149 Mechanical Engineering journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals with at least 10 papers in 2025. DOAJ is an independent, openly published list of open-access journals that meet its criteria.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E3S Web of Conferences | 2267-1242 | 4,003 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Journal of Materials Research and Technology | 2214-0697 | 3,397 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,85,914 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Case Studies in Thermal Engineering | 2214-157X | 1,897 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,68,575 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Materials & Design | 0264-1275 | 1,841 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,61,232 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Metals | 2075-4701 | 1,423 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,99,844 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Machines | 2075-1702 | 1,184 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,76,779 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Engineering Reports | 2577-8196 | 624 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,29,262 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Lubricants | 2075-4442 | 565 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,99,844 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Materials Research Express | 2053-1591 | 551 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,96,954 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Thermofluids | 2666-2027 | 465 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,28,299 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing | 2504-4494 | 425 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,07,585 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of CO2 Utilization | 2212-9820 | 287 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,81,461 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Advances in Mechanical Engineering | 1687-8132 | 263 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,55,271 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| ISIJ International | 0915-1559 | 262 | 1 | ≈ ₹76,827 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Materials Research | 1516-1439 | 246 | 2 | ≈ ₹22,156 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Virtual and Physical Prototyping | 1745-2759 | 231 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,53,344 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering | 1000-9345 | 221 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,43,676 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Carbon Capture Science & Technology | 2772-6568 | 190 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies | 1748-1317 | 185 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,64,711 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Modelling—International Open Access Journal of Modelling in Engineering Science | 2673-3951 | 173 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Transactions of the JSME (in Japanese) | 2187-9761 | 162 | 3 | ≈ ₹48,779 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Friction | 2223-7690 | 158 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,74,131 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Journal of Engineering Research | 2307-1877 | 157 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Kuwait |
| Journal of Pipeline Science and Engineering | 2667-1433 | 143 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Part C Tasarım ve Teknoloji | 2147-9526 | 135 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Journal of Thermal Engineering | 2148-7847 | 131 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| International Journal of Automation Technology | 1881-7629 | 110 | 2 | ≈ ₹91,461 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering | 1225-9071 | 109 | 3 | ≈ ₹21,229 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal | 0203-3100 | 106 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Materiali in tehnologije | 1580-2949 | 101 | 2 | ≈ ₹43,533 to publish | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| Eksploatacja i Niezawodnosc - Maintenance and Reliability | 1507-2711 | 96 | 1 | ≈ ₹44,621 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Journal of Advanced Joining Processes | 2666-3309 | 95 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,36,968 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Archives of Foundry Engineering | 1897-3310 | 89 | 3 | ≈ ₹11,972 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| METALLOFIZIKA I NOVEISHIE TEKHNOLOGII | 1024-1809 | 87 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Additive Manufacturing Letters | 2772-3690 | 86 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,81,098 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Mining | 2673-6489 | 84 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Metrology | 2673-8244 | 80 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Discover Mechanical Engineering | 2731-6564 | 79 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,24,068 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems | 2949-9178 | 78 | 1 | ≈ ₹82,843 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| China Foundry | 1672-6421 | 77 | 1 | ≈ ₹51,724 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture | 2588-8404 | 77 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| DIID | 1594-8528 | 73 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| International journal of mechanical system dynamics | 2767-1399 | 68 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,44,493 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Mining equipment and electromechanics | 1816-4528 | 67 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy | 0038-223X | 65 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Geo-Technical mechanics | 3083-6271 | 64 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Thermo | 2673-7264 | 62 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Visnyk of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Geology | 1728-2713 | 62 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Eurasian Physical Technical Journal | 1811-1165 | 61 | 2 | ≈ ₹21,766 to publish | Yes | Yes | Kazakhstan |
