Journal profile · Engineering-Automotive Engineering
World Electric Vehicle Journal
ISSN 2032-6653 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland
World Electric Vehicle Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.3 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 689 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
World Electric Vehicle Journal is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 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 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, Advanced Battery Technologies Research and Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies, together about 50% of its articles. Its main subfields are Automotive Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The main topics of this journal include, but are not limited to: Vehicle and Transportation Systems A-1. Electric VehiclesA-2. Plug-in Hybrid VehiclesA-3. Hybrid Electric VehiclesA-4. Fuel Cell Electric VehiclesA-5. Heavy Duty Electric Vehicles and BusesA-6. Light Electric Vehicles and Personal MobilityA-7. Electric Two- and Three-WheelersA-8. Welfare and Senior Electric VehiclesA-9. Off-Road and Industrial Electric VehiclesA-10. Railway VehiclesA-11. Electric Ships and Airplanes Electric Autonomous and Connected Vehicles B-1. AI—Artificial Intelligence for EVsB-2. Intelligent Transportation System for EVsB-3. Autonomous xEVB-4. V2V, V2I (Infrastructure), and V2P (Persons) CommunicationB-5. Electric Autonomous Vehicle Traffic ManagementB-6. Electric Autonomous Vehicle Safety and SecurityB-7. Shared TransportationB-8. Cybersecurity Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration C-1. AC and DC Charging TechnologyC-2. Smart ChargingC-3. V2H and V2GC-4. Smart Grid Integration and Grid ManagementC-5. Fast Charging InfrastructureC-6. Inductive/Wireless Power TransferC-7. Optimal Charging Locations Marketing and Promotion D-1. Public Policy and PromotionD-2. Consumer BehaviourD-3. Consumer DemandD-4. Trends and Forecasting of E-mobilityD-5. Business Models for Vehicle SalesD-6. Supply and Value ChainD-7. Charging Business ModelsD-8. Retrofitting EVsD-9. International NetworkingD-10. StandardizationD-11. Education Storage Systems E-1. BatteriesE-2. Battery Management SystemsE-3. Super CapacitorsE-4. Energy Storage SystemsE-5. Fuel Cell Systems Propulsion Systems and Components F-1. Drive and Propulsion SystemsF-2. Electric Motor DriveF-3. Electric MachineF-4. Auxiliary Components and SensorsF-5. Vehicle Motion and Stability ControlF-6. Chassis Systems for EVs Power Electronics Components G-1. Power Electronics SystemsG-2. Power Semiconductor Devices and Highly Integrated ModulesG-3. Wide Band Gap Devices and Related IssuesG-4. Packaging, Cooling, and Heat TransferG-5. Magnetics, Capacitors, Bus Bars, and 3D IntegrationsG-6. Sensors for Motors and ConvertersG-7. Harnesses, Connectors, and Protection/Distribution DevicesG-8. Electromagnetic Compatibility Electric Vehicle management H-1. Modelling and SimulationH-2. Measuring Methods and EquipmentH-3. Energy ManagementH-4. Thermal ManagementH-5. Advanced Control of EVsH-6. Human–Machine/Computer InteractionsH-7. Vehicle Cloud and Digital Twin Energy Supply and Sustainability I-1. Environmental ImpactI-2. Climate Change
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Automotive Engineering
Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 15%); most named United States 9, Mainland China 6, Japan 3, South Korea 3, Hong Kong, China 2 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Electric Vehicles and InfrastructureEngineering20.2%
- Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchEngineering17.1%
- Electric and Hybrid Vehicle TechnologiesEngineering12.7%
- Transportation and Mobility InnovationsEngineering5%
- Vehicle emissions and performanceEngineering4.9%
- Vehicle Dynamics and Control SystemsEngineering4.4%
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesEnergy3.6%
- Electric Motor Design and AnalysisEngineering3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transportation Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic | Zone 3 |
| 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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · Engineering, Electrical and Electronic
- CiteScore Q1 · Automotive Engineering
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,007OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 695LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,638 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 488 | 488 | 194 |
| 2025 | 689 | 689 | 3,180 |
| 2024 | 603 | 603 | 5,658 |
| 2023 | 362 | 362 | 3,876 |
| 2022 | 240 | 240 | 3,481 |
| 2021 | 277 | 277 | 5,380 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 18.7 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 3.7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 47 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 | CHF 1,400 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,400 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 1,400 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, 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)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted20
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Code availability, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Code availability
Citation policy: no excessive self-citation, no copying references, no preferential citation, no advertorial citations; COPE guidelines apply. Model summary
Authors should ensure that where material is taken from other sources (including their own published writing) the source is clearly cited and that where appropriate permission is obtained.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data sharing encouraged; FAIR principles; deposit in trusted repositories; restrictions explained in Data Availability Statement. Model summary
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in WEVJ will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Published by MDPI on behalf of the World Electric Vehicle Association. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
WEVJ accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates independently o…
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
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2032-6653
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about World Electric Vehicle Journal
What CAS zone is World Electric Vehicle Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, World Electric Vehicle Journal is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Electrical & Electronic / Transportation Science & Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of World Electric Vehicle Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at World Electric Vehicle Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 JCR quartile is World Electric Vehicle Journal in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Q2. JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Engineering.
What are the manuscript requirements of World Electric Vehicle Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; Highlights: Optional; 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 World Electric Vehicle Journal based?
Of the 39 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 6 (about 15%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (9), Mainland China (6) and Japan (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index World Electric Vehicle Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, World Electric Vehicle Journal is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is World Electric Vehicle Journal open access, and what is the APC?
World Electric Vehicle Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .