Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
Journal of Refrigeration is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.1), DOAJ. Published by Journal of Refrigeration Magazines Agency Co., Ltd..
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0253-4339Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Journal of Refrigeration Magazines Agency Co., Ltd.
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Engineering and Power Technology | 241 / 347 | 30th | Q3 |
| Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes | 75 / 99 | 24th | Q4 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 565 / 740 | 23rd | Q4 |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | 345 / 434 | 20th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.1.
Journal of Refrigeration is Q3 in Energy Engineering and Power Technology (rank 241 of 347), Q4 in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (rank 75 of 99) and Q4 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 565 of 740), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Refrigeration 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 1.1, quartile Q3, 30th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.196, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 10.
Journal of Refrigeration is published by Journal of Refrigeration Magazines Agency Co., Ltd. Its ISSN is 0253-4339.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Refrigeration has an h-index of 1 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #222 of 257 Scopus journals in Energy Engineering and Power Technology.
Journal of Refrigeration published 3 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 51. 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.
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.
Comments load as you scroll here.