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SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

SAE International · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1946-3960

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.302

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.376

Total Worksi

1,147

Total Citationsi

23,394

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Transportation Science & Technology; Fuel Technology; Pollution.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,147

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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?

SAE International

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1946-3960

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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

122

2019

186

2020

126

2021

108

2022

2023

2024

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.

Fuel TechnologyQ3

PollutionQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Transportation Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Fuel TechnologyPollution

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Combustion Engine TechnologiesBiodiesel Production and ApplicationsVehicle emissions and performanceCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCombustion and flame dynamicsLubricants and Their AdditivesHeat transfer and supercritical fluidsCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsTribology and Lubrication EngineeringCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies

Frequently asked questions about SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants

Is SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants: 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 SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants?

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants 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 0.96.

Is SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants?