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Engineering Letters

International Association of Engineers · Hong Kong · Est. 2006

ISSN1816-0948

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-06-24). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.258

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.761

Total Worksi

144

Total Citationsi

983

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Multidisciplinary; Engineering (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionHong Kong

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 3 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications144

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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?

International Association of Engineers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1816-0948

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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

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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.

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Engineering (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural Networks and ApplicationsFuzzy Logic and Control SystemsSemantic Web and OntologiesImage Retrieval and Classification TechniquesAdaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsMulti-Criteria Decision MakingAdvanced Database Systems and QueriesEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesData Management and AlgorithmsRobotic Mechanisms and Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Engineering Letters

Is Engineering Letters a predatory journal?

Engineering Letters was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-06-24). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Engineering Letters?

Engineering Letters 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.

Is Engineering Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Engineering Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Engineering Letters?