Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
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Subfield ranking · 2019
Ocean Engineering journal rankings 2019
75 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Ocean Engineering has 75 ranked journals in 2019. The median journal has an OJR of 0.67, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2018; Q1 starts at OJR 1.31. The top three are SPE Journal, International Journal of Marine Energy, and Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering.
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
75 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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1SPE JournalSociety of Petroleum Engineers · United States | 2.55Q1 | 4.78 0.14 up from 2018 | 437 | 5% | — | ||
2International Journal of Marine EnergyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.28Q1 | 2.74 0.60 up from 2018 | 110 | — | — | ||
3Journal of Natural Gas Science and EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.11Q1 | 4.47 0.01 down from 2018 | 1,594 | 10% | $3,450 | ||
4Journal of NavigationCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.91Q1 | 2.11 0.55 up from 2018 | 299 | 27% | $3,550 | ||
5IEEE Journal of Oceanic EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.88Q1 | 3.14 0.50 up from 2018 | 358 | 29% | $2,645 | ||
6PetroleumOAElsevier BV · China | 1.87Q1 | 2.71 0.70 down from 2018 | 189 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
7OCEANS 2017 - AberdeenPublisher not listed | 1.80Q1 | 0.88 0.08 up from 2018 | 453 | — | — | ||
8Journal of Petroleum Science and EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.79Q1 | 4.15 0.53 up from 2018 | 2,348 | 12% | $3,210 | ||
9OCEANS 2016 - ShanghaiPublisher not listed | 1.74Q1 | —no 2018 value | 402 | — | — | ||
10SPE Reservoir Evaluation & EngineeringUnited States | 1.74Q1 | 3.12 0.16 down from 2018 | 247 | 4% | — | ||
11International Journal of Water Resources DevelopmentTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 3.17 0.45 up from 2018 | 205 | 43% | — | ||
12Ocean EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.71Q1 | 3.63 0.69 up from 2018 | 2,113 | 22% | $4,150 | ||
13Computational GeosciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.68Q1 | 3.41 1.10 up from 2018 | 241 | 36% | $3,290 | ||
14Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine EnergySpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.63Q1 | 1.54 1.43 down from 2018 | 82 | 38% | $3,990 | ||
15Applied Ocean ResearchOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 3.05 0.28 up from 2018 | 534 | 23% | $2,950 | ||
16Water Resources ManagementSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.57Q1 | 3.63 0.45 up from 2018 | 898 | 15% | $3,790 | ||
17Water Resources and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.56Q1 | 1.89 0.20 up from 2018 | 65 | 50% | $3,798 | ||
18SPE Drilling & CompletionUnited States | 1.37Q1 | 2.28 0.25 down from 2018 | 87 | 7% | — | ||
19Natural Resources ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.31Q1 | 3.88 1.38 up from 2018 | 148 | 12% | $3,790 | ||
20Transport in Porous MediaSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.25Q2 | 2.62 0.39 up from 2018 | 577 | 44% | $3,790 | ||
21SPE Production & OperationsUnited States | 1.20Q2 | 2.72 0.48 up from 2018 | 168 | 3% | — | ||
222018 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Workshop (AUV)Publisher not listed | 1.20Q2 | 0.50no 2018 value | 127 | — | — | — | |
23International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean EngineeringOAElsevier BV · South Korea | 1.15Q2 | 2.07 0.35 up from 2018 | 234 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
24WMU Journal of Maritime AffairsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.14Q2 | 1.95 0.69 up from 2018 | 62 | 50% | $3,290 | ||
25Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.11Q2 | 2.63 0.57 up from 2018 | 300 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
26International Journal of e-Navigation and Maritime EconomyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.06Q2 | 1.10 0.24 down from 2018 | 40 | 0% | — | ||
27Water Economics and PolicyWorld Scientific · Singapore | 0.88Q2 | 1.27 0.11 up from 2018 | 104 | 15% | — | ||
| 0.88Q2 | 1.47 0.19 down from 2018 | 122 | 3% | — | |||
29Petroleum ResearchOAElsevier BV · China | 0.87Q2 | 1.13 0.37 up from 2018 | 87 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
30Water PolicyOAUWA Publishing | 0.87Q2 | 1.34 0.18 up from 2018 | 233 | 41% | — | ||
31Journal of Energy Resources TechnologyASM International · United States | 0.81Q2 | 3.09 0.17 up from 2018 | 518 | 10% | — | ||
32Journal of Ship ResearchSociety of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers · United States | 0.80Q2 | 1.12 0.07 down from 2018 | 72 | 13% | — | ||
33Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production TechnologyOASpringer Nature · Switzerland | 0.79Q2 | 1.74 0.31 up from 2018 | 380 | 100% | $2,390 | ||
34Ships and Offshore StructuresTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.78Q2 | 1.52 0.03 up from 2018 | 301 | 18% | — | ||
35Ship Technology ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.77Q2 | 1.25 0.17 down from 2018 | 53 | 13% | — | ||
36Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime EngineeringThomas Telford Ltd. · United Kingdom | 0.75Q2 | 1.58 0.74 up from 2018 | 43 | 43% | — | ||
37Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean AffairsTaylor & Francis · Australia | 0.67Q2 | 0.39 0.35 down from 2018 | 65 | 33% | — | ||
38Journal of Marine Engineering & TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.67Q2 | 1.38 0.46 up from 2018 | 108 | 44% | — | ||
39Journal of Marine Science and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.61Q3 | 1.27 0.25 up from 2018 | 458 | 12% | $4,090 | ||
40Polish Maritime ResearchOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 0.59Q3 | 1.31 0.33 down from 2018 | 365 | 100% | $539 | ||
41China Ocean EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.56Q3 | 0.93 0.29 up from 2018 | 261 | 3% | $3,190 | ||
42Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Revue d’IFP Energies nouvellesOAEDP Sciences · France | 0.56Q3 | 1.66 0.71 down from 2018 | 153 | 100% | — | ||
43Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic EngineeringASM International · United States | 0.55Q3 | 1.02 0.04 up from 2018 | 276 | 14% | — | ||
44Journal of Marine Science and ApplicationSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 0.53Q3 | 0.97 0.02 up from 2018 | 183 | 28% | $4,190 | ||
45Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part M Journal of Engineering for the Maritime EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.53Q3 | 0.98 0.20 down from 2018 | 186 | 16% | $4,150 | ||
46Underwater Technology The International Journal of the Society for UnderwaterOASociety for Underwater Technology · United Kingdom | 0.52Q3 | 1.18 0.48 up from 2018 | 56 | 100% | — | ||
47Transactions on Maritime ScienceOACroatia | 0.49Q3 | 0.87 0.42 up from 2018 | 54 | 100% | — | ||
48BrodogradnjaOAFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture · Croatia | 0.49Q3 | 1.13 0.02 up from 2018 | 95 | 100% | — | ||
49International Maritime HealthOAVia Medica · Poland | 0.48Q3 | 0.91 0.13 down from 2018 | 131 | 100% | — | ||
50TransNav the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea TransportationOAGdynia Maritime University · Poland | 0.48Q3 | 0.63 0.04 down from 2018 | 248 | 100% | $323 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Ocean 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.
28 additional Ocean 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
- 75
- Window papers (baseline)
- 55,439 +0.5% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 0.67 -9.4% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 8
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 |
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| 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.