Journal profile · Engineering-Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
International Journal of Vehicle Performance
ISSN 1745-3194 · eISSN 1745-3208 · Inderscience Publishers
International Journal of Vehicle Performance: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 1.8 (journal website); subscription journal; 43 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Vehicle Performance is published by Inderscience Publishers and is classed under Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems, Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies and Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research, together about 41.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Automotive Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ground vehicles: performance requirements, analyses, assessments, measures Vehicle system performance cascading to subsystems Impact of component/subsystem designs Ride, handling, roll stability, traction/braking, directional control/guidance, NVH Crashworthiness/crash prevention, road-friendliness, early warning systems Interdisciplinary integration/cost/compatibility, multi-solution optimisation Driver performance, behaviour, modelling Standardised performance analysis methods Disturbances, motions, forces affecting performance Stability enhancement, active safety, driver assistance Electric/hybrid vehicles, power management systems Tyre/track performance, deformable/non-deformable terrains Racing car dynamics, handling/stability at the limits, impact of green racing Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and thermal management Differences among various levels of autonomous vehicles More on this journal... ObjectivesIJVP aims to emphasize emerging challenges and state-of-the-art developments addressing the changing needs of the society and the global vehicle industry, and to facilitate dissemination of technological advances focusing on performance measures, standardization, associated cost and compatibility compromises, and multi-solution methods in vehicle developments.ReadershipIJVP provides a leading forum for research and development engineers, standardisation bodies, regulators and policy makers, and academics in all aspects addressing the performance goals/requirements, methods of analysis/assessments, and performance enhancements of vehicle systems and sub-systems, including the human driver.ContentsIJVP welcomes original research papers and critical reviews of topics highlighting multidisciplinary issues relevant to performance of on-road, off-road and guided vehicle systems. The journal also encourages submissions of brief technical notes highlighting theoretical or experimental developments in performance analyses of vehicle systems or subsystems. A technical note must be limited to a maximum of 2000 words.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Editor-in-chief Xiaobo YangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Vehicle Dynamics and Control SystemsEngineering18.1%
- Electric and Hybrid Vehicle TechnologiesEngineering12.7%
- Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations ResearchEngineering10.8%
- Soil Mechanics and Vehicle DynamicsEngineering8.3%
- Vehicle emissions and performanceEngineering6%
- Vibration Control and Rheological FluidsEngineering3.9%
- Real-time simulation and control systemsEngineering3.3%
- Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchEngineering3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transportation Science & Technology | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of SciencePublisher website
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 44.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 424 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 43 | 1 | 23 |
| 2024 | 27 | 0 | 47 |
| 2023 | 48 | 4 | 113 |
| 2022 | 36 | 0 | 102 |
| 2021 | 49 | 3 | 107 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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)
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- technical noteses of vehicle systems or subsystems. A technical note must be limited to a maximum of 2000 words. Browse issues Browse Issues 2026 Vol.12 No.32026 Vol.12 Nomain text ≤ 2,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
There are no fees for publishing with Inderscience, unless you require your article to be OA. OA articles accepted for publication are available online and freely accessible to all without any restriction except use for commercial purposes; a fee must be paid by the author(s) for an article to be made OA. Open Access papers may be published according to the Inderscience Open Access option.
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
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 1745-3194
- Electronic ISSN
- 1745-3208
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Vehicle Performance
What CAS zone is International Journal of Vehicle Performance in?
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 Vehicle Performance?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 16.
Which databases index International Journal of Vehicle Performance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Vehicle Performance is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Vehicle Performance open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Vehicle Performance 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .