Journal rankings · indicator year 2020
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Field ranking · 2020
Engineering journal rankings 2020
2,389 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Engineering has 2,389 ranked journals in 2020. The median journal has an OJR of 0.68, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2019; Q1 starts at OJR 1.24. The top three are IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, and Progress in Aerospace Sciences.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2020. 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 2017–2019, the window the 2020 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 Engineering563
- Mechanical Engineering379
- Biomedical Engineering312
- Civil and Structural Engineering264
- Aerospace Engineering174
- Control and Systems Engineering122
- Mechanics of Materials121
- Computational Mechanics103
- Building and Construction97
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering87
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering36
2,389 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 2019. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2017–2019 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 2011 to 2020. | Compare |
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1IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 13.75Q1 | 35.75 9.62 up from 2019 | 372 | 60% | $2,645 | ||
2Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 12.29Q1 | 35.19 5.79 up from 2019 | 106 | 27% | $6,990 | ||
3Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 9.34Q1 | 11.82 2.86 up from 2019 | 124 | 35% | $5,860 | ||
4Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 8.97Q1 | 34.61 4.14 up from 2019 | 47 | 56% | $6,150 | ||
5Nature EnergyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 8.48Q1 | 31.05 5.49 up from 2019 | 634 | 44% | $12,690 | ||
6Energy & Environmental ScienceRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 8.21Q1 | 37.68 9.71 up from 2019 | 939 | 32% | — | ||
7Science RoboticsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · United States | 8.06Q1 | 22.35 5.05 up from 2019 | 215 | 34% | — | ||
8Journal of Industrial Information IntegrationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 7.31Q1 | 13.13 2.64 down from 2019 | 86 | 18% | $3,810 | ||
9JouleElsevier BV · United States | 6.85Q1 | 28.60 6.67 up from 2019 | 631 | 100% | $9,350 | ||
10Electrochemical Energy ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 6.58Q1 | 29.88 3.34 up from 2019 | 49 | 43% | $3,390 | ||
11Advanced MaterialsGermany | 6.38Q1 | 25.53 1.44 up from 2019 | 5,049 | 40% | $6,070 | ||
12Applied Physics ReviewsAmerican Institute of Physics · United States | 6.27Q1 | 21.00 1.70 up from 2019 | 161 | 59% | — | ||
13Analytic Methods in Accident ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.99Q1 | 12.40 1.32 up from 2019 | 55 | 34% | $5,310 | ||
14InfoMatOAWiley · China | 5.89Q1 | 21.98no 2019 value | 66 | 100% | $3,000 | — | |
15GPS SolutionsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 5.62Q1 | 4.92 0.98 up from 2019 | 350 | 27% | $2,790 | ||
16Advanced Energy MaterialsWiley · Germany | 5.42Q1 | 22.69no change | 2,355 | 35% | $5,790 | ||
17Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.23Q1 | 11.13 1.51 up from 2019 | 576 | 59% | $2,645 | ||
18Computers in IndustryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.21Q1 | 11.29 4.25 up from 2019 | 334 | 39% | $4,080 | ||
19Cement and Concrete ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.20Q1 | 12.24 2.61 up from 2019 | 652 | 52% | $5,180 | ||
20Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 5.15Q1 | 9.92 0.31 down from 2019 | 225 | 91% | $5,230 | ||
21Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.02Q1 | 16.79 0.63 up from 2019 | 2,821 | 36% | $5,220 | ||
22IEEE Communications MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.92Q1 | 8.97 1.05 down from 2019 | 1,417 | 62% | $2,995 | ||
23IEEE Wireless CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.91Q1 | 11.53 2.25 up from 2019 | 497 | 36% | $2,995 | ||
24Signs and SocietyOAUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 4.79Q1 | 4.87 1.98 up from 2019 | 67 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
25ACS Energy LettersAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 4.77Q1 | 22.02 1.75 up from 2019 | 1,115 | 35% | $4,500 | ||
