Aerospace Engineering · 284 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Aerospace Engineering
The top Aerospace Engineering journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 2Drones5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Geo-spatial Information Science4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 5NAVIGATION Journal of the Institute of Navigation2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 7Nuclear Engineering and Technology2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Aerospace2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9International Journal of Aerospace Engineering1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 10IET Radar Sonar & Navigation1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Institution of Engineering and TechnologyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 11South African Journal of Physiotherapy1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · AOSISOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12Defence Science Journal0.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Defence Scientific Information and Documentation CentreOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Progress In Electromagnetics Research B2.3 cites/paper · Q3 · The Electromagnetics AcademyOpen AccessScopusPubMed
- 14Progress In Electromagnetics Research M2.1 cites/paper · Q3 · The Electromagnetics AcademyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Biosystems Diversity1.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Oles Honchar Dnipro National UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 16International Journal of Antennas and Propagation1.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17IET Microwaves Antennas & Propagation1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Institution of Engineering and TechnologyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Progress In Electromagnetics Research C0.9 cites/paper · Q3 · The Electromagnetics AcademyOpen AccessScopusPubMed
- 19TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES0.7 cites/paper · Q3Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Northwestern Polytechnical University0.4 cites/paper · Q3 · EDP SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 21Вестник Самарского государственного технического университета Серия Физико-математические науки0.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Samara State Technical UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 22Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters1.2 cites/paper · Q4 · The Electromagnetics AcademyOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 23Juntendo Medical Journal0.7 cites/paper · Q4 · The Juntendo Medical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
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- 25Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine0.0 cites/paper · Q4 · Japanese Society Of Physical Fitness And Sports MedicineOpen AccessScopus
- 26Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics1.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersOpen AccessWeb of Science
- 27INCAS BULLETIN0.7 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · National Institute for Aerospace Research “Elie Carafoli” - INCASOpen AccessDOAJ
- 28Международный журнал Программные продукты и системы0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · CenterprogramsystemsOpen Access
- 29Scientific Bulletin of UNFU0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Ukrainian National Forestry UniversityOpen Access
- 30Civil Aviation High TECHNOLOGIES0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Moscow State Technical University of Civil AviationOpen AccessDOAJ
- 31Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartileOpen Access
- 32RADIOISOTOPES0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Japan Radioisotope AssociationOpen AccessPubMed
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- 34Системи управління навігації та зв’язку Збірник наукових праць0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Poltava National Technical Yuriy Kondratyuk UniversityOpen Access
- 35The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · The Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and ScienceOpen Access
- 36Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartileOpen Access
- 37VESTNIK of Samara University Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Samara National Research UniversityOpen AccessDOAJ
- 38Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Korea Institute of Military Science and TechnologyOpen Access
- 39Journal of Radio Electronics0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · V.A. Kotelnikov Institute of Radio-engineering and ElectronicsOpen Access
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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