School of MACE Recommended Journals for Publication

14 December 2010 (V16)

NOTE

Selection criterion: high reputation and quality, recommended by experts in the field. Impact factors
(2009) are provided as guidance only. These are subject to change each year.

Disciplinary and cross-disciplinary research: Both disciplinary and some cross-disciplinary journals
are recommended. Whilst the school has research groupings, researchers are encouraged to carry out
inter-disciplinary research collaboration cross the groups and with other schools/institutes and publish in
their own disciplines and in other disciplines.

The process of journal selection: The initial list was provided by the Heads of Expert Groups, Heads
Research Groups and Directors of Research Centres in the school. It was then discussed at the School
Research Committee, followed by wide consultation with all the academic staff members. The list will
be updated each year. Any feedback should be sent to Janine Flanagan.

Purpose of this recommendation: To provide guidance to the post-graduate students and

academic/research staff for journal selection for publications (not limited to their own research fields).
PG students should consult their supervisors for journal selection. Staff and students can publish outside
this list with a preference for high impact factors and reputation.

PGR Publications: The school encourages PhD students to submit at least two papers co-authored with
their supervisors to scientific journals before the end of the 3rd year.

Journal Ranking: This was based in Australian government ranking of journals by a team of
international experts (not based on impact factors but based on their reputations and quality). The
rankings are A* (highest – international leading) and C lowest.

Impact Factor Ranking

Interdisciplinary and General Engineering Journals

1. Nature 34.480 A*
2. Science 29.747 A*
3. Nature Photonics 22.869 A*
4. Nature Materials 29.504 A*
5. Nature Nanotechnology 26.309 A*
6. Nano Letters 9.991 A*
7. Proc of the National Academy of Science of the USA 9.432 A*
8. Annual Review of Fluid Mech 9.353 A*
9. Nano Today 13.237
10. Advanced Materials 8.379 A*
11. Physical Review Letters 7.328 A*
12. Advanced Functional Materials 6.990 A*

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13. Small 6.171 A*
14. Lab on a Chip 6.342 A*
15. Advanced Applied Mechanics 5.5
16. International Journal of Plasticity 4.791 A
17. Applied Physics Letters 3.554 A*
18. Acta Materialia 3.760 A*
19. Journal of Royal Society Interface 4.241 A
20. Nanotechnology 3.137 A*
21. Chaos Solutions & Fractals 3.773 B
22. Chemical Engineering Journal 2.816 A*
23. Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics 2.42
24. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 2.295 A
25. EPL – Europhys Letter 2.893 A
26. Journal of Phys D: Applied Physics 2.104 A
27. Journal of Applied Physics 2.072 A
28. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 1.944 A*
29. Progress in Aerospace Sciences 2.185 A
30. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 1.758 A
31. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 1.947 A
32. Chemical Engineering Science 2.136 A*
33. Thin Solid Films 1.727 A
34. Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing 1.595 A
35. Materials Science and Engineering A 1.901 A*
36. Computers and Chemical Engineering 1.808 A
37. Review of Scientific Instruments 1.521 B
38. International Journal of Product Innovation Management 1.522
39. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 0.694 A*
40. International Journal of Thermal Science 1.770 B
41. J European Ceramic Society 2.090 A
42. Applied Surface Science 1.616 B
43. Chemical Engineering and Processing 1.742 A
44. Measurement of Science and Technology 1.493
45. Journal of Heat Transfer – Transactions of the ASME 1.421 A
46. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 1.288 B
47. Computational & Applied Mathematics 1.292 A
48. Research and Design 0.989
49. Applied Numerical Mathematics 1.279 B
50. Applied Mathematics Letters 0.978 B
51. Chemical Engineering & Technology 1.292 B
52. Journal of Aerospace Engineering 0.714 B
53. Engineering Optimization 0.966 A
54. Combustion Science and Technology 1.142 B
55. Int, J of Bifurcation and Chaos in Appl Sci and Eng. 0.918
56. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 1.065 A
57. Advances in Applied Mathematics 0.931 B
58. IMA J. of Applied Mathematics 0.701 A
59. Proceedings IMech E Part C: Journal of Mech. Eng. Science 0.416 A

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Bio-engineering/Science

1. Nature biotechnology 29.495 A*

2. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 11.235 A
3. Trends in Biotechnology 6.909 A*
4. Biomaterials 7.365 A*
5. Nanomedicine 5.982
6. Metabolic Engineering 4.725 A
7. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 3.540 A*
8. Heart Rhythm 4.559 B
9. Nanotechnology 3.137 A*
10. Journal of Biomechanical Eng. – Transactions of the ASME 1.602 A

Built Environment

11. Energy Policy 2.436 B

12. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 1.776 B
13. Energy and Buildings 1.593 A*
14. Building & Environment 1.797
15. BSER&T 0.705

Coastal Engineering and Oceanography

16. Journal of Geophysical Research 3.082 A*

17. Journal of Physical Oceanography 2.382 A*
18. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2.283 A*
19. Continental Shelf Research 2.183 A
20. Coastal engineering 2.404 A*
21. Deep Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 1.791 A
22. ASCE J Hydraulics engineering 1.3 A
23. Journal of Hydraulics Research 0.9
24. ASCE J Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering 0.7

Computational Fluid Dynamics

25. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 9.353 A*

26. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2.283 A*
27. Computer Methods in Appl. Mech. & Engineering 1.806 A*
28. Theoretical. & Computational Fluid Dynamics 1.511 A
29. Computers & Fluids 1.270 A
30. Powder Technology 1.745 A

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 31. Journal of Turbulence 1.230 B
32. International J of Multiphase Flow 1.514 A
33. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 0.936 A

Construction Science

34. J of the American Ceramic Society 1.944 A*

35. Cement and Concrete Research 2.376 A*
36. J European Ceramic Society 2.090 A
37. Review of Scientific Instruments 1.521 B
38. Construction and Building Materials 1.456
39. Materials and Structures 0.753 A
40. Advances in Cement Research 0.756 B

Dynamics and Aero-elasticity

41. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 2.025 A*

42. Mechanical Systems & Signal Analysis 2.075 A*
43. Smart Materials and Structures 1.749 A
44. Journal of The Acoustical Society of America 1.523 A*
45. Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal 1.500 A
46. Tribology International 1.690 A
47. Journal of Sound and Vibration 1.414 A*
48. Applied Acoustics 0.784 C
49. Proceedings IMech E Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering 0.773 B
50. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics– Transactions of the ASME 0.708 A
51. J of Eng. for Gas Turbines and Power – Trans. of the ASME 0.635 B
52. Proceedings IMech E Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology 0.630 A
53. Proceedings IMech E Part C: Journal of Mech. Eng. Science 0.491 A
54. Proceedings IMech E Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 0.402 B

Experimental Aerodynamics

55. Progress in Aerospace Sciences 2.185 A

56. Experiments in Fluids 1.817 A
57. Physics of Fluids 1.638 A*
58. AIAA Journal 0.990 A*
59. Aerospace Science and Technology 0.674 C
60. Journal of Propulsion and Power 0.884 B
61. Transaction of ASME-Journal of Fluids Engineering 0.576 B
62. Journal of the American Helicopter Society 0.254 C
63. Journal of Shock Waves 0.442
64. Journal of Aircraft 0.591 B

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 65. Journal Spacecraft and Rockets 0.611 B
66. Journal of Aerospace Engineering (IMechE) 0.714 B
67. Aeronautical Journal 0.412 A

Environment and Climate Change

68. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 11.024 A*

69. Critical Review in Environmental Sci and Tech 7.091 A
70. Global Change Biology 5.561 A*
71. Environmental Science and Technology 4.630 A*
72. Bioresource Technology 4.253 A
73. Fuel: The Science and Technology of Fuel and Energy 3.179 A*
74. Global Environmental Change 3.955 A
75. Climatic Change 3.635 A
76. Biomass and Bioenergy 3.326 A
77. Energy Policy 2.436 B
78. Journal of Cleaner Production, 1.867 A
79. Climate Policy 1.402 B
80. Journal of Wind Energy 1.342 C
81. Transport Policy 1.024 A

