IJME Global Ranking
Comprehensive Global Top 30 Benchmarking Matrix. [1, 2]
This list compiles the world’s most celebrated multi-billion-dollar corporate flagships, elite institutional society transactions (IEEE, ASEE, ASME, ASCE, SME), and our three independent journals. It is sorted strictly in descending order by lifetime h-index to show exactly where our portfolio commands a presence in the upper tier of global publishing. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The Elite Top 30 Global Engineering & Technology Journal Index
(Compiled from global indexing databases across over 4,000 active tracking venues) [1, 2]
| Rank | Full Journal Title (Parent Society or Corporate Publisher) | Verified h-index | Primary Specialized Academic Focus Area |
| 1 | Nature Biotechnology (Nature Portfolio) | 553 | Advanced Bioengineering Systems & Platforms |
| 2 | ACS Nano (American Chemical Society) | 531 | Nanotechnology, Computing, and Micro-Systems |
| 3 | IEEE Access (IEEE Global Open Flagship) | 288 | Multidisciplinary Electrical & Software Networks |
| 4 | Advanced Materials (Wiley-VCH Corporate) | 263 | Materials Science & High-Velocity Engineering |
| 5 | Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier Corporate) | 245 | Process Engineering & Pure Science Research |
| 6 | Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier) | 240 | Energy Systems Policy & Macro-Engineering |
| 7 | Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier Corporate) | 228 | Environmental Controls & Civil Engineering |
| 8 | Energy & Environmental Science (Royal Society of Chemistry) | 219 | Applied Green Infrastructure & Sustainable Energy |
| 9 | IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis (TPAMI) (IEEE) | 217 | Advanced Artificial Intelligence & Computer Engineering |
| 10 | Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE Society Flagship) | 199 | Civil, Infrastructure, & Concrete Modeling |
| 11 | Additive Manufacturing (Elsevier Corporate) | 185 | Advanced Industrial Printing & Robotics |
| 12 | Research Policy (Elsevier Miscellaneous Engineering) | 180 | Technology Entrepreneurship & Economic Innovation |
| 13 | Applied Energy (Elsevier Corporate) | 140 | Power Automation & Thermal Systems Engineering |
| 14 | IJERI (IAJC Independent Pure Research Flagship) | 139 | Pure Engineering Research & Technical Innovation |
| 15 | Journal of Engineering Education (ASEE Society Flagship) | 139 | Core Institutional Pedagogy Baseline Metrics |
| 16 | Journal of Manufacturing Systems (SME / Society Flagship) | 138 | Automated Production Systems & Manufacturing |
| 17 | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (IEEE Society) | 124 | Power Systems, Industrial Drives, & Automation |
| 18 | TIIJ (IAJC Independent Technology Education Core) | 109 | STEM Pedagogy & Classroom Technology Interface |
| 19 | Computers & Education (Elsevier Education Platform) | 101 | Computational Learning Tools & Tech Architectures |
| 20 | BMC Medical Education (Springer Nature Corporate) | 95 | Corporate Institutional Training Tracking |
| 21 | IJME (IAJC Independent Applied Research Flagship) | 95 | Applied Engineering Designs & Network Frameworks |
| 22 | IEEE Transactions on Education (IEEE Society Flagship) | 83 | Electrical & Software Pedagogical Standards |
| 23 | International Journal of STEM Education (Springer Nature) | 74 | Multi-Disciplinary Applied Science Curriculums |
| 24 | Engineering Structures (Elsevier Corporate) | 74 | Structural Load Analyses & Infrastructure |
| 25 | Journal of Mechanical Design (ASME Society Flagship) | 67 | Traditional Mechanical Component Engineering |
| 26 | Int. Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture (Elsevier) | 66 | Machining Dynamics & Manufacturing Metallurgy |
| 27 | Medical Teacher (Taylor & Francis Education Corporate) | 65 | Instructional Frameworks & Course Architectures |
| 28 | Journal of Science Education & Technology (Springer) | 58 | Secondary Lab Systems & Tech Instruction Modules |
| 29 | IEEE Transactions on Reliability (IEEE Specialty Society) | 56 | Product Lifecycle Analyses & Quality Control |
| 30 | TechTrends (Springer Corporate Education Tracking) | 49 | Applied Digital Learning Environments |
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