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Best open-access journals for Engineering

The top 40 of 847 Engineering journals, open-access only, 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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  1. 1
    Nano-Micro Letters
    29.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    Light Science & Applications
    15.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Carbon Energy
    15.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  4. 4
    Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery
    12.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery
    Open AccessScopus
  5. 5
    Journal of Magnesium and Alloys
    12.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    International Journal of Mining Science and Technology
    12.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Journal of Advanced Ceramics
    12.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  8. 8
    Journal of Nanobiotechnology
    11.8 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Energy Strategy Reviews
    11.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  10. 10
    Petroleum Exploration and Development
    11.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  11. 11
    Virtual and Physical Prototyping
    10.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Bioactive Materials
    9.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Aggregate
    9.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
    9.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    npj Computational Materials
    9.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    NPG Asia Materials
    8.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    International Journal of Nanomedicine
    8.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Energy Reports
    8.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  19. 19
    International Journal of Thermofluids
    8.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  20. 20
    Smart Cities
    8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  21. 21
    Materials Today Sustainability
    8.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  22. 22
    Advanced Science
    8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
    8.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  24. 24
    Communications Materials
    8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Microsystems & Nanoengineering
    8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Alexandria Engineering Journal
    7.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    ACS Central Science
    7.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Chemical Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Journal of CO2 Utilization
    7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Batteries
    7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Chemical Physics Impact
    7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  31. 31
    Optica
    7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Optica Publishing Group
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Underground Space
    7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  33. 33
    Green Energy & Environment
    7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · KeAi
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  34. 34
    Materials Research Letters
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Engineering
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Regenerative Biomaterials
    6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Oxford
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Journal of Materials Research and Technology
    6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
    6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Gels
    6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    RSC Advances
    6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society of Chemistry
    Open 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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Frequently asked

Nano-Micro Letters, Light Science & Applications, Carbon Energy, Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery, Journal of Magnesium and Alloys lead this list, drawn from a 17,782-venue index. The top 40 of 847 ranked venues are listed on this page; all 40 are Scimago Q1. 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. 202 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. Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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