Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Subfield ranking · 2023
Mechanical Engineering journal rankings 2023
376 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Mechanical Engineering has 376 ranked journals in 2023. The median journal has an OJR of 0.50, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2022; Q1 starts at OJR 0.95. The top three are International Materials Reviews, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, and Composites Part B Engineering.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. 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 2020–2022, the window the 2023 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 Engineering598
- Mechanical Engineering376
- Biomedical Engineering341
- Civil and Structural Engineering270
- Aerospace Engineering163
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials121
- Computational Mechanics96
- Building and Construction92
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering86
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering44
376 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 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 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 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.85Q1 | 18.61 1.49 up from 2022 | 65 | 64% | $4,400 | ||
2International Journal of Machine Tools and ManufactureElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.01Q1 | 15.17 0.10 down from 2022 | 176 | 31% | $5,610 | ||
3Composites Part B EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.30Q1 | 13.15 0.17 down from 2022 | 2,153 | 32% | $5,210 | ||
4SPE Eastern Regional MeetingPublisher not listed | 3.08Q1 | 1.42 0.92 up from 2022 | 31 | 0% | — | ||
5Carbon Capture Science & TechnologyOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.08Q1 | 12.53 3.10 up from 2022 | 81 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
6Virtual and Physical PrototypingOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.69Q1 | 9.51 2.13 down from 2022 | 154 | 100% | $2,070 | ||
7Additive manufacturingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.66Q1 | 9.48 0.70 down from 2022 | 2,025 | 52% | $4,430 | ||
8Journal of Material Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · China | 2.52Q1 | 11.69 1.14 up from 2022 | 2,579 | 10% | $3,000 | ||
9Critical reviews in solid state and materials sciences/CRC critical reviews in solid state and materials sciencesTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.52Q1 | 8.97 1.48 down from 2022 | 73 | 20% | — | ||
10Energy Conversion and ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.44Q1 | 10.83 0.34 down from 2022 | 3,579 | 28% | $4,600 | ||
| 2.40Q1 | 9.09no 2022 value | 35 | 100% | — | — | ||
12Facta Universitatis Series Mechanical EngineeringOAUniversity of Niš · Serbia | 2.31Q1 | 9.34 1.89 up from 2022 | 131 | 100% | — | ||
13She jiOAElsevier BV · China | 2.24Q1 | 2.96 2.09 down from 2022 | 84 | 100% | $1,500 | ||
14Materials & DesignOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.23Q1 | 7.91 0.69 down from 2022 | 3,085 | 100% | $3,650 | ||
15Railway Engineering ScienceOASpringer Science+Business Media | 2.09Q1 | 5.35 1.91 down from 2022 | 85 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
16FrictionOASpringer Nature · China | 2.06Q1 | 6.46 0.76 down from 2022 | 340 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
17Journal of Materials Processing TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.05Q1 | 7.02 0.31 up from 2022 | 1,020 | 21% | $3,980 | ||
18Sustainable materials and technologiesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.04Q1 | 8.77 0.11 down from 2022 | 410 | 37% | $4,150 | ||
19International Journal of Mechanical SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.99Q1 | 7.52 0.04 down from 2022 | 2,017 | 19% | $4,740 | ||
20Energy Storage and SavingOAElsevier BV · China | 1.99Q1 | 7.63 5.63 up from 2022 | 30 | 100% | — | ||
21Materials Research LettersOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.98Q1 | 6.94 1.81 down from 2022 | 225 | 100% | $1,459 | ||
22International Journal of PlasticityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.96Q1 | 9.36 0.14 up from 2022 | 551 | 38% | $3,740 | ||
23Cleaner Engineering and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 7.39 1.10 up from 2022 | 582 | 100% | $2,220 | ||
24Journal of Manufacturing ProcessesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.88Q1 | 6.79 0.02 up from 2022 | 2,387 | 21% | $3,520 | ||
