Journal rankings · indicator year 2017
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Subfield ranking · 2017
Mechanical Engineering journal rankings 2017
360 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanical Engineering has 360 ranked journals in 2017. The median journal has an OJR of 0.54, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.03 on 2016; Q1 starts at OJR 1.02. The top three are Additive manufacturing, International Materials Reviews, and Sustainable materials and technologies.
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
360 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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1Additive manufacturingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.77Q1 | 7.35 1.00 down from 2016 | 140 | 42% | $4,430 | ||
2International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.70Q1 | 13.33 4.69 up from 2016 | 66 | 28% | $4,400 | ||
3Sustainable materials and technologiesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.41Q1 | 9.05 2.21 up from 2016 | 30 | 41% | $4,150 | ||
4Manufacturing LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.06Q1 | 3.97 1.12 down from 2016 | 58 | 38% | $2,000 | ||
5Virtual and Physical PrototypingOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.68Q1 | 8.07 2.29 up from 2016 | 76 | 21% | $2,070 | ||
6Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas ResourcesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.98Q1 | 3.62 2.11 down from 2016 | 90 | — | — | ||
7Materials & Design (1980-2015)Elsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.61Q1 | 5.81 0.26 up from 2016 | 1,117 | — | — | ||
8International Journal of Machine Tools and ManufactureElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.18Q1 | 5.51 0.22 down from 2016 | 299 | 13% | $5,610 | ||
9Energy Conversion and ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.77Q1 | 7.34 0.66 up from 2016 | 3,096 | 13% | $4,600 | ||
10Composites Part B EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.63Q1 | 6.29 0.68 up from 2016 | 1,982 | 18% | $5,210 | ||
11Materials Research LettersOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.62Q1 | 5.23 0.80 down from 2016 | 116 | 100% | $1,459 | ||
12CIRP AnnalsElsevier BV | 2.62Q1 | 4.59 0.47 up from 2016 | 451 | 29% | $3,190 | ||
13Journal of Materials Processing TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.59Q1 | 4.07 0.27 up from 2016 | 1,212 | 11% | $3,980 | ||
14Design StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.57Q1 | 3.04 0.06 down from 2016 | 116 | 43% | $4,570 | ||
15International Journal of Rail TransportationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.48Q1 | 2.67 0.02 down from 2016 | 49 | 21% | — | ||
16International Communications in Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United States | 2.46Q1 | 5.48 1.32 up from 2016 | 654 | 10% | $3,560 | ||
17Materials & DesignOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.39Q1 | 5.09 1.30 up from 2016 | 2,635 | 15% | $3,650 | ||
18Critical reviews in solid state and materials sciences/CRC critical reviews in solid state and materials sciencesTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.37Q1 | 5.43 0.69 down from 2016 | 60 | 35% | — | ||
19Integrating materials and manufacturing innovationSpringer Nature · Germany | 2.36Q1 | 4.41 0.74 up from 2016 | 55 | 78% | $3,790 | ||
20SPE Eastern Regional MeetingPublisher not listed | 2.35Q1 | 1.08 0.29 down from 2016 | 94 | 0% | — | ||
21International Journal of Mechanical SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.33Q1 | 4.05 0.67 up from 2016 | 930 | 17% | $4,740 | ||
22Procedia EngineeringOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.32Q1 | 1.02 0.16 up from 2016 | 11,581 | 100% | — | ||
23International Journal of PlasticityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.24Q1 | 5.70 0.03 down from 2016 | 402 | 31% | $3,740 | ||
24Archives of Civil and Mechanical EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Poland | 2.23Q1 | 2.94 0.33 up from 2016 | 281 | 6% | $3,290 | ||
25Research in Engineering DesignSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.20Q1 | 2.19 0.07 down from 2016 | 77 | 46% | $4,090 | ||
26International Journal of Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.17Q1 | 4.27 0.43 up from 2016 | 3,577 | 16% | $4,220 | ||
27International Journal of Thermal SciencesElsevier BV · France | 2.16Q1 | 3.84 0.12 up from 2016 | 867 | 11% | $3,920 | ||
28Case Studies in Thermal EngineeringOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.15Q1 | 3.83 0.54 up from 2016 | 144 | 100% | $1,620 | ||
29Vehicle System DynamicsTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 2.13Q1 | 3.39 0.52 up from 2016 | 310 | 26% | — | ||
30She jiOAElsevier BV · China | 2.05Q1 | 1.61 0.69 up from 2016 | 49 | 100% | $1,500 | ||
31Journal of Engineering DesignTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 2.31 0.11 up from 2016 | 79 | 28% | — | ||
32International Journal of Technology and Design EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.03Q1 | 1.95 0.79 up from 2016 | 123 | 49% | $3,390 | ||
33International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · South Korea | 2.00Q1 | 4.72 0.32 up from 2016 | 137 | 6% | $3,890 | ||
34Applied Thermal EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.97Q1 | 4.19 0.40 up from 2016 | 4,459 | 9% | $3,660 | ||
35WearElsevier BV · Switzerland | 1.95Q1 | 3.39 0.25 up from 2016 | 928 | 16% | $5,394 | ||
36Journal of Manufacturing ProcessesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.92Q1 | 3.67 0.63 up from 2016 | 322 | 14% | $3,520 | ||
37Journal of Materials Research and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.92Q1 | 3.56 0.75 up from 2016 | 165 | 100% | $1,640 | ||
38Journal of CO2 UtilizationOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.91Q1 | 5.72 0.29 up from 2016 | 219 | 18% | $3,360 | ||
39Tribology InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.89Q1 | 3.52 0.53 up from 2016 | 1,326 | 13% | $5,390 | ||
40CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 2.50 0.13 down from 2016 | 148 | 18% | $2,950 | ||
41International Journal of RefrigerationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 3.26 0.42 up from 2016 | 852 | 16% | $3,220 | ||
42Scripta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.78Q1 | 4.18 0.49 up from 2016 | 1,313 | 24% | $3,220 | ||
43Journal of Mechanical DesignAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 1.75Q1 | 2.59 0.25 up from 2016 | 419 | 16% | — | ||
44Materials Science and Engineering AElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.70Q1 | 3.76 0.37 up from 2016 | 3,890 | 13% | $3,430 | ||
45IntermetallicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.70Q1 | 3.44 0.34 up from 2016 | 535 | 11% | $2,730 | ||
46Extreme Mechanics LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.62Q1 | 3.65 0.65 down from 2016 | 251 | 42% | $3,940 | ||
| 1.62Q1 | 0.71 0.21 up from 2016 | 157 | — | — | |||
48Materials CharacterizationElsevier BV · United States | 1.55Q1 | 3.22 0.18 up from 2016 | 1,016 | 16% | $3,320 | ||
49Tribology LettersSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.54Q1 | 2.88 0.25 up from 2016 | 502 | 22% | $3,990 | ||
50MaterialsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.53Q1 | 3.11 0.20 down from 2016 | 2,090 | 100% | $3,137 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanical 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.
90 additional Mechanical 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
- 360
- Window papers (baseline)
- 190,265 +3.1% from indicator year 2014
- Median OJR
- 0.545 -2.9% from indicator year 2014
- Rising journals (2025)
- 37
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 | 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.