| Acta Montanistica Slovaca | 1335-1788 | 60 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovakia |
| Diagnostyka | 1641-6414 | 60 | 2 | ≈ ₹13,662 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| FME Transaction | 1451-2092 | 60 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Avtomatičeskaâ svarka (Kiev) | 0005-111X | 56 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Science & Technique | 2227-1031 | 56 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Belarus |
| Design Science | 2053-4701 | 54 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,95,750 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Mechanika | 1392-1207 | 54 | 2 | ≈ ₹54,416 to publish | Yes | Yes | Lithuania |
| Bulletin of the Siberian State Industrial University | 2304-4497 | 53 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Railway Engineering Science | 2662-4745 | 52 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Omsk Scientific Bulletin Series Aviation-Rocket and Power Engineering | 2587-764X | 51 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Tecnologia em Metalurgia Materiais e Mineração | 2176-1515 | 51 | 3 | ≈ ₹12,068 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| PROBLEMS OF TRIBOLOGY | 2079-1372 | 50 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing | 1881-3054 | 49 | 2 | ≈ ₹48,779 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Agricultural machinery and technologies | 2073-7599 | 48 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| High-speed Railway | 2949-8678 | 48 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Analyses | 2813-4648 | 46 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Mechanics of Machines Mechanisms and Materials | 1995-0470 | 46 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Belarus |
| Railway Sciences | 2755-0907 | 46 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Responsive materials | 2834-894X | 46 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,02,009 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Thermal Science and Technology | 1880-5566 | 45 | 2 | ≈ ₹48,779 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Odes’kyi Politechnichnyi Universytet Pratsi | 2076-2429 | 45 | 3 | ≈ ₹1,632 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Journal of Engineering Sciences | 2312-2498 | 43 | 2 | UAH 10,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Journal of Sustainable Mining | 2300-3960 | 43 | 2 | ≈ ₹43,533 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Strojnícky časopis/Journal of Mechanical Engineering | 0039-2472 | 43 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| The Annals of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati Fascicle IX Metallurgy and Materials Science | 2668-4748 | 43 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES | 2231-8380 | 42 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST) | 2580-0817 | 41 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering | 1734-4492 | 40 | 2 | ≈ ₹27,208 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Al-Bahir Journal for Engineering and Pure Sciences | 2312-5721 | 39 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Al-Khwarizmi Engineering Journal | 1818-1171 | 39 | 2 | ≈ ₹7,706 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| Mechanics & Industry | 2257-7750 | 39 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,19,715 to publish | Yes | Yes | France |
| Nauchno-tekhnicheskiy vestnik Bryanskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta | 2413-9920 | 39 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Propulsion and Power Research | 2212-540X | 39 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of Machine Engineering | 1895-7595 | 37 | 2 | ≈ ₹48,974 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Smart Materials in Manufacturing | 2772-8102 | 37 | 1 | ≈ ₹80,916 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Energy Storage and Saving | 2772-6835 | 36 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Journal of Art, Design, and Music | 2785-9630 | 36 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Proceedings of the NTUU “Igor Sikorsky KPI” Series Chemical engineering ecology and resource saving | 2306-1626 | 36 | 3 | UAH 300 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| European Mechanical Science | 2587-1110 | 35 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,965 to publish | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Gornye nauki i tekhnologii = Mining Science and Technology (Russia) | 2500-0632 | 34 | 2 | RUB 53,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Journal of Engineering Technology and Applied Physics | 2682-8383 | 34 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| She ji | 2405-8718 | 33 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| Acta Technologica Agriculturae | 1335-2555 | 32 | 2 | ≈ ₹43,533 to publish | Yes | Yes | Slovakia |
| High Temperature Materials and Processes | 0334-6455 | 32 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,14,274 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Powders | 2674-0516 | 32 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Progress in Physics of Metals | 1608-1021 | 32 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| BIBECHANA | 2382-5340 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Nepal |
| Journal of Mechanical Engineering | 2709-2984 | 31 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Journal of Mining and Metallurgy Section B Metallurgy | 1450-5339 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Manufacturing Review | 2265-4224 | 30 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,19,715 to publish | Yes | Yes | France |
| Alloys | 2674-063X | 29 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
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