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Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering
Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Higher Education Press Limited Company.
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ISSN 2095-0233Verify ISSN ↗2095-0241Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Higher Education Press Limited Company
Cost to publish: About US$3,090 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2011–2025).
What is the impact factor of Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering?
Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.865, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 53.
How much does it cost to publish in Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,090 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering and what is its ISSN?
Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering is published by Higher Education Press Limited Company. Its print ISSN is 2095-0233 and its online ISSN is 2095-0241.
Is Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering for 15 years, between 2011 and 2025. Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 724 works and 18,730 citations for the title. OpenAlex records recent papers, the latest in 2025, although Scopus lists the title as inactive. Check the journal's website and Scopus before submitting.
How well cited is Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering has an h-index of 55 and a 2-year mean of 6.9 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering published 53 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 80. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering? — latest 99 articles, 2023–2025
In its latest 99 research articles (2023–2025), authors are most often from China (92.2%), Nigeria (1.9%) and United States (1.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2025. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2025
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration92.2% of recent authorship from China
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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