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Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

AIAA International · United States · Est. 1987

ISSN1533-6808

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.363

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.837

Total Worksi

4,212

Total Citationsi

76,044

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Mechanical; Thermodynamics; Aerospace Engineering; Condensed Matter Physics; Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes; Mechanical Engineering; Space and Planetary Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,212

Publisher OrgAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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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?

AIAA International

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1533-6808

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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

1.2k

2019

925

2020

1.3k

2021

607

2022

275

2023

238

2024

137

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.

Aerospace EngineeringQ3

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ3

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesQ3

Mechanical EngineeringQ3

Space and Planetary ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, MechanicalThermodynamics

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceFluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesCondensed Matter PhysicsAerospace EngineeringMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gas Dynamics and Kinetic TheoryHeat Transfer and OptimizationFluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsHeat Transfer MechanismsNanofluid Flow and Heat TransferRadiative Heat Transfer StudiesComputational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsHeat Transfer and Boiling StudiesCombustion and flame dynamicsSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Is Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer: 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 Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer?

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer 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 1.30.

Is Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer?