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.
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.
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 Engineering595
- Mechanical Engineering366
- Biomedical Engineering349
- Civil and Structural Engineering268
- Aerospace Engineering141
- Control and Systems Engineering135
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics98
- Building and Construction88
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering84
- Ocean Engineering71
- Automotive Engineering42
2,405 ranked journals
Filters
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. | 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. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #2 of 2,405IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 15.89Q1 | 52.27 2.68 down from 2024 | 299 | 26% | $2,645 | ||
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #5 of 2,405Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 9.98Q1 | 44.69 2.55 up from 2024 | 93 | 29% | $6,990 | ||
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #8 of 2,405Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 8.62Q1 | 24.95 6.16 up from 2024 | 103 | 50% | $5,860 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 4; likely between #2 and #11 of 2,405Satellite NavigationOASpringer Nature · Singapore | 8.10Q1 | 12.89 2.11 up from 2024 | 89 | 100% | $1,670 | ||
Rank 5; likely between #1 and #135 of 2,405Sustainable Operations and ComputersOAElsevier BV · China | 7.69Q1 | 8.78 31.27 down from 2024 | 63 | 100% | $700 | ||
Rank 6; likely between #3 and #10 of 2,405Electrochemical Energy ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 7.54Q1 | 53.09 14.15 up from 2024 | 99 | 40% | $3,390 | ||
Rank 7; likely between #4 and #11 of 2,405Nature EnergyNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 7.17Q1 | 36.97 5.35 up from 2024 | 677 | 23% | $12,690 | ||
Rank 8; likely between #5 and #11 of 2,405eScienceOAElsevier BV · China | 7.06Q1 | 46.56 12.50 up from 2024 | 215 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 9; likely between #7 and #12 of 2,405Nano-Micro LettersOASpringer Science+Business Media · Hong Kong SAR China | 6.60Q1 | 37.58 1.01 up from 2024 | 778 | 100% | $1,690 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 10; likely between #5 and #16 of 2,405Science RoboticsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · United States | 6.39Q1 | 18.25 2.72 down from 2024 | 315 | 27% | — | ||
Rank 11; likely between #4 and #23 of 2,405Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.36Q1 | 20.74 0.09 down from 2024 | 338 | 17% | $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 | 5.53Q1 | 17.57 1.24 down from 2024 | 764 | 17% | $2,645 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 13; likely between #11 and #18 of 2,405Energy & Environmental ScienceRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 5.52Q1 | 31.11 0.60 down from 2024 | 1,579 | 43% | — | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 14; likely between #10 and #21 of 2,405JouleElsevier BV · United States | 5.49Q1 | 28.69 3.60 up from 2024 | 699 | 30% | $9,350 | ||
Rank 15; likely between #10 and #27 of 2,405International Journal of Machine Tools and ManufactureElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.33Q1 | 24.22 4.74 up from 2024 | 148 | 14% | $5,610 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 16; likely between #12 and #24 of 2,405ExplorationOAWiley · China | 5.23Q1 | 27.26 5.03 up from 2024 | 226 | 100% | $3,500 | ||
Rank 17; likely between #10 and #40 of 2,405Opto-Electronic ScienceOAChina | 4.99Q1 | 27.25 7.40 up from 2024 | 80 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 18; likely between #2 and #341 of 2,405Global Transitions ProceedingsOAElsevier BV · China | 4.89Q1 | —no 2024 value | 59 | — | $250 | ||
Rank 19; likely between #14 and #32 of 2,405Nature ElectronicsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 4.86Q1 | 20.17 0.68 up from 2024 | 576 | 22% | $12,690 | ||
Rank 20; likely between #9 and #63 of 2,405npj Materials SustainabilityOASpringer Science+Business Media | 4.80Q1 | 20.02 14.02 up from 2024 | 41 | 100% | $2,190 | ||
Rank 21; likely between #18 and #26 of 2,405Advanced MaterialsGermany | 4.77Q1 | 25.50 2.20 up from 2024 | 8,750 | 47% | $6,070 | ||
Rank 22; likely between #14 and #33 of 2,405Journal of Manufacturing SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.77Q1 | 17.05 0.52 down from 2024 | 645 | 35% | $3,850 | ||
Rank 23; likely between #13 and #37 of 2,405Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.74Q1 | 22.42 6.78 down from 2024 | 143 | 22% | $6,150 | ||
Rank 24; likely between #12 and #48 of 2,405AstrodynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 4.68Q1 | 8.27 0.88 up from 2024 | 89 | 28% | $3,990 | ||
