Journal profile · ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering

ISSN 1687-5966 · eISSN 1687-5974 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.41; fully open access; APC about USD 2,830; median 209 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 39% (journal website); 73 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Impact factor1.41Latest value listed by LetPub
CAS zoneZone 4 · Engineering2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 4 · Engineering
Review time209 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 105 articles, last 24 months · Crossref
APCUSD 2,830Fully open access
Acceptance39%From the journal's website
Articles per year732025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 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 Guidance and Control Systems, Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, together about 24.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aerospace Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering is an open access journal that serves the international aerospace engineering community through the dissemination of scientific knowledge on practical engineering and design methodologies pertaining to aircraft and space vehicles.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE

Editor-in-chief Dan ZhaoPublisher website

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Guidance and Control SystemsEngineering9%
  2. Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsEngineering8%
  3. Computational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsEngineering7.8%
  4. Space Satellite Systems and ControlEngineering6.8%
  5. Spacecraft Dynamics and ControlEngineering6.4%
  6. Rocket and propulsion systems researchEngineering5.8%
  7. Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering5.7%
  8. Aerospace and Aviation TechnologyEngineering4%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 4
MinorEngineering, AerospaceZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 4
MinorEngineering, AerospaceZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 4
MinorEngineering, AerospaceZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

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
1.41LetPub ·
Impact factor (publisher)
1.5Publisher website ·
CiteScore 2026-06
3.4LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
3.4Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.38LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.72LetPub ·
h-index
15LetPub ·
h-index
42OpenAlex ·
i10-index
485OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
1.72OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
6.7%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
100%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
69LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,647 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202672726
2025737392
2024105105332
2023116116514
20222222221,317
20211911911,608

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 Crossref · to

209 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 137 days – 303 days

Acceptance to online
median 33 days (105 articles)
Submission to online
median 256 days
Sample
105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (136 in the window); the latest was accepted on

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".

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)
about 22 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
39%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
56 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 22 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).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJUSD 2,830 / GBP 1,890 / EUR 2,440YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 2,570 / EUR 2,220 / GBP 1,890——
LetPubUSD 2,375Yes—
Publisher websiteYes, amount not published——

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)

What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 300 words
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted7
  1. original researchThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  2. research articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  3. research articlesResearch articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research project was conducted and provide…Length not stated
  4. reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  5. review articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  6. reviewsA review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.Length not stated
  7. systematic reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Authorship Title and authorship information

The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest

Max three manuscripts under review per author. Model summary

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability Data availability

Data availability statement required. Model summary

Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Publication ethics

Human research must comply with Declaration of Helsinki. Model summary

For any experiments on humans, all work must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (1964)

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and permissions

Copyright retained by authors; open access under CC BY. Model summary

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access

Open access journal Model summary

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering is an open access journal

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

Single-anonymized peer review model. Model summary

The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Plagiarism

iThenticate CrossCheck used for plagiarism detection. Model summary

This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprints are accepted and do not compromise novelty. Model summary

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…

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
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country or region
USA
Language
English
ISSN
1687-5966
Electronic ISSN
1687-5974
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Aerospace Engineering

What CAS zone is International Journal of Aerospace Engineering in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Aerospace. 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 International Journal of Aerospace Engineering?

The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.41; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 42.

How long does peer review take at International Journal of Aerospace Engineering?

Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 209 days (interquartile range 137–303 days); authors report an average review time of about 22 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 39%. 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 International Journal of Aerospace Engineering?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.

Is International Journal of Aerospace Engineering open access, and what is the APC?

International Journal of Aerospace Engineering is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,830.

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: .