What are the best journals for Engineering?

From a 17,782-venue index, the highest-ranked Engineering journals include Progress in Materials Science, Nature Reviews Materials, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Nano-Micro Letters. The top 40 of 2,706 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. 846 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. 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 · 2,706 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best journals for Engineering

The top 40 of 2,706 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 17,782-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).

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All Best open-access journals

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Progress in Materials Science
31.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Nature Reviews Materials
31.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
30.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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4
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
29.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Nano-Micro Letters
29.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Nature Energy
28.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Energy & Environmental Science
28.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
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8
Joule
25.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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9
Nature Nanotechnology
25.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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10
Nature Catalysis
25.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Nature Photonics
23.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Progress in Polymer Science
22.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Nature Materials
21.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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14
Advanced Materials
20.9 cites/paper · Q1
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Nature Reviews Chemistry
20.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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16
Nature Sustainability
19.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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17
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
18.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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18
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
18.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Advanced Energy Materials
17.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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20
Materials Science and Engineering R Reports
17.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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21
Nano Energy
17.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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22
Journal of Material Science and Technology
17.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Nature Chemistry
17.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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24
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
15.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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25
Light Science & Applications
15.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
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26
International Journal of Plasticity
15.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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27
Progress in Aerospace Sciences
15.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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28
Carbon Energy
15.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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29
International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
15.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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30
Nature Electronics
15.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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31
ACS Nano
15.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
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32
ACS Energy Letters
15.1 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
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33
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
15.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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34
Journal of Energy Chemistry
15.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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35
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)
14.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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36
Advanced Functional Materials
14.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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37
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
14.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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38
Applied Energy
13.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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39
International Materials Reviews
13.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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Cement and Concrete Composites
13.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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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.