Mechanical Engineering · 146 journals ranked · top 40 listed
Best open-access journals for Mechanical Engineering
The top 40 of 146 Mechanical Engineering journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Mechanical Engineering is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,500-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).
Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.
- 1Virtual and Physical Prototyping11.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 3Materials Research Letters8.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Journal of Materials Research and Technology7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5Case Studies in Thermal Engineering7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
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- 9Journal of Computational Design and Engineering5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · China Machine PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 11Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 12International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 15Materials4.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Lubricants4.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Journal of Engineering Research4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 18Metals3.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19Machines3.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 21Advances in Mechanical Engineering3.2 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 23Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Eksploatacja i Niezawodnosc - Maintenance and Reliability2.1 cites/paper · Q2Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 25ISIJ International2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · The Iron and Steel Institute of JapanOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 26FME Transaction1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Faculty of Agronomy in ČačakOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 28Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy1.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Academy of Science of South AfricaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29Advances in Science and Technology – Research Journal1.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Society of Polish Mechanical Engineers and TechniciansOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
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- 31Science of Sintering1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · International Institute for the Science of Sintering, BeogradOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 32International Journal of Automation Technology1.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Fuji Technology Press Ltd.Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 33Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology4.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 34Processes3.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Gruppo Italiano FratturaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 37Applied Mechanics2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38High Temperature Materials and Processes2.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Begell HouseOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 39Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering1.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 40Strojniški vestnik – Journal of Mechanical Engineering1.7 cites/paper · Q3 · University of LjubljanaOpen AccessScopusWeb 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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