Home›Search›Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom

ISSN0954-4070eISSN2041-2991

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.409

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.184

Total Worksi

5,726

Total Citationsi

71,530

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering publishes research on auxiliary equipment systems, components, and complete vehicles for automotive transportation. The journal also covers computer science and engineering related to this field. Its scope includes science and engineering within automobile engineering.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency14 Issues Per Year, 2014-

StatusActive

Total Publications5,726

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

0954-4070 / 2041-2991

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

Primary language documented?

English

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

203

2.8k

2019

247

3.2k

2020

341

3.7k

2021

315

2.3k

2022

300

1.4k

2023

406

1.1k

2024

557

352

2025

463

2026

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.

Aerospace EngineeringQ2

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, MechanicalTransportation Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Aerospace EngineeringMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Vehicle Dynamics and Control SystemsAdvanced Combustion Engine TechnologiesVehicle emissions and performanceElectric and Hybrid Vehicle TechnologiesMechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research

Frequently asked questions about Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Is Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering?

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.88.

Is Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.