Rank 25; likely between #14 and #39 of 2,405Cyborg and Bionic SystemsOAAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · China | 4.68Q1 | 20.87 4.71 up from 2024 | 150 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 26; likely between #5 and #131 of 2,405Biomedical TechnologyOAElsevier BV | 4.55Q1 | 19.67 2.25 up from 2024 | 64 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 27; likely between #21 and #33 of 2,405Automation in ConstructionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.51Q1 | 14.42 0.38 up from 2024 | 1,551 | 31% | $5,490 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 28; likely between #21 and #41 of 2,405International Journal of Mining Science and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.35Q1 | 14.26 1.20 up from 2024 | 339 | 100% | $0 listed | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 29; likely between #20 and #46 of 2,405International Journal of Extreme ManufacturingOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.30Q1 | 20.59 1.11 down from 2024 | 280 | 100% | $3,750 | ||
Rank 30; likely between #17 and #59 of 2,405Annual Reviews in ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.28Q1 | 16.51 3.38 up from 2024 | 144 | 61% | $3,940 | ||
Rank 31; likely between #18 and #64 of 2,405Green Energy and Intelligent TransportationOAElsevier BV | 4.17Q1 | 20.32 2.60 up from 2024 | 129 | 100% | $1,950 | ||
Rank 32; likely between #27 and #42 of 2,405Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.16Q1 | 20.33 1.02 up from 2024 | 2,724 | 38% | $5,220 | ||
Rank 33; likely between #28 and #42 of 2,405Bioactive MaterialsOAElsevier BV · China | 4.15Q1 | 16.28 2.02 down from 2024 | 1,153 | 100% | $2,200 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 34; likely between #14 and #85 of 2,405SUMO Conference ProceedingsOAPublisher not listed | 4.13Q1 | 1.91 0.11 up from 2024 | 68 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 35; likely between #17 and #75 of 2,405International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.10Q1 | 19.07 2.34 up from 2024 | 51 | 42% | $4,400 | ||
Rank 36; likely between #16 and #82 of 2,405IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.06Q1 | 8.29 1.53 down from 2024 | 221 | 18% | $2,995 | ||
Rank 37; likely between #14 and #114 of 2,405IEEE Reviews in Biomedical EngineeringInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.99Q1 | 19.91 6.44 up from 2024 | 71 | 44% | $2,645 | ||
Rank 37; likely between #17 and #89 of 2,405Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 3.99Q1 | 16.00 0.50 up from 2024 | 32 | 15% | — | ||
Rank 39; likely between #28 and #54 of 2,405Robotics and Computer-Integrated ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.97Q1 | 13.89 0.14 down from 2024 | 490 | 31% | $4,540 | ||
Rank 40; likely between #31 and #52 of 2,405Advanced Fiber MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 3.94Q1 | 21.55 0.15 down from 2024 | 375 | 16% | $3,390 | ||
Rank 41; likely between #32 and #54 of 2,405Cement and Concrete ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.86Q1 | 14.30 0.44 up from 2024 | 774 | 49% | $5,180 | ||
Rank 42; likely between #30 and #63 of 2,405InfoMatOAWiley · China | 3.86Q1 | 18.93 3.04 down from 2024 | 269 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
Rank 43; likely between #36 and #53 of 2,405Cement and Concrete CompositesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.82Q1 | 14.71 0.74 up from 2024 | 1,256 | 34% | $5,120 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 44; likely between #23 and #84 of 2,405EnergyChemElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.80Q1 | 17.79 7.51 down from 2024 | 64 | 13% | $3,550 | ||
Rank 45; likely between #23 and #83 of 2,405Advances in Applied EnergyOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.73Q1 | 19.42 3.25 up from 2024 | 121 | 100% | $4,360 | ||
Rank 46; likely between #18 and #115 of 2,405International Journal of Network Dynamics and IntelligenceOAPublisher not listed | 3.73Q1 | 12.53 7.78 down from 2024 | 62 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 47; likely between #30 and #74 of 2,405eTransportationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.71Q1 | 19.50 0.63 up from 2024 | 213 | 26% | $3,580 | ||
Rank 48; likely between #27 and #83 of 2,405Advanced Powder MaterialsOAElsevier BV · China | 3.70Q1 | 22.52 1.45 up from 2024 | 124 | 100% | $840 | ||
Rank 49; likely between #27 and #81 of 2,405IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica SinicaInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 3.69Q1 | 12.05 2.21 down from 2024 | 705 | 1% | — | ||
Rank 50; likely between #34 and #71 of 2,405Carbon NeutralizationOAWiley | 3.66Q1 | 22.60 9.36 up from 2024 | 121 | 100% | $0 listed |
211 Engineering journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
Full rising list for Engineering
- 1Journal of Engineering ResearchOAMechanical Engineering+385% vs groupOJR 0.23 → 1.00range +278% to +521%
- 2International Journal of Electrochemical ScienceOAElectrical and Electronic Engineering+132% vs groupOJR 0.31 → 0.64range +111% to +156%
- 3SciOAIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering+353% vs groupOJR 0.52 → 2.08range +97% to +941%
- 4ITM Web of ConferencesOAElectrical and Electronic Engineering+136% vs groupOJR 0.82 → 1.70range +90% to +193%
- 5Journal of Integrated Circuits and SystemsOAElectrical and Electronic Engineering+124% vs groupOJR 0.11 → 0.23range +49% to +237%
