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International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.3), WoS SCIE. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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ISSN 1741-5152Verify ISSN ↗1744-232XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automotive Engineering | 98 / 143 | 31st | Q3 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 531 / 740 | 28th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present (also 2000), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.3.
International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems is Q3 in Automotive Engineering (rank 98 of 143) and Q3 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 531 of 740), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems 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 1.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 31st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.204, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 27.
International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1741-5152 and its online ISSN is 1744-232X.
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 Heavy Vehicle Systems has an h-index of 30 and a 2-year mean of 0.46 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #94 of 120 Scopus journals in Automotive Engineering.
International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems published 74 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 98. 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 50 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (49%), India (26%) and Iran (6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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