Journal profile · Environmental Science-Environmental Engineering
Engineering
ISSN 2095-8099 · eISSN 2096-0026 · Elsevier Ltd · PEOPLES R CHINA
Engineering: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 12.31; fully open access; APC about USD 1,300; review about 209 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 418 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Engineering is published by Elsevier Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Digital Transformation in Industry and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, together about 18.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The official journal of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Higher Education PressEngineering is an international open-access journal that was launched by the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) in 2015. Its aims are to provide a high-level platform where cutting-edge advancements in engineering R&D, current major research outputs, and key achievements can be disseminated and shared; to report progress in engineering science, discuss hot topics, areas of interest, challenges, and prospects in engineering development, and consider human and environmental well-being and ethics in engineering; to encourage engineering breakthroughs and innovations that are of profound economic and social importance, enabling them to reach advanced international standards and to become a new productive force, and thereby changing the world, benefiting humanity, and creating a new future.We are interested in:(1) News & Highlights— This section covers engineering news from a global perspective and includes updates on engineering issues of high concern;(2) Views & Comments— This section is aimed at raising academic debates in scientific and engineering community, encouraging people to express new ideas, and providing a platform for the comments on some comprehensive issues;(3) Research— This section reports on outstanding research results in the form of research articles, reviews, perspectives, and short communications regarding critical engineering issues, and so on.All manuscripts must be prepared in English, and are subject to a rigorous and fair peer-review process. Accepted papers will immediately appear online, and will be translated into Chinese.The contents of our journal are based on the disciplines covered by the nine CAE divisions:• Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering • Information and Electronic Engineering • Chemical, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering • Energy and Mining Engineering • Civil, Hydraulic, and Architecture Engineering • Agriculture • Environment&Light and Textile Industries Engineering • Medicine and Health Care • Engineering ManagementPlease see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages.BackgroundThe CAE is the highest honorary and consultative academic institution in engineering science and technology in China. It consists of more than 800 CAE members, and is devoted to promoting the development of engineering science.Academic research spearheads the development of engineering science and technology. To better lead engineering development and to provide a high-level international platform for engineering exchanges, the CAE worked with world-renowned engineering experts and scholars to launch Engineering. This initiative has received continuous responses and strong support from UNESCO, the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS) member academies, and celebrated experts and scholars.The contents of our journal are based on the disciplines covered by the nine CAE divisions:Mechanical and Vehicle EngineeringMechanical engineeringWeapons science and technologyVessel and ocean engineeringPower and electrical equipment engineering and technologiesAeronautics and astronauticsTransport engineeringInformation and Electronic EngineeringElectronic science and technologyInformation and communication engineeringOptical engineering and technologyComputer science and technologyInstrument science and technologyControl science and technologyChemical, Metallurgical, and Materials EngineeringChemical engineering and technologyMaterials science and engineeringMetallurgical engineering and technologyEnergy and Mining EngineeringNuclear science, technology, and engineeringEnergy and electric science, technology, and engineeringMining science, technology, and engineeringGeological resource science, technology, and engineeringCivil, Hydraulic, and Architecture EngineeringCivil engineeringMapping e
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Environmental Engineering
Editor-in-chief Ji ZhouPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 573 in mainland China (about 70%); most named Mainland China 573, United States 74, United Kingdom 26, Australia 21, Hong Kong, China 16 (813 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- 3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchEngineering6.7%
- Digital Transformation in IndustryEngineering6.1%
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesEngineering5.7%
- Manufacturing Process and OptimizationEngineering5.5%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsEngineering4.9%
- Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchEngineering4.3%
- Membrane Separation TechnologiesEnvironmental Science4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 12.31LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 12.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 19.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 19.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 144OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,489OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 256LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,742 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 263 | 263 | 182 |
| 2025 | 418 | 418 | 2,519 |
| 2024 | 353 | 353 | 6,334 |
| 2023 | 249 | 249 | 6,012 |
| 2022 | 269 | 269 | 11,172 |
| 2021 | 316 | 316 | 12,372 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 71 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 209 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 58 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,300 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,300 / EUR 1,220 / GBP 1,040 / JPY 161,240 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,300 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers9, by deadline
- AI for Energy EngineeringDeadline
- AI-empowered Resilience Enhancement and New Quality Development in Mega River DeltasDeadline
- Intelligent Drug Delivery SystemsDeadline
- Nutritional Intervention Strategies for Health and LongevityDeadline
- Resilient，Sustainable，Safe and Healthy cities in the Context of AIDeadline
- Storage and Transport of New Energy Carriers for Decarbonization: Infrastructure, Safety, and System IntegrationDeadline
- Unmanned System Technologies & ApplicationsDeadline
- Sustainable Decarbonization Strategies for Buildings and Urban SystemsDeadline
- AI for Water（AI4W）: Artificial Intelligence for Water Science, Engineering, Governance, and IndustryDeadline
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- editorialResearch Article (up to ~6000 words, including 3~5 keywords, an abstract, an introduction, main body, brief subheadings, a conclusion, figures or tables, and re…Length not stated
- letterResearch Article (up to ~6000 words, including 3~5 keywords, an abstract, an introduction, main body, brief subheadings, a conclusion, figures or tables, and re…Length not stated
- literature reviewResearch Article (up to ~6000 words, including 3~5 keywords, an abstract, an introduction, main body, brief subheadings, a conclusion, figures or tables, and re…Length not stated
- perspectiveResearch Article (up to ~6000 words, including 3~5 keywords, an abstract, an introduction, main body, brief subheadings, a conclusion, figures or tables, and re…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- research articleResearch Article (up to ~6000 words, including 3~5 keywords, an abstract, an introduction, main body, brief subheadings, a conclusion, figures or tables, and re…main text ≤ 6,000 words
- reviewResearch Article (up to ~6000 words, including 3~5 keywords, an abstract, an introduction, main body, brief subheadings, a conclusion, figures or tables, and re…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- review articleResearch Article (up to ~6000 words, including 3~5 keywords, an abstract, an introduction, main body, brief subheadings, a conclusion, figures or tables, and re…Length not stated
- tutorialResearch Article (up to ~6000 words, including 3~5 keywords, an abstract, an introduction, main body, brief subheadings, a conclusion, figures or tables, and re…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
Corresponding authors, on behalf of all the authors of a submission, must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.Author rightsAs an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rig…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized peer review; typically at least two independent expert reviewers; the Editor makes the final decision. Model summary
This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions are typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers which they have written themse…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- Elsevier Ltd
- Country or region
- PEOPLES R CHINA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2095-8099
- Electronic ISSN
- 2096-0026
- Society / sponsor
- Chinese Academy of Engineering and Higher Education Press
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Engineering
What CAS zone is Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Engineering is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Engineering?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 12.31; CiteScore 19.4, h-index 144.
How long does peer review take at Engineering?
The publisher reports about 209 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Engineering?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Engineering based?
Of the 813 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 573 (about 70%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (573), United States (74) and United Kingdom (26). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Engineering is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Engineering is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,300.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .