Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Journal of the American Helicopter Society is published by American Helicopter Society and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems, Aerospace and Aviation Technology and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aerospace Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of the American Helicopter Society is a peer-reviewed technical journal published quarterly (January, April, July and October) by AHS — The Vertical Flight Society. It is the world's only scientific journal dedicated to vertical flight technology and is available in print and online. The Journal publishes original technical papers dealing with theory and practice of vertical flight. The Journal seeks to foster the exchange of significant new ideas and information about helicopters and V/STOL aircraft. The scope of the Journal covers the full range of research, analysis, design, manufacturing, test, operations, and support. A constantly growing list of specialty areas is included within that scope. These range from the classical specialties like aerodynamic, dynamics and structures to more recent priorities such as acoustics, materials and signature reduction and to operational issues such as design criteria, safety and reliability. (Note: semi- and nontechnical articles of more general interest reporting current events or experiences should be sent to the VFS magazine

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Aerospace

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

1.42LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

5.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

49LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

72OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

905OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.38OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

26.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

10.08%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

31LetPub · 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.

Average review time (community reports)

over 12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.

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.

Publisher

American Helicopter Society

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

ISSN

0002-8711

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub