Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
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Subfield ranking · 2019
Aerospace Engineering journal rankings 2019
184 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Aerospace Engineering has 184 ranked journals in 2019. The median OJR rose 0.07 on 2018 to 0.56, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.18. The top three are Progress in Aerospace Sciences, GPS Solutions, and Journal of Geodesy.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2019. 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 2016–2018, the window the 2019 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 Engineering542
- Mechanical Engineering371
- Biomedical Engineering303
- Civil and Structural Engineering265
- Aerospace Engineering184
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction91
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering87
- Ocean Engineering75
- Automotive Engineering34
184 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 2018. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2016–2018 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 2010 to 2019. | Compare |
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1Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.99Q1 | 8.96 4.01 up from 2018 | 142 | 29% | $5,860 | ||
2GPS SolutionsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 4.85Q1 | 3.94 0.37 up from 2018 | 303 | 16% | $2,790 | ||
3Journal of GeodesySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 4.15Q1 | 4.21 0.21 up from 2018 | 329 | 25% | $3,590 | ||
4Wind energy scienceOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.93Q1 | 3.59 0.87 down from 2018 | 123 | 100% | $1,132 | ||
5DronesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 3.31Q1 | 4.67 0.82 up from 2018 | 52 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
6IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.25Q1 | 4.27 0.94 up from 2018 | 934 | 25% | $2,645 | ||
7Journal of Field RoboticsWiley · United States | 3.24Q1 | 4.80 1.05 up from 2018 | 221 | 44% | $3,590 | ||
8IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation LettersIEEE Antennas & Propagation Society · United States | 3.18Q1 | 4.88 0.95 up from 2018 | 1,665 | 17% | $2,645 | ||
9International Journal of AeroacousticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.02Q1 | 1.88 0.59 up from 2018 | 108 | 30% | $4,150 | ||
10Journal of TurbomachineryASM International · United States | 2.98Q1 | 2.06 0.04 down from 2018 | 370 | 19% | — | ||
11Journal of Guidance Control and DynamicsAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 2.97Q1 | 3.01 0.26 up from 2018 | 798 | 22% | — | ||
12Aerospace Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · France | 2.72Q1 | 5.25 1.49 up from 2018 | 1,364 | 17% | $4,360 | ||
13IEEE Transactions on Antennas and PropagationIEEE Antennas & Propagation Society · United States | 2.67Q1 | 5.46 0.49 up from 2018 | 2,735 | 26% | $2,645 | ||
14IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing LettersInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.65Q1 | 4.77 0.83 up from 2018 | 1,515 | 23% | $2,645 | ||
15BuR - Business ResearchOASpringer Nature · Germany | 2.65Q1 | 1.22 0.40 up from 2018 | 133 | 100% | $1,535 | ||
16Wind EnergyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.60Q1 | 3.09 0.49 down from 2018 | 288 | 50% | $3,730 | ||
17International Journal of Micro Air VehiclesOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.56Q1 | 2.39 0.92 up from 2018 | 67 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
18NAVIGATION Journal of the Institute of NavigationOAWiley · United States | 2.33Q1 | 2.32 0.45 up from 2018 | 121 | 21% | $3,000 | ||
19IET Radar Sonar & NavigationOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United Kingdom | 2.21Q1 | 2.37 0.24 up from 2018 | 584 | 40% | $2,620 | ||
20Volume 9: Oil and Gas Applications; Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles; Wind EnergyPublisher not listed | 2.07Q1 | 1.01 0.04 down from 2018 | 220 | 3% | — | ||
21Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process IndustriesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.03Q1 | 3.50 0.91 up from 2018 | 714 | 16% | $4,020 | ||
22International Journal of Turbomachinery Propulsion and PowerOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.95Q1 | 1.93 0.14 down from 2018 | 47 | 100% | $1,207 | ||
23Journal of Thermal Spray TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media | 1.95Q1 | 2.63 0.34 up from 2018 | 451 | 25% | $3,190 | ||
242018 AIAA Information Systems-AIAA Infotech @ AerospacePublisher not listed | 1.90Q1 | 0.89no 2018 value | 137 | — | — | — | |
25AstrodynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 1.90Q1 | 2.39 2.15 down from 2018 | 36 | 25% | $3,990 | ||
26Acta AstronauticaElsevier BV · United States | 1.69Q1 | 2.90 0.09 down from 2018 | 1,598 | 17% | $3,350 | ||
27Journal of Intelligent & Robotic SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.65Q1 | 3.15 0.47 up from 2018 | 520 | 24% | $3,090 | ||
