Journal rankings · indicator year 2024
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Field ranking · 2024
Engineering journal rankings 2024
2,442 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Engineering has 2,442 ranked journals in 2024. The median journal has an OJR of 0.67, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2023; Q1 starts at OJR 1.19. The top three are IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, and Sustainable Operations and Computers.
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 in Engineering (16)
Up to Physical Sciences- 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
2,442 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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1IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 16.20Q1 | 54.95 6.43 up from 2023 | 252 | 29% | $2,645 | ||
2Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 10.33Q1 | 42.14 7.90 up from 2023 | 99 | 66% | $6,990 | ||
3Sustainable Operations and ComputersOAElsevier BV · China | 9.36Q1 | 40.05 17.91 up from 2023 | 78 | 100% | $700 | ||
4Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 8.02Q1 | 29.20 4.56 down from 2023 | 72 | 29% | $6,150 | ||
5Satellite NavigationOASpringer Nature · Singapore | 7.90Q1 | 10.78 0.22 down from 2023 | 88 | 100% | $1,670 | ||
6Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.74Q1 | 18.79 3.71 up from 2023 | 96 | 51% | $5,860 | ||
7Nature EnergyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 7.31Q1 | 31.62 1.82 up from 2023 | 629 | 32% | $12,690 | ||
8International Journal of Network Dynamics and IntelligenceOAPublisher not listed | 6.86Q1 | 20.31 25.33 down from 2023 | 36 | 100% | — | ||
9Nano-Micro LettersOASpringer Science+Business Media · Hong Kong SAR China | 6.45Q1 | 36.56 5.62 up from 2023 | 689 | 100% | $1,690 | ||
10Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.24Q1 | 20.83 3.80 up from 2023 | 340 | 20% | $2,645 | ||
11Energy & Environmental ScienceRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 6.22Q1 | 31.71 0.31 down from 2023 | 1,231 | 39% | — | ||
12eScienceOAElsevier BV · China | 6.20Q1 | 34.06 6.88 down from 2023 | 167 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
13Science RoboticsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · United States | 6.18Q1 | 20.98 0.03 up from 2023 | 306 | 23% | — | ||
14Electrochemical Energy ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 6.03Q1 | 38.94 10.28 up from 2023 | 96 | 38% | $3,390 | ||
15JouleElsevier BV · United States | 5.46Q1 | 25.09 1.82 down from 2023 | 676 | 100% | $9,350 | ||
16International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.35Q1 | 16.74 1.88 down from 2023 | 58 | 38% | $4,400 | ||
17Journal of Industrial Information IntegrationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.35Q1 | 12.91 2.59 down from 2023 | 218 | 40% | $3,810 | ||
18IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.27Q1 | 18.81 3.65 up from 2023 | 776 | 28% | $2,645 | ||
19Biomedical TechnologyOAElsevier BV | 5.00Q1 | 17.42 10.89 up from 2023 | 45 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
20ExplorationOAWiley · China | 4.96Q1 | 22.23 3.94 up from 2023 | 197 | 100% | $3,500 | ||
21Journal of Manufacturing SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.96Q1 | 17.57 2.20 up from 2023 | 622 | 36% | $3,850 | ||
22Advanced MaterialsGermany | 4.95Q1 | 23.30 0.32 up from 2023 | 7,445 | 53% | $6,070 | ||
23Nature ElectronicsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 4.82Q1 | 19.49 1.23 up from 2023 | 549 | 21% | $12,690 | ||
24Opto-Electronic ScienceOAChina | 4.78Q1 | 19.84 7.47 up from 2023 | 51 | 100% | — | ||
25International Journal of Machine Tools and ManufactureElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.77Q1 | 19.48 4.32 up from 2023 | 160 | 29% | $5,610 | ||
26Journal of Intelligent ConstructionOATsinghua University Press | 4.59Q1 | 11.53no 2023 value | 30 | 100% | — | — | |
27Bioactive MaterialsOAElsevier BV · China | 4.49Q1 | 18.30 1.92 up from 2023 | 1,181 | 100% | $2,200 | ||
28Automation in ConstructionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.42Q1 | 14.04 1.81 up from 2023 | 1,453 | 35% | $5,490 | ||
29Analytic Methods in Accident ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.42Q1 | 11.80 0.63 down from 2023 | 90 | 39% | $5,310 | ||
30InfoMatOAWiley · China | 4.40Q1 | 21.98 0.24 down from 2023 | 245 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
31IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.31Q1 | 9.82 0.05 up from 2023 | 198 | 26% | $2,995 | ||
32International Journal of Extreme ManufacturingOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.30Q1 | 21.70 7.87 up from 2023 | 177 | 100% | $3,750 | ||
33Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.21Q1 | 19.31 0.11 up from 2023 | 3,022 | 42% | $5,220 | ||
34IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica SinicaInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.19Q1 | 14.26 0.54 up from 2023 | 611 | 23% | — | ||
35Advanced Powder MaterialsOAElsevier BV · China | 4.19Q1 | 21.07 2.26 down from 2023 | 100 | 100% | $840 | ||
36Green Technologies and SustainabilityOAElsevier BV | 4.12Q1 | 14.34 4.63 up from 2023 | 32 | 100% | $400 | ||
37EnergyChemElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.12Q1 | 25.30 3.53 up from 2023 | 60 | 0% | $3,550 | ||
38Cement and Concrete ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.09Q1 | 13.86 2.07 up from 2023 | 781 | 59% | $5,180 | ||
39Interdisciplinary materialsOAWiley · China | 4.09Q1 | 20.53 4.04 up from 2023 | 98 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
40Energy storage materialsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.03Q1 | 20.51 2.18 up from 2023 | 1,674 | 17% | $5,400 | ||
41Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 4.03Q1 | 15.50 3.68 up from 2023 | 38 | 17% | — | ||
42Advanced Energy MaterialsWiley · Germany | 3.97Q1 | 21.54 1.75 up from 2023 | 2,998 | 53% | $5,790 | ||
43Green Energy and Intelligent TransportationOAElsevier BV | 3.96Q1 | 17.72 3.93 up from 2023 | 76 | 100% | $1,950 | ||
44Information Technology for DevelopmentTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.94Q1 | 7.82 0.82 up from 2023 | 90 | 47% | — | ||
45Computers in IndustryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.93Q1 | 11.44 0.45 down from 2023 | 456 | 46% | $4,080 | ||
46Cement and Concrete CompositesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.90Q1 | 13.97 2.23 up from 2023 | 1,230 | 33% | $5,120 | ||
47AstrodynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 3.89Q1 | 7.40 4.74 up from 2023 | 70 | 37% | $3,990 | ||
48Robotics and Computer-Integrated ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.88Q1 | 14.03 2.28 up from 2023 | 462 | 28% | $4,540 | ||
49Sensors InternationalOAElsevier BV · China | 3.88Q1 | 8.67 4.06 down from 2023 | 168 | 100% | $840 | ||
50Opto-Electronic AdvancesOAChina | 3.88Q1 | 19.64 6.23 up from 2023 | 172 | 100% | $2,500 |
Subfields of Engineering, compared.
- 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.
501 additional 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
- 2,442
- Window papers (baseline)
- 2,259,750 -11.8% from indicator year 2021
- Median OJR
- 0.669 -4.7% from indicator year 2021
- Rising journals (2025)
- 211Comparison-group list (211)
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 | 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.