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Aerospace

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1977

ISSN2226-4310eISSN2226-4310
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
58
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
Scopus Q2+18
DOAJ Verified+15
Total58
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.58
H-Index
64
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
1.095
Total Works
5,794
Total Citations
43,488
2yr Mean Citedness
2.17
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Retractions
2
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on research related to aerospace engineering, including propulsion systems, flight dynamics and control, spacecraft design and operation, and aerial vehicle systems. It covers topics such as combustion efficiency in hybrid rockets, coring samplers for planetary exploration, lunar foundation systems, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm coordination, non-contact modal analysis of turbomachinery, aircraft coordination algorithms for vertiports, autonomous proximity trajectories for asteroid exploration, conflict resolution for unmanned aircraft systems, sample return mission propulsion, orbit determination from optical observations, helicopter landing control, aircraft range equations, guided rocket control, space gripper design, hydrogen-powered aircraft, solid fuel ramjet combustion, space robot control, runway utilization prediction, aerial manipulator design, electrodeless plasma thrusters, multi-UAV path planning, hypersonic nozzle design, UAV tracking, airship aerodynamic optimization, and multidisciplinary design optimization.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
6
weeks to review
Fast · median is 15 wks
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1977
Annual Volume~ 1,074 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications5,794
Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
OA Since2013
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
Review Time~6 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2226-4310 / 2226-4310
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Aerospace EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Aerospace

Scopus Categories

Aerospace Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Computational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsAir Traffic Management and OptimizationAdvanced Aircraft Design and TechnologiesRocket and propulsion systems researchFluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsSpace Satellite Systems and ControlAerospace and Aviation TechnologySpacecraft Dynamics and ControlAeroelasticity and Vibration ControlAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref