181 Mechanical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 0925-8388 | 7,498 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Materials | 1996-1944 | 5,726 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,02,183 to publish | Yes | No | Switzerland |
| Energy | 0360-5442 | 5,499 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Applied Thermal Engineering | 1359-4311 | 3,889 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Materials Research and Technology | 2214-0697 | 3,397 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,85,914 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Measurement | 0263-2241 | 3,354 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Materials Today Communications | 2352-4928 | 3,127 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance | 1059-9495 | 2,424 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology | 0268-3768 | 2,217 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| 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 |
| Measurement Science and Technology | 0957-0233 | 1,803 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Materials Science and Engineering A | 0921-5093 | 1,738 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer | 0735-1933 | 1,730 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Coatings | 2079-6412 | 1,519 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,02,183 to publish | Yes | No | Switzerland |
| International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 0017-9310 | 1,499 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Metals | 2075-4701 | 1,423 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,99,844 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Energy Conversion and Management | 0196-8904 | 1,359 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Thermal Science and Engineering Progress | 2451-9049 | 1,260 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Manufacturing Processes | 1526-6125 | 1,196 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Machines | 2075-1702 | 1,184 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,76,779 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Advanced Engineering Materials | 1438-1656 | 1,157 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Materials Characterization | 1044-5803 | 1,156 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Engineering Failure Analysis | 1350-6307 | 1,123 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Material Science and Technology | 1005-0302 | 1,092 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Tribology International | 0301-679X | 1,033 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| JOM | 0148-6608 | 966 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Thermal Sciences | 1290-0729 | 869 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering | 1678-5878 | 690 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Wear | 0043-1648 | 683 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology | 1738-494X | 671 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| 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 Refractory Metals and Hard Materials | 0263-4368 | 546 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Progress in Additive Manufacturing | 2363-9512 | 534 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| steel research international | 1611-3683 | 520 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B | 1073-5615 | 518 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Thermofluids | 2666-2027 | 465 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,28,299 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Additive manufacturing | 2214-7810 | 462 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Intermetallics | 0966-9795 | 442 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing | 2504-4494 | 425 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,07,585 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| International Journal of Refrigeration | 0140-7007 | 422 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A | 1073-5623 | 407 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Materials Processing Technology | 0924-0136 | 405 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Welding in the World | 0043-2288 | 392 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy | 2199-3823 | 374 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| International Journal of Metalcasting | 1939-5981 | 326 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Heat Transfer | 2688-4534 | 321 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,79,353 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Precision Engineering | 0141-6359 | 320 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Science China Technological Sciences | 1869-1900 | 297 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Journal of Tribology | 0742-4787 | 291 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of CO2 Utilization | 2212-9820 | 287 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,81,461 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China | 1003-6326 | 285 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | China |
| Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering | 1644-9665 | 283 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Poland |
| Manufacturing Letters | 2213-8463 | 283 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part E Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering | 0954-4089 | 283 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) | 1955-2505 | 273 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| Metals and Materials International | 1225-9438 | 267 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | South Korea |
| Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources | 0884-1616 | 264 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| 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 |
| International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping | 0308-0161 | 257 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Iron and Steel Research International | 2210-3988 | 251 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials | 1005-8850 | 241 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Biosystems Engineering | 1537-5110 | 240 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Separation Science and Technology | 0149-6395 | 233 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Virtual and Physical Prototyping | 1745-2759 | 231 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,53,344 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization | 1939-2699 | 228 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences | 2289-7879 | 228 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering | 1000-9345 | 221 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,43,676 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Ironmaking & Steelmaking Processes Products and Applications | 0301-9233 | 209 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing | 1229-8557 | 205 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | South Korea |
| European Journal of Wood and Wood Products | 0018-3768 | 194 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Mechanical Design | 0161-8458 | 192 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Carbon Capture Science & Technology | 2772-6568 | 190 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Marine Structures | 0951-8339 | 188 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies | 1748-1317 | 185 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,64,711 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Materials Testing | 0025-5300 | 174 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technology | 1755-5817 | 173 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Modelling—International Open Access Journal of Modelling in Engineering Science | 2673-3951 | 173 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Industrial Lubrication and Tribology | 0036-8792 | 172 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Ambient Energy | 0143-0750 | 170 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications | 1948-5085 | 166 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| 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 Laser Applications | 1042-346X | 154 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Vehicle System Dynamics | 0042-3114 | 152 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| CIRP Annals | 0007-8506 | 151 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| Hydrometallurgy | 0304-386X | 144 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Engineering Design | 0954-4828 | 143 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Pipeline Science and Engineering | 2667-1433 | 143 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L Journal of Materials Design and Applications | 1464-4207 | 143 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Materials and Manufacturing Processes | 1042-6914 | 142 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology | 1350-6501 | 141 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) | 1006-7191 | 138 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Composite Interfaces | 0927-6440 | 137 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology | 2198-0810 | 136 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | South Korea |
| Journal of Thermal Science | 1003-2169 | 135 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) Series D | 2250-2122 | 124 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | India |
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