Journal profile · Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Measurement

ISSN 0263-2241 · eISSN 1873-412X · Elsevier · ENGLAND · Bimonthly

Measurement: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.07; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,760; review about 126 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 3,354 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Impact factor6.07Latest value listed by LetPub
CAS zoneZone 2 · Engineering2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 2 · Engineering
Review time126 daysPublisher-reported, submission to acceptance · community reports about 3.8 months
APCUSD 3,760Hybrid journal: charged only for open-access articles
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year3,3542025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Measurement is published by Elsevier 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 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques and Optical measurement and interference techniques, together about 23% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO)Contributions are invited on novel achievements in all fields of measurement and instrumentation science and technology. Authors are encouraged to submit novel material representing achievements in the field, whose ultimate goal is an enhancement of the state-of-the-art of subjects such as: measurement and metrology fundamentals, measurement science, sensors, measurement instruments, measurement and estimation techniques, measurement data processing and fusion algorithms, evaluation procedures for performance analysis of measurement systems, processes and algorithms, mathematical models for measurement-oriented purposes, and distributed measurement systems in a connected world.Notes:Papers including measurement results that, although important to validate any given scientific study but which offer no new insights in an area different from measurement science or technology, do not fall within the scope of this journal;The disciplined usage of well-known metrological terms is strongly required. Authors can access information on all relevant terms such as measurement accuracy, uncertainty, the law of propagation of uncertainty and other, similar terms: these are defined in internationally approved guidelines such as the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM) and Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), which are freely available on https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/guides/;The paper must clearly describe the measurement context in which the research was carried out by undertaking a critical review of the state-of-the-art of the relevant body of knowledge in instrumentation and measurement and by showing how the research presented advances it;The letter accompanying the submission must describe clearly how the paper satisfies the above requirements.Papers that focus on image processing or fault diagnosis with little or no elements of measurement science or technology will not be considered within the journal scope.Papers that are based on military applications are out of scope for the Journal and are not considered for publication in measurement.Authors please note: The journal Measurement is receiving an increasing number of papers in the area of machine learning/neural networks and other techniques based on artificial intelligence. These submissions will be desk rejected unless they:prove that the described research advances the state-of-the-art in measurement science and is not just an application of an available tool to known or novel problems, that is used without an appreciation of measurement-related aspects;show that the usage of these tools is put into the correct measurement-related context and not just in the context of machine-learning/neural network applications;contain enough information about the used tools, data, and results to allow, in principle, anyone to replicate the described results;display the use of specific metrics to strengthen the results of research activities.It must be recalled that Measurement is interested in publishing new methods, techniques, procedures, algorithms, and alike that show how to better measure in nature and in the world. Thus, the capability to describe metrological-related details of the proposed research represents a major difference between papers published by this journal and by other journals publishing papers on similar topics. This major difference must be evident also in papers covering applications of machine learning and soft computing techniques. Failing to adhere to these guidelines will result in a paper desk-reject decision.Authors whose manuscripts focus on the research, development and application of the science, engineering and technology of sensors and sensor systems, are welcome to submit to the journal's open access companion title, Measurement: Sensors .Authors whose manuscripts focus on food and nutrition measurements may also wish to submit to the journal's second open ac

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Editor-in-chief Paolo CarbonePublisher website

Editorial board by country: 48 in mainland China (about 30%); most named Mainland China 48, Italy 21, United States 16, India 13, United Kingdom 12 (158 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·

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

  1. Machine Fault Diagnosis TechniquesEngineering8.2%
  2. Structural Health Monitoring TechniquesEngineering8.1%
  3. Optical measurement and interference techniquesComputer Science6.7%
  4. Advanced Measurement and Metrology TechniquesEngineering6.4%
  5. Non-Destructive Testing TechniquesEngineering5.2%
  6. Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave PropagationEngineering4.7%
  7. Advanced Fiber Optic SensorsEngineering4.5%
  8. Fault Detection and Control SystemsEngineering4.5%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 2
MinorEngineering, MultidisciplinaryZone 2
MinorInstruments & InstrumentationZone 2

