What are the best journals for Engineering?

From a 17,500-venue index, the highest-ranked Engineering journals include IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Nature Reviews Materials, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Progress in Materials Science, Nano-Micro Letters. The top 40 of 2,562 ranked venues are listed on this page; all 40 are Scimago Q1. Each shows its open-access status and indexing, and predatory venues are excluded. For a shortlist matched to your specific paper, use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

How were these Engineering journals ranked?

Journals are listed when both OpenAlex and Scimago file them under Engineering, plus any documented corrections; a journal Scimago does not cover is listed on OpenAlex's word alone. 736 journals OpenAlex files under Engineering are left out because Scimago files them only under other fields. They are ranked by Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then journals without one); within a quartile, journals Scimago places in Engineering come before those it does not cover, and then OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window decides. Where cites/paper decides, a journal with fewer than 30 papers in OpenAlex over the four most recent publication years is listed after those with more: a two-year average over so few papers can rest on a single article (14 of the 2,562 journals ranked here are below that floor; none of them is among the 40 shown). Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded.

Why don't all Engineering journals show a quartile?

Scimago doesn't cover every journal — many strong regional and open-access venues are absent from it. We show "no Scimago quartile" for those rather than hide them; it's a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

How do I find the best journal for my specific Engineering paper?

Paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder — it returns a shortlist matched to your paper's topic from the same index, with acceptance-fit signals, open-access status, and predatory flags. A free account starts with 25 welcome credits; each run costs 15.

Engineering · 2,562 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best journals for Engineering

The top 40 of 2,562 Engineering journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals Scimago files only under other fields, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. 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).

Data as of 15 November 2026 — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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All Best open-access journals

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IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
43.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Nature Reviews Materials
36.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
35.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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4
Progress in Materials Science
34.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Nano-Micro Letters
34.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Nature Energy
32.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Energy & Environmental Science
32.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
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Joule
28.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Nature Catalysis
28.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Nature Nanotechnology
27.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Nature Photonics
25.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Progress in Polymer Science
25.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Nature Materials
23.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Nature Reviews Chemistry
23.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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15
Advanced Materials
23.3 cites/paper · Q1
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Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
22.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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17
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
21.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Materials Science and Engineering R Reports
20.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Advanced Energy Materials
19.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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Nano Energy
19.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Progress in Aerospace Sciences
19.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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22
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
18.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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23
Journal of Material Science and Technology
18.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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24
Light Science & Applications
18.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
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ACS Nano
18.1 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
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International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
18.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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27
Carbon Energy
18.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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ACS Energy Letters
17.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
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29
Nature Electronics
17.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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30
International Journal of Plasticity
17.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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31
Journal of Energy Chemistry
16.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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32
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
16.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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33
Cement and Concrete Composites
16.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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34
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)
15.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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35
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
15.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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36
Applied Energy
15.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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37
Journal of Manufacturing Systems
15.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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38
Advanced Functional Materials
15.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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39
Applied Mechanics Reviews
15.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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40
Nature Biomedical Engineering
15.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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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.