Journal rankings · indicator year 2024
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Subfield ranking · 2024
Automotive Engineering journal rankings 2024
42 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Automotive Engineering has 42 ranked journals in 2024. The median journal has an OJR of 0.38, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2023; Q1 starts at OJR 0.90. The top three are Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation, Communications in Transportation Research, and eTransportation.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2024. 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 2021–2023, the window the 2024 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 Engineering604
- Mechanical Engineering372
- Biomedical Engineering346
- Civil and Structural Engineering273
- Aerospace Engineering150
- Control and Systems Engineering138
- Mechanics of Materials126
- Computational Mechanics95
- Building and Construction93
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering85
- Ocean Engineering72
- Automotive Engineering42
42 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 2023. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2021–2023 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 2015 to 2024. | Compare |
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1Green Energy and Intelligent TransportationOAElsevier BV | 3.96Q1 | 17.72 3.93 up from 2023 | 76 | 100% | $1,950 | ||
2Communications in Transportation ResearchOAElsevier BV · China | 3.59Q1 | 13.76 1.73 up from 2023 | 75 | 100% | $1,250 | ||
3eTransportationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.52Q1 | 18.86 2.95 up from 2023 | 173 | 24% | $3,580 | ||
4IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.80Q1 | 10.35 1.16 up from 2023 | 3,445 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
5IEEE Transactions on Intelligent VehiclesInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.77Q1 | 12.35 0.15 down from 2023 | 913 | 14% | $2,645 | ||
6IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation SystemsOAInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.47Q1 | 6.13 0.53 up from 2023 | 184 | 100% | $2,075 | ||
7Automotive InnovationSpringer Nature · Singapore | 1.46Q1 | 5.51 0.36 down from 2023 | 122 | 28% | $3,190 | ||
| 1.32Q1 | 7.70 3.15 up from 2023 | 103 | 23% | — | |||
9Progress in Additive ManufacturingSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.27Q1 | 5.77 0.72 up from 2023 | 373 | 45% | $3,590 | ||
10SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper seriesUnited States | 0.99Q1 | 0.75 0.07 up from 2023 | 5,110 | 2% | — | ||
11VehiclesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 0.90Q1 | 2.99 0.69 down from 2023 | 236 | 100% | $1,930 | ||
12DesignsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 0.88Q2 | 3.16 0.20 down from 2023 | 351 | 100% | $1,930 | ||
13Rapid Prototyping JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.86Q2 | 3.99 0.16 down from 2023 | 490 | 20% | — | ||
14Future TransportationOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 0.82Q2 | 2.57 0.21 down from 2023 | 176 | 100% | $1,207 | ||
15World Electric Vehicle JournalOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 0.77Q2 | 3.41 0.46 down from 2023 | 867 | 100% | $1,689 | ||
163D Printing and Additive ManufacturingMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.62Q2 | 2.22 0.32 down from 2023 | 360 | 59% | — | ||
17Spatial Cognition and ComputationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.51Q2 | 1.94 0.17 down from 2023 | 34 | 56% | — | ||
18International Journal of Automotive TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · South Korea | 0.49Q2 | 1.86 0.02 down from 2023 | 431 | 11% | $3,190 | ||
19Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile EngineeringSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.48Q2 | 1.80 0.03 up from 2023 | 952 | 6% | $4,150 | ||
20SAE International Journal of Electrified VehiclesUnited States | 0.43Q2 | 2.20 0.97 up from 2023 | 77 | 15% | — | ||
21Emission Control Science and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 0.39Q2 | 1.71 0.40 up from 2023 | 57 | 33% | $3,390 | ||
22Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and StorageASM International · United States | 0.37Q3 | 2.09 0.38 up from 2023 | 220 | 5% | — | ||
23SAE International Journal of Passenger Vehicle SystemsUnited States | 0.35Q3 | 1.19 0.67 up from 2023 | 42 | 5% | — | ||
| 0.34Q3 | 1.12 0.31 down from 2023 | 114 | 17% | — | |||
25SAE International journal of commercial vehiclesUnited States | 0.32Q3 | 1.44 0.36 up from 2023 | 93 | 11% | — | ||
26SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in MobilityPublisher not listed | 0.29Q3 | 1.08 0.02 down from 2023 | 874 | 10% | — | ||
27Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and SystemsASM International · United States | 0.27Q3 | 0.85 0.22 down from 2023 | 49 | 0% | — | ||
28Automotive and Engine TechnologyOASpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 0.26Q3 | 1.22 0.12 up from 2023 | 67 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
29Tire Science and TechnologyUnited States | 0.20Q3 | 0.68 0.24 up from 2023 | 53 | 9% | — | ||
| 0.20Q3 | 0.56 0.10 down from 2023 | 59 | 100% | $207 | |||
| 0.20Q3 | 0.44 0.69 down from 2023 | 58 | 5% | — | |||
| 0.20Q3 | 1.28 0.44 down from 2023 | 197 | 100% | — | |||
33International Journal of Vehicle PerformanceInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.17Q4 | 0.83 0.26 up from 2023 | 133 | 0% | — | ||
34Interceram - International Ceramic ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.15Q4 | 0.34 0.04 down from 2023 | 84 | — | — | ||
35International Journal of Heavy Vehicle SystemsInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.12Q4 | 0.39 0.09 up from 2023 | 237 | 7% | — | ||
36Applied Chemical EngineeringOAUnited States | 0.12Q4 | 0.72 0.50 up from 2023 | 95 | 100% | — | ||
37International Journal of Vehicle DesignOAInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.12Q4 | 0.44 0.06 up from 2023 | 268 | 100% | — | ||
38International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and TestingInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.06Q4 | 0.26 0.15 up from 2023 | 99 | 14% | — | ||
39International Journal of Vehicle SafetyInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.05Q4 | 0.25 0.18 up from 2023 | 50 | 50% | — | ||
40The Evolving ScholarOAPublisher not listed | 0.04Q4 | 0.09 0.03 down from 2023 | 178 | 100% | — | ||
41Metal Powder ReportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.02Q4 | 0.03 0.07 down from 2023 | 278 | 0% | $3,000 | ||
42Reinforced PlasticsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.01Q4 | 0.03 0.06 down from 2023 | 273 | 0% | $3,000 |
Subfields of Engineering, with Automotive Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering604
- Mechanical Engineering372
- Biomedical Engineering346
- Civil and Structural Engineering273
- Aerospace Engineering150
- Control and Systems Engineering138
- Mechanics of Materials126
- Computational Mechanics95
- Building and Construction93
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering85
- Ocean Engineering72
- Automotive Engineering42
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality24
- Media Technology22
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2024. Corpus-wide, 87.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
9 additional Automotive Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2021–2023, 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: 2024. Publication window: 2021–2023. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 42
- Window papers (baseline)
- 55,634 +31.4% from indicator year 2021
- Median OJR
- 0.38 -22.0% from indicator year 2021
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2021–2023 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 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 43 | 44 | 42 | 42 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 9,304 | 10,537 | 11,367 | 12,178 | 13,008 | 13,901 | 14,737 | 15,538 | 16,415 | 17,511 | 18,718 | 20,216 | 21,879 | 23,571 | 25,526 | 27,965 | 29,514 | 29,929 | 30,697 | 33,469 | 37,929 | 42,344 | 47,177 | 51,087 | 55,634 | 62,840 | |
| Median OJR | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 0.71 | 1.01 | 1.11 | 0.749 | 0.68 | 0.84 | 0.755 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 0.59 | 0.66 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.476 | 0.484 | 0.53 | 0.405 | 0.45 | 0.483 | 0.39 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.410 |
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.