Mechanical Engineering · 501 journals indexed
Best journals for Mechanical Engineering
The top Mechanical Engineering journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), 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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- 2Journal of Material Science and Technology17.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 4International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture15.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials10.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
- 8Virtual and Physical Prototyping10.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12Journal of Materials Processing Technology8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15Progress in Natural Science Materials International7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Materials Research Letters7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Journal of Materials Research and Technology6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Case Studies in Thermal Engineering6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23International journal of greenhouse gas control5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
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- 28Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
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- 30International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 33CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technology4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 34Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · China Machine PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 35Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters)4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopus
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- 37International Journal of Thermal Sciences4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
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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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