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SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains
SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by SAE International.
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ISSN 2167-4191Verify ISSN ↗2167-4205Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAE International
Scopus · Inactive
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2012–2019).
What is the impact factor of SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains?
SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains and what is its ISSN?
SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains is published by SAE International. Its print ISSN is 2167-4191 and its online ISSN is 2167-4205.
Is SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains for 8 years, between 2012 and 2019. Coverage ended in 2019, 7 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 293 works and 4,677 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2021, 2 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2019. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains? — open metrics via OpenAlex
SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains has an h-index of 34 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
34
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
130
i10-index
293
works indexed
4,677
total citations
SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains published 3 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 48. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2019. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2019
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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