Journal profile · Engineering, Mechanical
ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
ISSN 2832-8450 · eISSN 2832-8469 · American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME) · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1959
ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.95; subscription journal; review about 5 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 136 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer is published by American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME) and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Heat Transfer and Optimization, Heat Transfer Mechanisms and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies, together about 38.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Computational Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer disseminates information of permanent interest in the areas of heat and mass transfer. Contributions may consist of results from fundamental research that apply to thermal energy or mass transfer in all fields of mechanical engineering and related disciplines. Read more...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Mechanical
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Heat Transfer and OptimizationEngineering15.7%
- Heat Transfer MechanismsEngineering11.7%
- Heat Transfer and Boiling StudiesEngineering11.2%
- Nanofluid Flow and Heat TransferEngineering10.3%
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering9.5%
- Radiative Heat Transfer StudiesEngineering4.8%
- Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous MediaEngineering4%
- Fluid Dynamics and Thin FilmsEngineering3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Thermodynamics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Thermodynamics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.95LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 111LetPub ·
- h-index
- 211OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,562OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.56%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 135LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,479 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 80 | 19 | 10 |
| 2025 | 136 | 23 | 286 |
| 2024 | 162 | 14 | 593 |
| 2023 | 115 | 16 | 685 |
| 2022 | 198 | 27 | 1,488 |
| 2021 | 175 | 22 | 3,462 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 5 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access ASME Open Access
Publish Open Access in any of ASME’s journals. ASME offers an Institutional Open Access model allowing researchers to publish OA with a reduced or waived publishing charge. Contact your Sales Representative or ask your Engineering Department Head about ASME Institutional Open Access.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME)
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1959
- ISSN
- 2832-8450
- Electronic ISSN
- 2832-8469
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 148, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
What CAS zone is ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Thermodynamics / Engineering, Mechanical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.95; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 211.
How long does peer review take at ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer?
Authors report an average review time of about 5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer open access, and what is the APC?
ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .