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International Journal of Engineering Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.9), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 0020-7225Verify ISSN ↗1879-2197Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$4,980 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (all) | 9 / 414 | 97th | Q1 |
| Engineering (all) | 37 / 351 | 89th | Q1 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 87 / 740 | 88th | Q1 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 58 / 408 | 85th | Q1 |
| Materials Science (all) | 95 / 475 | 80th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1963–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.9.
International Journal of Engineering Science is Q1 in Mathematics (all) (rank 9 of 414), Q1 in Engineering (all) (rank 37 of 351) and Q1 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 87 of 740), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Engineering Science is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 8.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.228, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 140.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,980 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 Engineering Science is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0020-7225 and its online ISSN is 1879-2197.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Engineering Science has an h-index of 180 and a 2-year mean of 3.12 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #26 of 392 Scopus journals in Mathematics (all).
International Journal of Engineering Science published 178 papers in 2025. 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 75 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (24%), Italy (13.3%) and United States (11%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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