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Best Automotive Engineering journals

134 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Automotive Engineering. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 36 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 eTransportation 24.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 20.5 98th Q1 SCIE A No
3 IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 19.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine 15.5 97th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 15.4 96th Q1 SCIE A* No
6 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine 14.8 96th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Vehicular Communications 14.4 95th Q1 SCIE – No
8 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 13.3 94th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles 13.3 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
10 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification 12.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
11 SAE International Journal of Vehicle Dynamics, Stability, and NVH 11.6 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
12 International Journal of Impact Engineering 11.4 91st Q1 SCIE – No
13 Vehicle System Dynamics 11.3 91st Q1 SCIE – No
14 Propulsion and Power Research 11.2 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Automotive Innovation 10.4 89th Q1 ESCI – No
16 IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems 10.3 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations 10 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
18 International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 9.7 87th Q1 SSCI B No
19 International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology 9.7 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
20 International Journal of Hydromechatronics 9.6 86th Q1 ESCI – No
21 European Transport Research Review 9 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
22 IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology 8.7 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
23 International Journal of Rail Transportation 8.6 84th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Transportation Engineering 7.9 83rd Q1 – – Yes
25 Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 7.6 82nd Q1 SSCI A No
26 Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines 7.5 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
27 Global Energy Interconnection 7 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 6.6 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
29 Babylonian Journal of Mechanical Engineering 6.3 80th Q1 – – No
30 JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control 6.1 79th Q1 SCIE – No
31 International Journal of Engine Research 5.9 78th Q1 SCIE – No
32 Journal of Advanced Transportation 5.6 77th Q1 SCIE B Yes
33 Vehicles 5.5 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
34 World Electric Vehicle Journal 5.4 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
35 Unmanned Systems 5 75th Q1 ESCI – No
36 Automotive Experiences 4.8 75th Q1 – – Yes
37 Urban Rail Transit 4.8 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
38 Drone Systems and Applications 4.7 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
39 International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems 4.4 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
40 IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems 4.3 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
41 Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 4.2 71st Q2 SCIE – No
42 Transport 4 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
43 Frontiers in Future Transportation 3.7 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
44 International Journal of Automotive Technology 3.6 69th Q2 SCIE B No
45 International Journal of Vehicle Performance 3.6 68th Q2 ESCI – No
46 Mechanical Engineering for Society and Industry 3.6 68th Q2 – – No
47 International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics 3.5 67th Q2 SCIE – No
48 Digital Transportation and Safety 3.5 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
49 IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications 3.4 66th Q2 ESCI – No
50 International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment 3.4 65th Q2 – – No
51 Data Science for Transportation 3.3 64th Q2 – – No
52 Computer Aided Geometric Design 3.3 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
53 International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research 3.3 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
54 International Review of Electrical Engineering 3.3 62nd Q2 – – No
55 Archives of Automotive Engineering 3.3 61st Q2 – – No
56 Energy, Environment, and Sustainability 3.3 61st Q2 – – No
57 Archives of Transport 3.2 60th Q2 – – Yes
58 SAE International Journal of Electrified Vehicles 3.2 59th Q2 ESCI – No
59 International Journal of Automotive Manufacturing and Materials 3.1 59th Q2 – – No
60 Jiaotong Yunshu Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering 3 58th Q2 – – No
61 Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 2.9 57th Q2 – – No
62 ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers) 2.7 56th Q2 SCIE – No
63 LOGI - Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics 2.7 56th Q2 – – Yes
64 SAE International Journal of Connected and Automated Vehicles 2.5 55th Q2 ESCI – No
65 International Review of Automatic Control 2.5 54th Q2 – – No
66 Qiche Gongcheng/Automotive Engineering 2.5 54th Q2 – – No
67 International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management 2.5 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
68 Science and Technology Foresight 2.4 52nd Q2 – – No
69 Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures 2.4 51st Q2 SCIE – Yes
70 Emission Control Science and Technology 2.4 50th Q2 ESCI – No
71 Promet - Traffic and Transportation 2.3 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
72 Transactions on Maritime Science 2.3 49th Q3 ESCI – No
73 Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport 2.3 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
74 International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering 2.3 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
75 Binggong Xuebao/Acta Armamentarii 2.2 47th Q3 – – No
76 International Journal of Automotive Science and Technology 2.2 46th Q3 – – Yes
77 International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles 2.1 45th Q3 ESCI – No
78 SAE International Journal of Engines 2.1 45th Q3 ESCI – No
79 Ocean Systems Engineering 2 44th Q3 ESCI – No
80 SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles 2 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
81 International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems 2 42nd Q3 – – No
82 European Transport - Trasporti Europei 2 41st Q3 ESCI C No
83 Ingenius 1.9 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
84 SAE International Journal of Passenger Vehicle Systems 1.9 40th Q3 ESCI – No
85 ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control 1.8 39th Q3 – – No
86 Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy 1.8 38th Q3 – – No
87 Tire Science and Technology 1.8 38th Q3 ESCI – No
88 International Review of Mechanical Engineering 1.7 37th Q3 – – No
89 Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical Power, and Vehicular Technology 1.7 36th Q3 – – Yes
90 Transactions on Transport Sciences 1.6 35th Q3 – – Yes
91 International Journal of Vehicle Design 1.5 34th Q3 SCIE B No
92 International Journal of Sustainable Aviation 1.5 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
93 WIT Transactions on the Built Environment 1.5 33rd Q3 – – No
94 International Journal of Powertrains 1.3 32nd Q3 – – No
95 International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems 1.3 31st Q3 SCIE – No
96 Unmanned System Technologies 1.3 31st Q3 – – No
97 International Journal of Innovative Technology and Interdisciplinary Sciences 1.3 30th Q3 – – No
98 International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration 1.3 29th Q3 – – No
99 Transport Problems 1.3 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
100 International Journal of Automotive Engineering 1.2 27th Q3 – – Yes
101 Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 1.1 26th Q3 – – No
102 Semarak Engineering Journal 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
103 Advances in Military Technology 1.1 24th Q4 – – Yes
104 Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure 1.1 24th Q4 – – No
105 International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems 1.1 23rd Q4 – – No
106 MM Science Journal 1.1 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
107 Advances in Transportation Studies 1 20th Q4 – – No
108 Jixie Kexue Yu Jishu/Mechanical Science and Technology for Aerospace Engineering 1 19th Q4 – – No
109 Noise Control Engineering Journal 1 19th Q4 SCIE – No
110 Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 1 18th Q4 – – Yes
111 Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal 1 17th Q4 – – No
112 International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
113 Neiranji Xuebao/Transactions of CSICE (Chinese Society for Internal Combustion Engines) 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
114 IUTAM Bookseries 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
115 Neiranji Gongcheng/Chinese Internal Combustion Engine Engineering 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
116 Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 0.8 14th Q4 – – No
117 International Journal of Vehicle Safety 0.8 13th Q4 – – No
118 SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
119 Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
120 Monitoring and Analysis of Manufacturing Processes in Automotive Production 0.6 11th Q4 – – No
121 Journal of the Korean Society for Railway 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
122 WT Werkstattstechnik 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
123 Journal of Research and Applications in Mechanical Engineering 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
124 Advances in Industrial Control 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
125 Automobile Technology 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
126 Tractors and Agricultural Machinery 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
127 Lecture Notes in Mobility 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
128 Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
129 eb - Elektrische Bahnen 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
130 Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
131 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, ESTS 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
132 IEEE European Technology and Engineering Management Summit, E-TEMS 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
133 TR News 0 1st Q4 – – No
134 International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems, ICEES 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Automotive Engineering Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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