25International Communications in Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United States | 1.82Q1 | 6.93 0.31 down from 2022 | 1,859 | 14% | $3,560 | ||
26CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.80Q1 | 5.73 0.18 down from 2022 | 476 | 31% | $2,950 | ||
27Tribology InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.78Q1 | 6.40 0.13 up from 2022 | 1,751 | 21% | $5,390 | ||
28International Journal of Technology and Design EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.77Q1 | 3.69 0.40 up from 2022 | 233 | 56% | $3,390 | ||
29Case Studies in Thermal EngineeringOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.76Q1 | 7.25 0.21 down from 2022 | 2,091 | 100% | $1,620 | ||
30Energy Conversion and Management XOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.75Q1 | 7.39 0.24 down from 2022 | 304 | 100% | $3,170 | ||
31Journal of Materials Research and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.71Q1 | 6.71 0.01 down from 2022 | 5,014 | 100% | $1,640 | ||
32Advances in ManufacturingSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 1.67Q1 | 4.60 1.12 down from 2022 | 133 | 7% | $3,990 | ||
33Design StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.67Q1 | 6.13 0.88 up from 2022 | 95 | 56% | $4,570 | ||
34Materials Science and Engineering AElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.67Q1 | 6.21 0.23 down from 2022 | 4,710 | 25% | $3,430 | ||
35Applied Thermal EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 6.68 0.04 up from 2022 | 4,400 | 20% | $3,660 | ||
36Research in Engineering DesignSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 3.48 0.38 down from 2022 | 76 | 64% | $4,090 | ||
37Journal of CO2 UtilizationOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.60Q1 | 7.74 0.21 down from 2022 | 1,053 | 100% | $3,360 | ||
38Results in EngineeringOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.58Q1 | 7.24 1.15 up from 2022 | 768 | 100% | $1,940 | ||
39WearElsevier BV · Switzerland | 1.58Q1 | 5.59 0.44 up from 2022 | 1,130 | 32% | $5,394 | ||
40International Journal of Thermal SciencesElsevier BV · France | 1.57Q1 | 5.40 0.50 up from 2022 | 1,526 | 16% | $3,920 | ||
41International Journal of Lightweight Materials and ManufactureOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.57Q1 | 4.87 0.51 down from 2022 | 133 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
42International Journal of Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.56Q1 | 5.44 0.19 up from 2022 | 3,990 | 27% | $4,220 | ||
43Surface and Coatings TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.54Q1 | 5.56 0.23 up from 2022 | 3,218 | 19% | $3,880 | ||
44Chinese Journal of Mechanical EngineeringOAChina Machine Press · China | 1.49Q1 | 4.87 0.35 up from 2022 | 385 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
45Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.44Q1 | 4.76 0.33 up from 2022 | 80 | 100% | $2,300 | ||
46CIRP AnnalsElsevier BV | 1.43Q1 | 4.47 0.70 down from 2022 | 406 | 58% | $3,190 | ||
47Thermal Science and Engineering ProgressElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.42Q1 | 5.55 0.43 up from 2022 | 965 | 16% | $3,000 | ||
48Engineering Failure AnalysisElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.41Q1 | 4.93 0.59 up from 2022 | 2,348 | 15% | $3,820 | ||
49Scripta MaterialiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.40Q1 | 5.06 0.75 down from 2022 | 1,817 | 37% | $3,220 | ||
50Multifunctional MaterialsIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.40Q1 | 4.17 2.76 down from 2022 | 51 | — | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Mechanical Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering598
- Mechanical Engineering376
- Biomedical Engineering341
- Civil and Structural Engineering270
- Aerospace Engineering163
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials121
- Computational Mechanics96
- Building and Construction92
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering86
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering44
- Media Technology24
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality23
- Architecture1
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
77 additional Mechanical Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2020–2022, 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: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 376
- Window papers (baseline)
- 237,955 +13.9% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 0.496 -1.3% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 37
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 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.