Applied Thermal Engineering

Applied Thermal Engineering is published by Elsevier Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Heat Transfer and Optimization, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies, together about 29% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Processes. Technologies. Systems. Production. Storage. UtilizationApplied Thermal Engineering disseminates novel research related to the design, development and demonstration of components, devices, equipment, technologies, systems and, in general, solutions involving thermal processes for the production, storage, utilization, management and conservation of energy, with a focus on engineering application. It is noted that articles concerned with the development and/or characterization of materials are only within scope if they include content relating to the implications of the employment of these materials in engineering applications, e.g., by considering their operation and/or performance within components, devices, equipment, technologies and/or wider thermal systems. Research relating to the use of energy for thermal management in diverse applications, from electrical and electronic components to buildings and wider energy systems, is also considered to be within scope if thermal management and/or other thermal application elements are included.The journal publishes high-quality and high-impact Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Vision Articles, Invited Articles, Rapid Communication Articles and Letters to the Editor on cutting-edge innovations in research, and recent advances or issues of interest to the thermal engineering community. Review Articles are generally by invitation. Prospective authors are asked to submit Review Article proposals to the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor Dr. Kai Wang using this form. Subject to proposal approval, authors will be invited to submit their full article under the appropriate article type. Further details regarding article types can be found in this Guide for Authors under the heading “Article types”.Applied Thermal Engineering encourages the publication of special issues. Special issue organisers are invited to complete and submit a dedicated proposal form to the Editor-in-Chief and Journal Development Editors (see the Editorial Board page) for review and approval at the Board level. The form can be downloaded here for themed special issues and here for conference special issues.Example topics of interest to Applied Thermal Engineering include:Components, devices and equipment such as heat exchangers, heat pipes, energy storage devices, power plants, heat pumps and cooling or refrigeration plants, combined heat and power plants and other polygeneration systems, advanced or al

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Mechanical

Editor-in-chief Christos MarkidesPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 24 in mainland China (about 27%); most named Mainland China 24, United States 18, United Kingdom 12, India 6, Italy 6 (88 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

7.41LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

7.5Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

10.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

10.9Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.56LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.81LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

129LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

253OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

21,194OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

7.15OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

20%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

13.11%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

3,709LetPub · 2026-09-13

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

about 3.8 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

90%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

6 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

42 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

95 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

3 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

Multi-Language

Frequency

Monthly

ISSN

1359-4311

Electronic ISSN

1873-5606

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website