OpenJournalRank

Journal rankings · indicator year 2025

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Field ranking · 2025

Engineering journal rankings 2025

2,405 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences

Engineering has 2,405 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.67, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.18. The three highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, and Progress in Aerospace Sciences: each is likely ranked within the top 25.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.

2,405
36% of Physical Sciences
Median OJR

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.

0.67
This fieldAll 0.78World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

40%
All fields: 38%
Median listed APC

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.

$2,990
Median positive listed APC: $2,990 among 1,273 journals. Another 76 list $0; 1,056 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

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2,405 ranked journals

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Quartiles split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. Q1 is the top quarter and Q4 the bottom quarter.

They are computed within the list on screen, so a journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 in the global ranking.

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Engineering ranking, 2025

Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest.

The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different.

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.

OJR

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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025.

A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change.

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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #2 of 2,405IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
15.89Q152.27 2.68 down from 202429926%$2,645
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #5 of 2,405Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom
9.98Q144.69 2.55 up from 20249329%$6,990
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #8 of 2,405Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom
8.62Q124.95 6.16 up from 202410350%$5,860Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 4; likely between #2 and #11 of 2,405Satellite NavigationOASpringer Nature · Singapore
8.10Q112.89 2.11 up from 202489100%$1,670
Rank 5; likely between #1 and #135 of 2,405Sustainable Operations and ComputersOAElsevier BV · China
7.69Q18.78 31.27 down from 202463100%$700
Rank 6; likely between #3 and #10 of 2,405Electrochemical Energy ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore
7.54Q153.09 14.15 up from 20249940%$3,390
Rank 7; likely between #4 and #11 of 2,405Nature EnergyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom
7.17Q136.97 5.35 up from 202467723%$12,690
Rank 8; likely between #5 and #11 of 2,405eScienceOAElsevier BV · China
7.06Q146.56 12.50 up from 2024215100%$0 listed
Rank 9; likely between #7 and #12 of 2,405Nano-Micro LettersOASpringer Science+Business Media · Hong Kong SAR China
6.60Q137.58 1.01 up from 2024778100%$1,690Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 10; likely between #5 and #16 of 2,405Science RoboticsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · United States
6.39Q118.25 2.72 down from 202431527%—
Rank 11; likely between #4 and #23 of 2,405Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
6.36Q120.74 0.09 down from 202433817%$2,645
Rank 12; likely between #9 and #23 of 2,405IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
5.53Q117.57 1.24 down from 202476417%$2,645Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 13; likely between #11 and #18 of 2,405Energy & Environmental ScienceRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom
5.52Q131.11 0.60 down from 20241,57943%—Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 14; likely between #10 and #21 of 2,405JouleElsevier BV · United States
5.49Q128.69 3.60 up from 202469930%$9,350
Rank 15; likely between #10 and #27 of 2,405International Journal of Machine Tools and ManufactureElsevier BV · United Kingdom
5.33Q124.22 4.74 up from 202414814%$5,610Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 16; likely between #12 and #24 of 2,405ExplorationOAWiley · China
5.23Q127.26 5.03 up from 2024226100%$3,500
Rank 17; likely between #10 and #40 of 2,405Opto-Electronic ScienceOAChina
4.99Q127.25 7.40 up from 202480100%—
Rank 18; likely between #2 and #341 of 2,405Global Transitions ProceedingsOAElsevier BV · China
4.89Q1—no 2024 value59—$250
Rank 19; likely between #14 and #32 of 2,405Nature ElectronicsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom
4.86Q120.17 0.68 up from 202457622%$12,690
Rank 20; likely between #9 and #63 of 2,405npj Materials SustainabilityOASpringer Science+Business Media
4.80Q120.02 14.02 up from 202441100%$2,190
Rank 21; likely between #18 and #26 of 2,405Advanced MaterialsGermany
4.77Q125.50 2.20 up from 20248,75047%$6,070
Rank 22; likely between #14 and #33 of 2,405Journal of Manufacturing SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom
4.77Q117.05 0.52 down from 202464535%$3,850
Rank 23; likely between #13 and #37 of 2,405Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands
4.74Q122.42 6.78 down from 202414322%$6,150
Rank 24; likely between #12 and #48 of 2,405AstrodynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore
4.68Q18.27 0.88 up from 20248928%$3,990
Rank 25; likely between #14 and #39 of 2,405Cyborg and Bionic SystemsOAAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · China
4.68Q120.87 4.71 up from 2024150100%—
Rank 26; likely between #5 and #131 of 2,405Biomedical TechnologyOAElsevier BV
4.55Q119.67 2.25 up from 202464100%$0 listed
Rank 27; likely between #21 and #33 of 2,405Automation in ConstructionElsevier BV · Netherlands
4.51Q114.42 0.38 up from 20241,55131%$5,490Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 28; likely between #21 and #41 of 2,405International Journal of Mining Science and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
4.35Q114.26 1.20 up from 2024339100%$0 listedRising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 29; likely between #20 and #46 of 2,405International Journal of Extreme ManufacturingOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom
4.30Q120.59 1.11 down from 2024280100%$3,750
Rank 30; likely between #17 and #59 of 2,405Annual Reviews in ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom
4.28Q116.51 3.38 up from 202414461%$3,940
Rank 31; likely between #18 and #64 of 2,405Green Energy and Intelligent TransportationOAElsevier BV
4.17Q120.32 2.60 up from 2024129100%$1,950
Rank 32; likely between #27 and #42 of 2,405Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom
4.16Q120.33 1.02 up from 20242,72438%$5,220
Rank 33; likely between #28 and #42 of 2,405Bioactive MaterialsOAElsevier BV · China
4.15Q116.28 2.02 down from 20241,153100%$2,200Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 34; likely between #14 and #85 of 2,405SUMO Conference ProceedingsOAPublisher not listed
4.13Q11.91 0.11 up from 202468100%—
Rank 35; likely between #17 and #75 of 2,405International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
4.10Q119.07 2.34 up from 20245142%$4,400
Rank 36; likely between #16 and #82 of 2,405IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
4.06Q18.29 1.53 down from 202422118%$2,995
Rank 37; likely between #14 and #114 of 2,405IEEE Reviews in Biomedical EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
3.99Q119.91 6.44 up from 20247144%$2,645
Rank 37; likely between #17 and #89 of 2,405Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States
3.99Q116.00 0.50 up from 20243215%—
Rank 39; likely between #28 and #54 of 2,405Robotics and Computer-Integrated ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.97Q113.89 0.14 down from 202449031%$4,540
Rank 40; likely between #31 and #52 of 2,405Advanced Fiber MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore
3.94Q121.55 0.15 down from 202437516%$3,390
Rank 41; likely between #32 and #54 of 2,405Cement and Concrete ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.86Q114.30 0.44 up from 202477449%$5,180
Rank 42; likely between #30 and #63 of 2,405InfoMatOAWiley · China
3.86Q118.93 3.04 down from 2024269100%$3,000
Rank 43; likely between #36 and #53 of 2,405Cement and Concrete CompositesElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.82Q114.71 0.74 up from 20241,25634%$5,120Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 44; likely between #23 and #84 of 2,405EnergyChemElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.80Q117.79 7.51 down from 20246413%$3,550
Rank 45; likely between #23 and #83 of 2,405Advances in Applied EnergyOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.73Q119.42 3.25 up from 2024121100%$4,360
Rank 46; likely between #18 and #115 of 2,405International Journal of Network Dynamics and IntelligenceOAPublisher not listed
3.73Q112.53 7.78 down from 202462100%—
Rank 47; likely between #30 and #74 of 2,405eTransportationElsevier BV · Netherlands
3.71Q119.50 0.63 up from 202421326%$3,580
Rank 48; likely between #27 and #83 of 2,405Advanced Powder MaterialsOAElsevier BV · China
3.70Q122.52 1.45 up from 2024124100%$840
Rank 49; likely between #27 and #81 of 2,405IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica SinicaInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States
3.69Q112.05 2.21 down from 20247051%—
Rank 50; likely between #34 and #71 of 2,405Carbon NeutralizationOAWiley
3.66Q122.60 9.36 up from 2024121100%$0 listed

The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated

Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

335 additional Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
2,405
Window papers (baseline)
2,274,258 -11.9% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.6714 -2.6% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
211Comparison-group list (211)

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals9451,0101,0721,1191,1591,2171,2561,3421,4451,5291,5781,6721,7741,8992,0012,1062,1882,2392,2902,3582,3892,4282,4442,4372,4422,405
Window papers (baseline)1,301,9321,430,0701,586,5091,745,4511,896,1382,058,4222,234,6402,416,7442,583,0932,754,5222,914,7773,076,7353,239,0273,369,0913,484,4923,569,8883,612,0803,500,2353,153,0562,758,7252,539,0692,563,3962,580,5132,422,2732,259,7502,274,258
Median OJR0.630.650.6940.7580.750.77770.77820.770.79300.800.8200.8220.79330.7650.7560.720.730.6920.6700.67050.680.700.6890.6880.6690.6714
Category context (2025)
MeasureCategory statisticEligible population
Journal self-citation shareMedian: 4.9%1,952 journals
Retracted papers per 1,000Pooled rate: 1.935 per 1,0001,719 journals
Output growthMedian: +3.7%2,142 journals
Open access shareMedian: 53.0%2,405 journals
Listed APC (USD)Median including $0 listed prices: $2,8901,349 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices
International collaboration shareMedian: 22.2%2,312 journals
Review shareMedian: 0.0%2,405 journals
Articles-only OJRMedian: 0.672,362 journals
Uncited shareMedian: 29.8%2,405 journals
Citation concentrationMedian: 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.