Engineering · 1,049 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Engineering
The top 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).
- 1Nano-Micro Letters29.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Light Science & Applications15.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 4Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery12.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Chinese Society of Agricultural MachineryOpen AccessScopus
- 5Journal of Magnesium and Alloys12.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6International Journal of Mining Science and Technology12.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Journal of Advanced Ceramics12.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 8Journal of Nanobiotechnology11.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10Petroleum Exploration and Development11.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 11Virtual and Physical Prototyping10.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 14Ultrasonics Sonochemistry9.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15npj Computational Materials9.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 17National Science Review8.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18International Journal of Nanomedicine8.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 21Smart Cities8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 24Research8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for the Advancement of ScienceOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25Communications Materials8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Microsystems & Nanoengineering8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27Alexandria Engineering Journal7.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28ACS Central Science7.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29Journal of CO2 Utilization7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 30Batteries7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 34Materials Research Letters7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 35Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 37Regenerative Biomaterials6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · University of OxfordOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 39Journal of Materials Research and Technology6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 40Case Studies in Thermal Engineering6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“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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