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Railway Engineering Science

Springer · Singapore · Est. 2020

ISSN2662-4753

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.278

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.33

Total Worksi

227

Total Citationsi

3,626

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Transportation Science & Technology; Computational Mechanics; Computer Science Applications; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Transportation.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications227

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2662-4753

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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?

LOCKSS, 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

1.4k

2020

905

2021

784

2022

556

2023

320

2024

212

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.

Computational MechanicsQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Mechanical EngineeringQ1

TransportationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Transportation Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsTransportationElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanical EngineeringComputational Mechanics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Railway Engineering and DynamicsRailway Systems and Energy EfficiencyGeotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresMechanical stress and fatigue analysisAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics ResearchElectrical Contact Performance and AnalysisStructural Health Monitoring TechniquesCivil and Geotechnical Engineering ResearchStructural Engineering and Vibration AnalysisGear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Railway Engineering Science

Is Railway Engineering Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Railway Engineering Science: 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 Railway Engineering Science?

Railway Engineering Science 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 3.35.

Is Railway Engineering Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Railway Engineering Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Railway Engineering Science?