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 2
MinorEngineering, MultidisciplinaryZone 2
MinorInstruments & InstrumentationZone 2

Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
LevelCategoryZone
MajorEngineeringZone 2
MinorEngineering, MultidisciplinaryZone 2
MinorInstruments & InstrumentationZone 2

Top journal: yesReview journal: no

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
6.07LetPub ·
Impact factor (publisher)
6.1Publisher website ·
CiteScore 2026-06
10.2LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
10.2Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
1.15LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
1.85LetPub ·
h-index
70LetPub ·
h-index
175OpenAlex ·
i10-index
10,998OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
5.22OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
13.1%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
11.82%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
3,166LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 22,410 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
20262,8315261,468
20253,35442014,349
20242,31639428,575
20231,52329728,879
20221,49722436,969
20211,41821643,629

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

Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website

126 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 3.8 months

The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)
about 3.8 monthsLetPub ·
Average acceptance (community reports)
33%LetPub ·
Submission to first decision
7 daysPublisher website ·
First decision after review
57 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to acceptance
126 daysPublisher website ·
Acceptance to publication
3 daysPublisher website ·
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

Hybrid open accessLetPub

A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
OpenAlexUSD 3,760 / EUR 3,520 / GBP 3,010 / JPY 466,350——
Publisher websiteUSD 3,480——

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.

Submission

Article types and submission policies (journal website)

Open calls for papers2, by deadline
  1. Special Issue on Selected Extended Papers from the 20th International Flow Measurement Conference (FLOMEKO 2026)Deadline
  2. Advances in Photomechanics: Multifield and Multiscale Measurement of Deformation and DamageDeadline
Publisher website
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 250 words
Keywords
1–7
Reference style
Numbered, in order of citation
Highlights
Required
Graphical abstract
Optional
Cover letter
Required
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted8
  1. letterThe types of paper that Measurement accepts are original research papers, reviews and letters not exceeding 30 pages and short communications (a short, self-con…Length not stated
  2. lettersThe types of paper that Measurement accepts are original research papers, reviews and letters not exceeding 30 pages and short communications (a short, self-con…Length not stated
  3. original research paperThe types of paper that Measurement accepts are original research papers, reviews and letters not exceeding 30 pages and short communications (a short, self-con…Length not stated
  4. original research papersThe types of paper that Measurement accepts are original research papers, reviews and letters not exceeding 30 pages and short communications (a short, self-con…Length not stated
  5. reviewThe types of paper that Measurement accepts are original research papers, reviews and letters not exceeding 30 pages and short communications (a short, self-con…Length not stated
  6. reviewsThe types of paper that Measurement accepts are original research papers, reviews and letters not exceeding 30 pages and short communications (a short, self-con…Length not stated
  7. short communicationThe types of paper that Measurement accepts are original research papers, reviews and letters not exceeding 30 pages and short communications (a short, self-con…Length not stated
  8. short communicationsThe types of paper that Measurement accepts are original research papers, reviews and letters not exceeding 30 pages and short communications (a short, self-con…Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
AI use Declaration of generative AI use

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 Group authorship

Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests

All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Publication ethics

Publishing ethics policy Model summary

Authors must follow ethical guidelines stated in Elsevier's Publishing Ethics Policy.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright License options

Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access Open access

We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

Double anonymized peer review Model summary

This journal follows a double anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Re…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprint sharing allowed Model summary

Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication. In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service on SSRN, Elsevier’s preprint and early research …

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
Country or region
ENGLAND
Language
English
Frequency
Bimonthly
ISSN
0263-2241
Electronic ISSN
1873-412X
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Measurement

What CAS zone is Measurement in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Measurement is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Engineering, Multidisciplinary / Instruments & Instrumentation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.

What is the impact factor of Measurement?

The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.07; CiteScore 10.2, h-index 175.

How long does peer review take at Measurement?

The publisher reports about 126 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 3.8 months. 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 Measurement?

According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 1–7; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 Measurement based?

Of the 158 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 48 (about 30%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (48), Italy (21) and United States (16). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.

Which databases index Measurement?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Measurement is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Is Measurement open access, and what is the APC?

Measurement is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,760.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .