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Journal of Propulsion Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.9). Published by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp.
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ISSN 1001-4055Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | 109 / 169 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1991–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.9.
Journal of Propulsion Technology is Q3 in Aerospace Engineering (rank 109 of 169), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Propulsion Technology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q3, 35th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.344, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 30.
Journal of Propulsion Technology is published by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. Its ISSN is 1001-4055.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Propulsion Technology has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 0.4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #113 of 141 Scopus journals in Aerospace Engineering.
Journal of Propulsion Technology published 63 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 1,094. 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.
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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