54 down from 2016 | 663 | 14% | $2,645 | ||
26IEEE Transactions on Industrial InformaticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.91Q1 | 7.38 1.48 down from 2016 | 707 | 16% | $2,645 | ||
27Journal of Urban TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 4.90Q1 | 5.39 2.41 up from 2016 | 78 | 24% | — | ||
28Nano TodayElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.87Q1 | 12.20 0.31 down from 2016 | 212 | 20% | $4,830 | ||
29Cement and Concrete CompositesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.81Q1 | 5.17 0.43 up from 2016 | 466 | 23% | $5,120 | ||
30Journal of Manufacturing SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.78Q1 | 5.01 0.56 up from 2016 | 248 | 26% | $3,850 | ||
31Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation ReviewElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.69Q1 | 4.41 0.17 up from 2016 | 446 | 28% | $4,240 | ||
32Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.69Q1 | 10.22 0.69 up from 2016 | 3,774 | 15% | $5,220 | ||
33Virtual and Physical PrototypingOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.68Q1 | 8.07 2.29 up from 2016 | 76 | 21% | $2,070 | ||
34Journal of Field RoboticsWiley · United States | 4.65Q1 | 4.32 1.33 down from 2016 | 192 | 31% | $3,590 | ||
35Materials HorizonsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 4.64Q1 | 13.89 2.81 up from 2016 | 183 | 15% | — | ||
36Cement and Concrete ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.63Q1 | 6.09 0.91 up from 2016 | 551 | 36% | $5,180 | ||
37Transportation Research Part C Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.57Q1 | 5.98 1.08 up from 2016 | 704 | 42% | $4,040 | ||
38Journal of GeodesySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 4.38Q1 | 3.97 0.77 up from 2016 | 285 | 39% | $3,590 | ||
39Nano EnergyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.29Q1 | 13.39 0.28 up from 2016 | 1,399 | 24% | $5,210 | ||
40Automation in ConstructionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.20Q1 | 5.23 0.53 up from 2016 | 501 | 29% | $5,490 | ||
41IEEE Transactions on RoboticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.19Q1 | 6.91 1.61 up from 2016 | 420 | 30% | $2,645 | ||
42IEEE Transactions on Automatic ControlInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.15Q1 | 5.11 0.12 up from 2016 | 1,648 | 25% | $2,645 | ||
43Energy storage materialsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.15Q1 | 14.57 1.11 up from 2016 | 110 | 15% | $5,400 | ||
44Earthquake SpectraSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.12Q1 | 2.50 1.05 down from 2016 | 266 | 18% | $4,400 | ||
45Transportation ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 4.08Q1 | 3.70 0.65 up from 2016 | 204 | 51% | — | ||
46ACS Energy LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 4.00Q1 | 12.61no 2016 value | 217 | 37% | $4,500 | — | |
47Computers in IndustryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.00Q1 | 4.82 1.46 up from 2016 | 281 | 28% | $4,080 | ||
48Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas ResourcesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.98Q1 | 3.62 2.11 down from 2016 | 90 | — | — | ||
49IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.97Q1 | 5.46 0.52 up from 2016 | 997 | 20% | $2,645 | ||
50IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.96Q1 | 7.28 2.84 up from 2016 | 688 | 13% | $2,645 |
Subfields of Engineering, compared.
- 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.
694 additional 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
- 2,239
- Window papers (baseline)
- 3,500,235 +0.5% from indicator year 2014
- Median OJR
- 0.692 -8.4% from indicator year 2014
- Rising journals (2025)
- 211Comparison-group list (211)
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 | 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.