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Best Automotive Engineering journals

135 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Automotive Engineering. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 93th Q1 SCIE No
11 SAE International Journal of Vehicle Dynamics, Stability, and NVH 11.6 92th Q1 ESCI No
12 International Journal of Impact Engineering 11.4 91th Q1 SCIE No
13 Vehicle System Dynamics 11.3 91th 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 83th Q1 Yes
25 Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 7.6 82th Q1 SSCI A No
26 Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines 7.5 82th Q1 SCIE No
27 Global Energy Interconnection 7 81th 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 73th Q2 ESCI Yes
39 International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems 4.4 73th Q2 ESCI No
40 IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems 4.3 72th Q2 ESCI No
41 Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 4.2 71th 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 63th Q2 SCIE No
53 International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research 3.3 63th Q2 ESCI No
54 International Review of Electrical Engineering 3.3 62th Q2 No
55 Archives of Automotive Engineering 3.3 61th Q2 No
56 Energy, Environment, and Sustainability 3.3 61th 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 53th Q2 ESCI No
68 International Journal of Transport Development and Integration 2.4 52th Q2 Yes
69 Science and Technology Foresight 2.4 52th Q2 No
70 Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures 2.4 51th Q2 SCIE Yes
71 Emission Control Science and Technology 2.4 50th Q2 ESCI No
72 Promet - Traffic and Transportation 2.3 50th Q2 SCIE Yes
73 Transactions on Maritime Science 2.3 49th Q3 ESCI No
74 Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport 2.3 48th Q3 ESCI Yes
75 International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering 2.3 47th Q3 ESCI Yes
76 Binggong Xuebao/Acta Armamentarii 2.2 47th Q3 No
77 International Journal of Automotive Science and Technology 2.2 46th Q3 Yes
78 International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles 2.1 45th Q3 ESCI No
79 SAE International Journal of Engines 2.1 45th Q3 ESCI No
80 Ocean Systems Engineering 2 44th Q3 ESCI No
81 SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles 2 43th Q3 ESCI No
82 International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems 2 42th Q3 No
83 European Transport - Trasporti Europei 2 41th Q3 ESCI C No
84 Ingenius 1.9 40th Q3 ESCI Yes
85 SAE International Journal of Passenger Vehicle Systems 1.9 40th Q3 ESCI No
86 ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control 1.8 39th Q3 No
87 Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy 1.8 38th Q3 No
88 Tire Science and Technology 1.8 38th Q3 ESCI No
89 International Review of Mechanical Engineering 1.7 37th Q3 No
90 Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical Power, and Vehicular Technology 1.7 36th Q3 Yes
91 Transactions on Transport Sciences 1.6 35th Q3 Yes
92 International Journal of Vehicle Design 1.5 34th Q3 SCIE B No
93 International Journal of Sustainable Aviation 1.5 33th Q3 ESCI No
94 WIT Transactions on the Built Environment 1.5 33th Q3 No
95 International Journal of Powertrains 1.3 32th Q3 No
96 International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems 1.3 31th Q3 SCIE No
97 Unmanned System Technologies 1.3 31th Q3 No
98 International Journal of Innovative Technology and Interdisciplinary Sciences 1.3 30th Q3 No
99 International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration 1.3 29th Q3 No
100 Transport Problems 1.3 29th Q3 ESCI Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Automotive Engineering Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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