28Journal of Surveying EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.64Q1 | 1.95 0.46 down from 2018 | 110 | 26% | — | ||
29Journal of Propulsion and PowerAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 1.59Q1 | 2.19 0.03 up from 2018 | 454 | 17% | — | ||
30Chinese Journal of AeronauticsElsevier BV · China | 1.59Q1 | 2.68 0.24 up from 2018 | 580 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
31Journal of Unmanned Vehicle SystemsCanadian Science Publishing · Canada | 1.57Q1 | 2.71 1.17 up from 2018 | 61 | 76% | — | ||
32AerospaceOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.54Q1 | 2.18 0.28 up from 2018 | 232 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
33IET Microwaves Antennas & PropagationOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 2.70 0.29 up from 2018 | 942 | 28% | $2,520 | ||
34The Journal of the Astronautical SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.47Q1 | 2.10 0.54 up from 2018 | 57 | 11% | $3,190 | ||
35Journal of Air TransportationAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 1.40Q1 | 1.27 0.19 up from 2018 | 45 | 41% | — | ||
36Nuclear Science and EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.38Q1 | 1.57 0.56 up from 2018 | 307 | 26% | — | ||
| 1.34Q1 | 0.63 0.18 down from 2018 | 123 | — | — | |||
38Journal of AircraftAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 1.33Q1 | 1.64 0.31 up from 2018 | 609 | 24% | — | ||
39Oxidation of MetalsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.30Q1 | 1.53 0.04 up from 2018 | 294 | 17% | $3,590 | ||
40IEEE Antennas and Propagation MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.25Q1 | 1.67 0.21 up from 2018 | 552 | 65% | $2,995 | ||
41Volume 8: Microturbines, Turbochargers and Small Turbomachines; Steam TurbinesPublisher not listed | 1.25Q1 | 0.66 0.01 down from 2018 | 205 | 4% | — | ||
42Unmanned SystemsWorld Scientific · Singapore | 1.22Q1 | 2.20 0.47 up from 2018 | 62 | 17% | — | ||
43Survey ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.22Q1 | 1.12 0.20 down from 2018 | 185 | 12% | — | ||
44IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.21Q1 | 1.09 0.24 down from 2018 | 481 | 67% | — | ||
45International Journal of Aerospace EngineeringOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.20Q1 | 1.65 0.44 up from 2018 | 318 | 100% | $2,570 | ||
46Progress in Nuclear EnergyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.18Q1 | 1.98 0.48 up from 2018 | 726 | 19% | $2,930 | ||
47Journal of Spacecraft and RocketsAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 1.15Q2 | 1.59 0.10 up from 2018 | 455 | 16% | — | ||
48Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and EnergySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.13Q2 | 1.82 0.22 up from 2018 | 212 | 7% | $4,150 | ||
49Annals of Nuclear EnergyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 1.74 0.25 up from 2018 | 1,699 | 18% | $2,820 | ||
| 1.12Q2 | 0.63 0.11 up from 2018 | 923 | 11% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Aerospace Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering542
- Mechanical Engineering371
- Biomedical Engineering303
- Civil and Structural Engineering265
- Aerospace Engineering184
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction91
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering87
- Ocean Engineering75
- Automotive Engineering34
- Media Technology26
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Architecture1
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2019. Corpus-wide, 83.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
89 additional Aerospace Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2016–2018, 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: 2019. Publication window: 2016–2018. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 184
- Window papers (baseline)
- 1,361,403 -37.9% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 0.560 +15.4% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 10
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2016–2018 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 | 97 | 106 | 115 | 118 | 126 | 125 | 121 | 126 | 139 | 153 | 156 | 158 | 163 | 169 | 178 | 175 | 177 | 181 | 180 | 184 | 174 | 175 | 178 | 163 | 150 | 141 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 864,282 | 944,257 | 1,049,316 | 1,146,256 | 1,238,710 | 1,330,720 | 1,430,174 | 1,523,455 | 1,603,059 | 1,689,594 | 1,781,855 | 1,873,600 | 1,952,796 | 2,021,396 | 2,079,722 | 2,144,639 | 2,193,289 | 2,119,832 | 1,792,733 | 1,361,403 | 1,060,974 | 995,192 | 933,116 | 734,756 | 535,389 | 464,917 | |
| Median OJR | 0.3535 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.349 | 0.3531 | 0.39 | 0.463 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.561 | 0.48 | 0.464 | 0.485 | 0.47 | 0.488 | 0.560 | 0.62 | 0.70 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.66 |
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.