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Propulsion and Power Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by KeAi Communications Co..
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ISSN 2212-540XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes | 5 / 99 | 95th | Q1 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 9 / 169 | 94th | Q1 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 54 / 740 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Automotive Engineering | 14 / 143 | 90th | Q1 |
| Fuel Technology | 26 / 138 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.2.
Propulsion and Power Research is Q1 in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (rank 5 of 99), Q1 in Aerospace Engineering (rank 9 of 169) and Q1 in Mechanical Engineering (rank 54 of 740), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Propulsion and Power Research 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 11.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.008, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 49.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,000 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.
Propulsion and Power Research is published by KeAi Communications Co. Its ISSN is 2212-540X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Propulsion and Power Research has an h-index of 51 and a 2-year mean of 7.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #3 of 90 Scopus journals in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.
Propulsion and Power Research published 39 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 40. 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 84 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (32.7%), India (11.4%) and Saudi Arabia (10.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (6.4 per 1,000 papers). 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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