- 6Frontiers in Heat and Mass TransferOAMechanical Engineering+130% vs groupOJR 0.24 → 0.49range +49% to +255%
- 7Materials Science-PolandOAMechanical Engineering+106% vs groupOJR 0.27 → 0.49range +49% to +185%
- 8Journal of Asian Architecture and Building EngineeringOABuilding and Construction+86% vs groupOJR 0.63 → 1.03range +49% to +133%
- 9Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation ... International Technical Meeting/Proceedings of the ... International Technical Meeting of The Institute of NavigationAerospace Engineering+117% vs groupOJR 1.27 → 2.44range +48% to +218%
- 10International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and MaterialsMechanical Engineering+68% vs groupOJR 1.11 → 1.64range +47% to +92%
- 11Engineering Failure AnalysisMechanical Engineering+56% vs groupOJR 1.25 → 1.72range +45% to +67%
- 12MATEC Web of ConferencesOAMechanical Engineering+60% vs groupOJR 0.92 → 1.29range +44% to +78%
- 13International Journal of PlasticityMechanical Engineering+56% vs groupOJR 2.01 → 2.77range +40% to +75%
- 14Optoelectronics LettersElectrical and Electronic Engineering+77% vs groupOJR 0.20 → 0.30range +40% to +124%
- 15eCAADe proceedingsBuilding and Construction+94% vs groupOJR 0.80 → 1.36range +39% to +169%
- 16ReportCivil and Structural Engineering+91% vs groupOJR 0.34 → 0.57range +39% to +162%
- 17INCOSE International SymposiumControl and Systems Engineering+85% vs groupOJR 0.98 → 1.59range +36% to +151%
- 18BIT Numerical MathematicsComputational Mechanics+95% vs groupOJR 0.46 → 0.79range +35% to +182%
- 19Natural Gas Industry BOAMechanics of Materials+85% vs groupOJR 1.27 → 2.06range +35% to +154%
- 20China FoundryOAMechanical Engineering+76% vs groupOJR 0.46 → 0.71range +35% to +129%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -91% to +1,071% (ratio scale)
241 Engineering journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1ScanningIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering-76% vs groupOJR 0.80 → 0.17range -86% to -59%
- 2IRBMBiomedical Engineering-64% vs groupOJR 2.27 → 0.73range -76% to -45%
- 3Combustion Explosion and Shock WavesMechanics of Materials-58% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.17range -70% to -42%
- 4Progress In Electromagnetics Research COAAerospace Engineering-52% vs groupOJR 0.94 → 0.39range -62% to -40%
- 5International Journal of Simulation ModellingOAIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering-52% vs groupOJR 1.05 → 0.44range -63% to -38%
- 6Russian Journal of ElectrochemistryElectrical and Electronic Engineering-52% vs groupOJR 0.28 → 0.12range -63% to -37%
- 7ACI Structural JournalBuilding and Construction-50% vs groupOJR 0.55 → 0.24range -61% to -37%
- 8International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided EngineeringAerospace Engineering-46% vs groupOJR 0.83 → 0.39range -55% to -36%
- 9Journal of the Croatian Association of Civil EngineersOACivil and Structural Engineering-56% vs groupOJR 0.41 → 0.16range -70% to -35%
- 10Journal of SensorsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering-45% vs groupOJR 0.91 → 0.44range -54% to -35%
- 11WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS AND CONTROLOAControl and Systems Engineering-54% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.19range -69% to -32%
- 12RadioengineeringOAElectrical and Electronic Engineering-50% vs groupOJR 0.48 → 0.21range -64% to -31%
- 13Journal of Sandwich Structures & MaterialsMechanical Engineering-46% vs groupOJR 1.36 → 0.65range -57% to -31%
- 14Wind energy scienceOAAerospace Engineering-47% vs groupOJR 4.41 → 2.06range -60% to -30%
- 15Metal Science and Heat TreatmentMechanical Engineering-46% vs groupOJR 0.24 → 0.11range -59% to -29%
- 16Functional Materials LettersElectrical and Electronic Engineering-44% vs groupOJR 0.26 → 0.13range -56% to -29%
- 17Solar RRLElectrical and Electronic Engineering-35% vs groupOJR 1.35 → 0.77range -41% to -29%
- 18IEEE Industrial Electronics MagazineElectrical and Electronic Engineering-55% vs groupOJR 1.23 → 0.49range -72% to -28%
- 19Progress In Electromagnetics Research LettersOAAerospace Engineering-45% vs groupOJR 0.55 → 0.27range -58% to -28%
- 20ACI Materials JournalCivil and Structural Engineering-43% vs groupOJR 0.60 → 0.30range -56% to -27%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -88% to +700% (ratio scale)
Subfields of Engineering, compared.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering595
- Mechanical Engineering366
- Biomedical Engineering349
- Civil and Structural Engineering268
- Aerospace Engineering141
- Control and Systems Engineering135
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics98
- Building and Construction88
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering84
- Ocean Engineering71
- Automotive Engineering42
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality23
- Media Technology21
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
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.
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.
| 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.