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Heat Transfer Engineering

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1979

ISSN1521-0537

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.428

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.147

Total Worksi

3,970

Total Citationsi

66,057

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Heat Transfer Engineering publishes advances in the field of heat transfer. It is an Open Access journal in Chemical Engineering, Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

Annual Volume~ 150 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,970

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

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%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1521-0537

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

128

1.7k

2019

129

2.3k

2020

118

1.1k

2021

127

828

2022

159

817

2023

148

486

2024

142

169

2025

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.

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ2

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesQ2

Mechanical EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, MechanicalMechanicsThermodynamics

Scopus Categories

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesCondensed Matter PhysicsMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Heat Transfer and OptimizationHeat Transfer and Boiling StudiesHeat Transfer MechanismsNanofluid Flow and Heat TransferRefrigeration and Air Conditioning TechnologiesFluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsHeat transfer and supercritical fluidsAdsorption and Cooling SystemsSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsFluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Frequently asked questions about Heat Transfer Engineering

Is Heat Transfer Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Heat Transfer 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 Heat Transfer Engineering?

Heat Transfer 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 1.41.

Is Heat Transfer Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Heat Transfer Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.