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Mechanical Engineering journal rankings 2025

366 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering

Mechanical Engineering has 366 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.49, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.04 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 0.91. The three highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, International Materials Reviews, and Composites Part B Engineering: each is likely ranked within the top 4.

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.

366
15% of Engineering
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.

0.49-0.04 vs 2024
This subfieldAll 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.

41%
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.

$3,190
Median positive listed APC: $3,190 among 181 journals. Another 6 list $0; 179 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

Subfields of Engineering (16)

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366 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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Mechanical 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 366International Journal of Machine Tools and ManufactureElsevier BV · United Kingdom
5.33Q124.22 4.74 up from 202414814%$5,610Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #3 of 366International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
4.10Q119.07 2.34 up from 20245142%$4,400
Rank 3; likely between #3 and #4 of 366Composites Part B EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands
3.14Q114.33 0.37 down from 20241,97922%$5,210Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 4; likely between #3 and #6 of 366Journal of Material Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · China
2.96Q116.23 1.52 up from 20242,6368%$3,000Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 5; likely between #4 and #7 of 366International Journal of PlasticityElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.77Q115.31 2.53 up from 202474021%$3,740Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 6; likely between #3 and #12 of 366Critical reviews in solid state and materials sciences/CRC critical reviews in solid state and materials sciencesTaylor & Francis · United States
2.59Q112.80 2.96 up from 20246517%—
Rank 7; likely between #6 and #11 of 366International Journal of Mechanical SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.34Q111.51 1.61 up from 20242,25717%$4,740Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 8; likely between #6 and #11 of 366Energy Conversion and ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.32Q112.80 0.73 up from 20243,66633%$4,600
Rank 9; likely between #7 and #15 of 366Virtual and Physical PrototypingOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
2.17Q19.72 0.91 up from 2024444100%$2,070
Rank 10; likely between #3 and #61 of 366Energy Storage and SavingOAElsevier BV · China
2.16Q17.06 1.94 down from 202493100%—
Rank 11; likely between #7 and #26 of 366Carbon Capture Science & TechnologyOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.04Q18.19 2.70 down from 2024302100%$2,000
Rank 12; likely between #10 and #17 of 366Additive manufacturingElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.02Q18.44 1.50 down from 20241,85142%$4,430Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 13; likely between #10 and #19 of 366Results in EngineeringOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.00Q110.77 1.34 up from 20243,488100%$1,940
Rank 14; likely between #3 and #93 of 366SPE Eastern Regional MeetingPublisher not listed
1.97Q10.97 0.09 up from 2024520%—
Rank 15; likely between #11 and #20 of 366Materials & DesignOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.96Q18.30 0.30 up from 20243,128100%$3,650Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 16; likely between #12 and #22 of 366Journal of Materials Processing TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.93Q17.87 0.42 up from 202496615%$3,980
Rank 17; likely between #10 and #27 of 366Cleaner Engineering and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.93Q18.40 0.28 down from 2024475100%$2,220
Rank 18; likely between #13 and #22 of 366Journal of Manufacturing ProcessesElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.89Q18.16 0.79 up from 20242,86421%$3,520Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 19; likely between #11 and #29 of 366FrictionOASpringer Nature · China
1.87Q16.45 2.50 down from 2024501100%$0 listed
Rank 20; likely between #16 and #24 of 366Tribology InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.83Q17.98 0.53 up from 20242,71918%$5,390Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 21; likely between #7 and #52 of 366Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering Additive Manufacturing FrontiersElsevier BV
1.80Q15.33 4.55 down from 202471——
Rank 22; likely between #10 and #49 of 366Mineral EconomicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
1.75Q15.29 0.50 up from 202418031%$3,190Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 23; likely between #16 and #34 of 366Journal of CO2 UtilizationOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.74Q18.82 0.25 down from 2024932100%$3,360Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 24; likely between #20 and #30 of 366Engineering Failure AnalysisElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.72Q17.24 1.04 up from 20242,80513%$3,820Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 25; likely between #11 and #50 of 366Railway Engineering ScienceOASpringer Science+Business Media
1.71Q15.52 0.37 down from 202488100%$0 listed
Rank 26; likely between #14 and #42 of 366Materials Research LettersOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
1.69Q17.52 0.60 down from 2024314100%$1,459
Rank 27; likely between #16 and #43 of 366CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.68Q16.07 0.25 down from 202445136%$2,950
Rank 28; likely between #23 and #32 of 366Journal of Materials Research and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.66Q17.53 0.48 up from 20248,482100%$1,640
Rank 29; likely between #11 and #54 of 366Facta Universitatis Series Mechanical EngineeringOAUniversity of Niš · Serbia
1.65Q17.52 3.22 down from 2024130100%—
Rank 30; likely between #24 and #34 of 366Materials Science and Engineering AElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.65Q17.64 0.60 up from 20244,34517%$3,430
Rank 31; likely between #22 and #40 of 366International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and MaterialsSpringer Science+Business Media · China
1.64Q18.85 1.35 up from 20246747%$3,290Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 32; likely between #25 and #37 of 366International Journal of Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.62Q16.86 0.81 up from 20243,62230%$4,220Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 33; likely between #26 and #37 of 366Surface and Coatings TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.61Q16.93 0.64 up from 20243,07022%$3,880Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 34; likely between #23 and #41 of 366Sustainable materials and technologiesElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.61Q18.29 0.58 down from 202482725%$4,150
Rank 35; likely between #30 and #40 of 366Applied Thermal EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.56Q17.84 0.47 up from 20246,58515%$3,660
Rank 36; likely between #30 and #43 of 366WearElsevier BV · Switzerland
1.54Q16.54 0.19 up from 20241,19331%$5,394Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 37; likely between #19 and #55 of 366International Journal of Technology and Design EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands
1.53Q13.94 0.93 down from 202422256%$3,390
Rank 38; likely between #20 and #58 of 366Clean TechnologiesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
1.52Q17.05 0.86 up from 2024231100%$1,930
Rank 39; likely between #34 and #45 of 366International Communications in Heat and Mass TransferElsevier BV · United States
1.50Q16.50 0.32 down from 20242,36913%$3,560Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 40; likely between #34 and #44 of 366Case Studies in Thermal EngineeringOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.49Q17.25 0.13 up from 20243,902100%$1,620
Rank 41; likely between #30 and #49 of 366Energy Conversion and Management XOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.48Q18.05 0.21 down from 2024682100%$3,170
Rank 42; likely between #7 and #130 of 366GasesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
1.44Q16.41 2.00 down from 202448100%$1,207
Rank 43; likely between #34 and #55 of 366HydrometallurgyElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.40Q16.54 1.00 up from 202443824%$4,350Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 44; likely between #22 and #78 of 366Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.40Q15.40 0.79 down from 202485100%$2,300
Rank 45; likely between #41 and #50 of 366Materials CharacterizationElsevier BV · United States
1.40Q16.01 0.49 up from 20242,66116%$3,320Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 46; likely between #24 and #71 of 366Frontiers of Mechanical EngineeringHigher Education Press · China
1.39Q15.45 0.96 up from 202415821%$3,090
Rank 47; likely between #37 and #59 of 366Chinese Journal of Mechanical EngineeringOAChina Machine Press · China
1.37Q15.33 0.76 up from 2024475100%$0 listed
Rank 48; likely between #32 and #70 of 366International Journal of Lightweight Materials and ManufactureOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.34Q15.70 0.63 down from 2024172100%$0 listed
Rank 49; likely between #45 and #55 of 366International Journal of Thermal SciencesElsevier BV · France
1.32Q15.12 0.21 down from 20241,87115%$3,920
Rank 50; likely between #39 and #67 of 366International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · South Korea
1.32Q17.26 1.27 up from 202426729%$3,890

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.

48 additional Mechanical 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
366
Window papers (baseline)
258,806 +11.9% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.489 -4.0% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
37

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 journals153165174181189197200216239248253259279297318336349360367371379380376376372366
Window papers (baseline)62,33469,34876,75185,48091,81499,066105,079114,255121,976131,580138,936149,595164,074174,982184,498189,752192,405190,265188,986196,408208,840221,656231,232237,955243,502258,806
Median OJR0.5110.5390.5310.5530.470.5010.511570.54810.50220.50900.5650.580.5510.590.5610.54780.570.5450.511620.5000.50230.4920.50930.4960.5280.489

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.