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Japanese Railway Engineering

Japan Railway Engineers' Association · Japan

ISSN0448-8938

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.108

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

567

Total Citationsi

269

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Japanese Railway Engineering aims to promote the development and advancement of railway technology. It focuses on conducting research and development in railway technology, collecting and researching information related to railway technology, and investigating methods to improve the efficiency of railways. The journal also introduces Japanese railway technology to foreign countries.

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General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 4 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications567

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japan Railway Engineers' Association

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0448-8938

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Mechanical EngineeringQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Mechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Railway Systems and Energy EfficiencyRailway Engineering and DynamicsTransport and Economic PoliciesPower Systems and TechnologiesMobile Agent-Based Network ManagementEngineering Applied ResearchUrban and spatial planningEarthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesTransportation and Mobility InnovationsUnderground infrastructure and sustainability

Frequently asked questions about Japanese Railway Engineering

Is Japanese Railway Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Japanese Railway Engineering: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Japanese Railway Engineering?

Japanese Railway Engineering is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.108.

Is Japanese Railway Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Japanese Railway Engineering is indexed in Scopus.