Vehicles

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2019

ISSN2624-8921eISSN2624-8921

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.597

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.033

Total Worksi

654

Total Citationsi

4,750

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Mechanical; Transportation Science & Technology; Automotive Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

Annual Volume~ 128 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications654

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2624-8921 / 2624-8921

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

120

2019

668

2020

1.2k

2021

1.1k

2022

109

1.1k

2023

108

2024

167

537

2025

204

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.

Automotive EngineeringQ2

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, MechanicalTransportation Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Automotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyVehicle emissions and performanceElectric and Hybrid Vehicle TechnologiesVehicle Dynamics and Control SystemsElectric Vehicles and InfrastructureTraffic control and managementAdvanced Battery Technologies ResearchTraffic and Road SafetyTraffic Prediction and Management TechniquesTransportation Planning and Optimization

Frequently asked questions about Vehicles

Is Vehicles a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Vehicles: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Vehicles?

Vehicles 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 2.90.

Is Vehicles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Vehicles is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Vehicles?