Journal rankings · indicator year 2022
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Subfield ranking · 2022
Aerospace Engineering journal rankings 2022
178 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Aerospace Engineering has 178 ranked journals in 2022. The median journal has an OJR of 0.73, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2021; Q1 starts at OJR 1.35. The top three are Satellite Navigation, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, and BuR - Business Research.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2022. 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 2019–2021, the window the 2022 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 Engineering591
- Mechanical Engineering376
- Biomedical Engineering334
- Civil and Structural Engineering276
- Aerospace Engineering178
- Control and Systems Engineering124
- Mechanics of Materials122
- Computational Mechanics94
- Building and Construction93
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering86
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering43
178 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 2021. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2019–2021, the window the 2022 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2019–2021 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 2013 to 2022. | Compare |
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1Satellite NavigationOASpringer Nature · Singapore | 11.89Q1 | 12.45 2.02 down from 2021 | 60 | 100% | $1,670 | ||
2Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.60Q1 | 11.31 1.23 up from 2021 | 110 | 36% | $5,860 | ||
3BuR - Business ResearchOASpringer Nature · Germany | 4.89Q1 | 8.31 2.20 up from 2021 | 62 | — | $1,535 | ||
4Wind energy scienceOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 4.41Q1 | 6.96 0.01 down from 2021 | 235 | 100% | $1,132 | ||
5Journal of Field RoboticsWiley · United States | 4.20Q1 | 7.02 1.50 down from 2021 | 164 | 30% | $3,590 | ||
6IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.12Q1 | 8.15 0.43 up from 2021 | 201 | 62% | $2,995 | ||
7International management reviewUnited States | 4.06Q1 | 0.14 2.19 down from 2021 | 37 | — | — | ||
8GPS SolutionsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.92Q1 | 5.04 0.09 up from 2021 | 403 | 26% | $2,790 | ||
9AstrodynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 3.44Q1 | 5.26 1.46 up from 2021 | 77 | 44% | $3,990 | ||
10Journal of GeodesySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 3.28Q1 | 4.71 0.04 up from 2021 | 353 | 47% | $3,590 | ||
11DronesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 3.06Q1 | 6.77 1.65 down from 2021 | 315 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
12Aerospace Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · France | 2.76Q1 | 5.81 0.09 up from 2021 | 2,171 | 17% | $4,360 | ||
13Wind EnergyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.67Q1 | 5.42 0.71 up from 2021 | 369 | 100% | $3,730 | ||
14IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation LettersIEEE Antennas & Propagation Society · United States | 2.54Q1 | 4.80 0.47 down from 2021 | 1,696 | 15% | $2,645 | ||
15Volume 9: Oil and Gas Applications; Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles; Wind EnergyPublisher not listed | 2.44Q1 | —no 2021 value | 72 | — | — | ||
16IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.34Q1 | 4.37 0.46 up from 2021 | 1,041 | 18% | $2,645 | ||
17International Journal of AeroacousticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 1.56 1.33 down from 2021 | 77 | 33% | $4,150 | ||
18IEEE Transactions on Antennas and PropagationIEEE Antennas & Propagation Society · United States | 2.21Q1 | 5.46 0.10 down from 2021 | 3,103 | 27% | $2,645 | ||
19Chinese Journal of AeronauticsElsevier BV · China | 2.19Q1 | 4.84 0.25 up from 2021 | 1,104 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
20Journal of Guidance Control and DynamicsAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 2.10Q1 | 2.86 0.18 up from 2021 | 620 | 20% | — | ||
21AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUMPublisher not listed | 2.00Q1 | 0.99 0.03 up from 2021 | 797 | — | — | ||
22AIAA Scitech 2021 ForumPublisher not listed | 1.99Q1 | 0.83no 2021 value | 2,028 | — | — | — | |
23NAVIGATION Journal of the Institute of NavigationOAWiley · United States | 1.97Q1 | 2.54 0.31 down from 2021 | 157 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
24AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUMPublisher not listed | 1.96Q1 | 0.79no 2021 value | 981 | — | — | — | |
25IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and PropagationOAInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.80Q1 | 4.22 0.63 up from 2021 | 195 | 100% | $2,075 | ||
26Acta AstronauticaElsevier BV · United States | 1.76Q1 | 3.88 0.48 up from 2021 | 1,749 | 32% | $3,350 | ||
27Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process IndustriesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.75Q1 | 4.00 0.28 up from 2021 | 765 | 16% | $4,020 | ||
28Journal of Thermal Spray TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media | 1.71Q1 | 3.23 0.22 up from 2021 | 459 | 30% | $3,190 | ||
29Unmanned SystemsWorld Scientific · Singapore | 1.69Q1 | 4.30 0.44 up from 2021 | 82 | 10% | — | ||
30AIAA Aviation 2019 ForumPublisher not listed | 1.69Q1 | —no 2021 value | 927 | — | — | ||
| 1.65Q1 | 0.74 0.02 down from 2021 | 816 | 6% | — | |||
32Space Science & TechnologyOAAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · United States | 1.62Q1 | 3.87no 2021 value | 30 | 100% | — | — | |
33IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing LettersInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.60Q1 | 3.92 0.26 down from 2021 | 2,287 | 9% | $2,645 | ||
34Journal of Air TransportationAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 1.60Q1 | 1.78 0.84 up from 2021 | 57 | 18% | — | ||
35AIAA Scitech 2020 ForumPublisher not listed | 1.59Q1 | 0.82 0.09 down from 2021 | 2,313 | — | — | ||
36AerospaceOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.57Q1 | 3.43 0.18 down from 2021 | 738 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
37Journal of Intelligent & Robotic SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.55Q1 | 4.04 0.06 down from 2021 | 518 | 30% | $3,090 | ||
38AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2019 ForumPublisher not listed | 1.55Q1 | —no 2021 value | 726 | — | — | ||
39Shock WavesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.53Q1 | 2.24 0.21 up from 2021 | 175 | 32% | $3,890 | ||
40AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 ForumPublisher not listed | 1.52Q1 | 0.57no 2021 value | 478 | — | — | — | |
41AIAA Scitech 2019 ForumPublisher not listed | 1.47Q1 | —no 2021 value | 2,450 | — | — | ||
42Journal of TurbomachineryASM International · United States | 1.46Q1 | 1.90 0.19 down from 2021 | 446 | 22% | — | ||
43Volume 8: Microturbines, Turbochargers and Small Turbomachines; Steam TurbinesPublisher not listed | 1.43Q1 | —no 2021 value | 57 | — | — | ||
44International Journal of Micro Air VehiclesOASAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.35Q1 | 1.86 0.37 up from 2021 | 59 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
45AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 ForumPublisher not listed | 1.35Q1 | 0.66 0.25 down from 2021 | 461 | — | — | ||
46IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.29Q2 | 2.59 0.71 up from 2021 | 62 | 25% | $2,645 | ||
| 1.28Q2 | 0.53 0.21 down from 2021 | 219 | 8% | — | |||
48ASCEND 2020Publisher not listed | 1.26Q2 | 0.59 0.30 up from 2021 | 239 | — | — | ||
49Journal of Spacecraft and RocketsAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 1.20Q2 | 1.90 0.09 down from 2021 | 459 | 15% | — | ||
50IET Radar Sonar & NavigationOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United Kingdom | 1.19Q2 | 1.95 0.09 up from 2021 | 595 | 100% | $2,620 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Aerospace Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering591
- Mechanical Engineering376
- Biomedical Engineering334
- Civil and Structural Engineering276
- Aerospace Engineering178
- Control and Systems Engineering124
- Mechanics of Materials122
- Computational Mechanics94
- Building and Construction93
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering86
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering43
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality27
- Media Technology24
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2022. Corpus-wide, 89.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
79 additional Aerospace Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2019–2021, 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: 2022. Publication window: 2019–2021. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 178
- Window papers (baseline)
- 933,116 -31.5% from indicator year 2019
- Median OJR
- 0.73 +30.8% from indicator year 2019
- Rising journals (2025)
- 10
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2019–2021 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 | 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.