26International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.74Q1 | 16.03 2.68 up from 2019 | 52 | 41% | $4,400 | ||
27Annual Reviews in ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.73Q1 | 10.40 1.17 up from 2019 | 143 | 56% | $3,940 | ||
28IEEE Internet of Things JournalInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.61Q1 | 12.35 0.13 up from 2019 | 1,863 | 22% | $2,645 | ||
29Automation in ConstructionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.49Q1 | 10.02 2.12 up from 2019 | 825 | 33% | $5,490 | ||
30Transportation Research Part C Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.47Q1 | 10.09 1.00 up from 2019 | 837 | 42% | $4,040 | ||
31IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.43Q1 | 10.49 1.81 down from 2019 | 764 | 44% | $2,645 | ||
32Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation ReviewElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.35Q1 | 8.11 2.08 up from 2019 | 494 | 32% | $4,240 | ||
33Nature ElectronicsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 4.30Q1 | 12.57 0.42 down from 2019 | 332 | 32% | $12,690 | ||
34IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.30Q1 | 10.41 0.72 down from 2019 | 872 | 26% | $2,645 | ||
35IEEE Transactions on CyberneticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.19Q1 | 10.68 0.51 up from 2019 | 1,532 | 20% | $2,645 | ||
36Journal of Manufacturing SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.18Q1 | 12.73 4.48 up from 2019 | 296 | 25% | $3,850 | ||
37Wind energy scienceOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 4.16Q1 | 5.91 2.33 up from 2019 | 146 | 100% | $1,132 | ||
38International Journal of Production ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.15Q1 | 8.46 1.97 up from 2019 | 1,329 | 22% | — | ||
39IEEE Transactions on Industrial InformaticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.09Q1 | 11.79 1.13 up from 2019 | 2,067 | 24% | $2,645 | ||
40Journal of Urban TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 4.09Q1 | 6.95 0.50 up from 2019 | 75 | 38% | — | ||
41Nano EnergyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.01Q1 | 17.95 0.45 up from 2019 | 2,659 | 24% | $5,210 | ||
42Energy storage materialsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.95Q1 | 16.41 1.54 up from 2019 | 932 | 18% | $5,400 | ||
43Advanced Functional MaterialsWiley · Germany | 3.92Q1 | 15.16 0.60 up from 2019 | 4,672 | 36% | $5,790 | ||
442019 IEEE 2nd 5G World Forum (5GWF)Publisher not listed | 3.90Q1 | 1.86no 2019 value | 128 | — | — | — | |
45Bioactive MaterialsOAElsevier BV · China | 3.88Q1 | 17.25 6.17 up from 2019 | 115 | 100% | $2,200 | ||
46LogisticsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 3.84Q1 | 7.84 3.26 up from 2019 | 55 | 100% | $1,689 | ||
47IEEE Vehicular Technology MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.83Q1 | 8.84 2.11 up from 2019 | 240 | 41% | $2,645 | ||
48Journal of GeodesySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 3.81Q1 | 4.09 0.12 down from 2019 | 335 | 54% | $3,590 | ||
49Nano-Micro LettersOASpringer Science+Business Media · Hong Kong SAR China | 3.80Q1 | 18.32 3.05 up from 2019 | 220 | 100% | $1,690 | ||
50Additive manufacturingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.79Q1 | 11.39 2.41 up from 2019 | 859 | 50% | $4,430 |
Subfields of Engineering, compared.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering563
- Mechanical Engineering379
- Biomedical Engineering312
- Civil and Structural Engineering264
- Aerospace Engineering174
- Control and Systems Engineering122
- Mechanics of Materials121
- Computational Mechanics103
- Building and Construction97
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering87
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering36
- Media Technology29
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2020. Corpus-wide, 86.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
704 additional Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2017–2019, 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: 2020. Publication window: 2017–2019. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 2,389
- Window papers (baseline)
- 2,539,069 -27.5% from indicator year 2017
- Median OJR
- 0.68 -2.5% from indicator year 2017
- Rising journals (2025)
- 211Comparison-group list (211)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2017–2019 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.