21 Automotive Engineering journals (Engineering) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Engineering by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems | 1524-9050 | 1,725 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| World Electric Vehicle Journal | 2032-6653 | 689 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,61,455 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment | 1361-9209 | 513 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Rapid Prototyping Journal | 1355-2546 | 206 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Automotive Technology | 1229-9138 | 177 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | South Korea |
| Vehicles | 2624-8921 | 167 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Designs | 2411-9660 | 146 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,84,520 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| IET Intelligent Transport Systems | 1751-956X | 144 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,69,720 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems | 2687-7813 | 117 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,08,070 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation | 2773-1537 | 98 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,25,409 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles | 2379-8858 | 82 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Communications in Transportation Research | 2772-4247 | 72 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| Automotive Innovation | 2096-4250 | 68 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Singapore |
| npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport | 3004-8664 | 53 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,49,225 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing | 2329-7662 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| SAE International journal of vehicle dynamics, stability, and NVH | 2380-2162 | 44 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles | 2399-9802 | 32 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Digital Transportation and Safety | 2837-7842 | 27 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,16,739 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| ACM Journal on Autonomous Transportation Systems | 2833-0528 | 25 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Artificial Intelligence for Transportation | 3050-8606 | 22 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,88,986 to publish | No | No | |
| The Archives of Automotive Engineering/ Archiwum Motoryzacji | 1234-754X | 20 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |