Mechanical Engineering · 242 journals indexed
Highest-impact journals for Mechanical Engineering
The top Mechanical Engineering journals Scimago Q1-Q2 only, ranked by cites/paper, drawn from an17,538-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 free Journal Finder.
- 1Progress in Materials Science28.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Journal of Material Science and Technology15.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture13.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4International Journal of Plasticity13.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5International Materials Reviews11.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6Energy Conversion and Management10.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials9.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
- 8Virtual and Physical Prototyping8.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Acta Materialia8.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10International Journal of Thermofluids7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 11Additive manufacturing7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12Tribology International7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Journal of Manufacturing Processes7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14Journal of Materials Processing Technology6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Progress in Natural Science Materials International6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Journal of Materials Research and Technology6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Case Studies in Thermal Engineering6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Engineering Failure Analysis6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19Materials Research Letters5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Applied Thermal Engineering5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Materials Science and Engineering A5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22CIRP Annals5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24International journal of greenhouse gas control5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 25Materials & Design4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Materials Characterization4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27Scripta Materialia4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 30Intermetallics4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Minerals Engineering4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 32International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
- 33Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · China Machine PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 34CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technology4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 35Marine Structures4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 36International Journal of Thermal Sciences4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Hydrometallurgy4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 39Measurement4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 40Materials and Manufacturing Processes3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of Science
“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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