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International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers.
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ISSN 2010-1325Verify ISSN ↗2010-1333Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes | 40 / 99 | 60th | Q2 |
| Control and Systems Engineering | 168 / 390 | 57th | Q2 |
| Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment | 193 / 345 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.7.
International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration is Q2 in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (rank 40 of 99), Q2 in Control and Systems Engineering (rank 168 of 390) and Q3 in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (rank 193 of 345), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.439, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 24.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,290 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.
International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration is published by Society of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers. Its print ISSN is 2010-1325 and its online ISSN is 2010-1333.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 3.52 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #23 of 90 Scopus journals in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.
International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration published 24 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 48. 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. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from South Korea (22.4%), India (17.7%) and China (7.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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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