Energy and Multi-physics

82. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 11.024 A*

83. Chaos Solutions & Fractals 3.773
84. Aerosol Science & Technology 2.739 C
85. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 2.635 A
86. Journal of Aerosol Science 2.529 A
87. Combustion and Flame 2.923 A*
88. Energy and Fuels 2.319 A
89. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 3.256 A
90. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 1.947 A
91. Chemical Engineering Science 2.136 A*
92. AIChE Journal 1.955 A*
93. Energy Conversion and Management 1.944 B
94. Solar Energy 2.011 A
95. Journal of Fluids and Structures 1.256 A
96. Applied Energy 2.209 A
97. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 1.498 A
98. J of Turbomachinary-Trans of ASME 1.297
99. Combustion Theory and Modelling 1.485 B
100. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 1.454 A
101. AIAA Journal 0.990 A*
102. Combustion Science and Technology 1.142 B
103. Int, J of Bifurcation and Chaos in Appl Sci and Eng. 0.918 B
104. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion 1.021 A
105. Advances in Applied Mathematics 0.931 B

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 106. Journal of Power & Energy (IMechE) 0.609 B

Flow Diagnostics and Instrumentation

107. Sensors and Actuators: B chemical 3.083 A

108. Rev. Scientific Instruments 1.521 B
109. IEEE Sensors Journal 1.581 B
110. Measurement Science and Technology 1.317
111. Experimental Thermal and Fluids Science 1.234 A
112. Journal of Visualisation 0.943
113. Journal of Instrumentation 2.102
114. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation 0.721 C
115. Measurement 0.721 B
116. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer 0.687 B

Geotechnical Engineering

117. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics 1.433 A*

118. Geotechnique (ICE) 1.069 A*
119. Int. J. Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 1.301 A
120. J. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE) 1.094 A*
121. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 0.711 A*
122. Computers in Geotechnics 1.229 A
123. Geotechnical Testing Journal (ASTM) 0.526 A
124. Geotechnical Engineering (Institute of Civil Eng) 0.192 B

Impact and Explosion

125. International Journal of Solids and Structures 1.809 A*

126. Experimental Mechanics 1.542 A
127. International Journal of Impact Engineering 1.301 A
128. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 1.288 B

Marine Energy and Fluid Mechanics

129. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2.283 A*

130. Energy Policy 2.436 B
131. Renewable Energy 2.226 A
132. European Journal of Operational Research 2.093 A
133. Applied Ocean Research 0.807 B
134. Ocean Engineering 0.966 A

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Manufacturing and Laser Processing

135. Nature Photonics 22.869 A*

136. Optics Express 3.278 A*
137. Acta Materialia 3.760 A*
138. Applied Physics Letters 3.554 A*
139. Nanotechnology 3.137 A*
140. Journal of Physics D – Applied Physics 2.083 A
141. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 1.947 A
142. Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing 1.595 A
143. Surface & Coatings Technology 1.793 A
144. Materials Science and Engineering A 1.901 B
145. International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture 1.956 A*
146. Applied Surface Science 1.616 B
147. Wear 1.771 A
148. Tribology International 1.690 A
149. Journal of Materials Processing Technology 1.420 B
150. Journal of Cleaner Production 1.867 A
151. CIRP Annals – Manufacturing Technology 1.603 A
152. Optics and Lasers in Engineering 1.103 C
153. Precision Engineering 1.188 B
154. Optics & Laser Technology 0.981 C
155. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 1.128 B
156. Journal of Laser Applications 0.652 C
157. ASME Transaction – Journal Manufacturing Sci. and Eng. 0.599 B
158. IMechE Proceedings Part B. Journal of Eng. Manufacture 0.412 A

Modelling and Simulation

159. Multiscale Modelling and Simulation 2.198 B

160. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Science 1.671 A
161. Modelling & Simulation of Materials Science & Engineering 1.323 A
162. Journal of Computational Materials Science 1.522 C
163. Advances in Engineering Software 1.045 B
164. IMechE Proc C: J of Mechanical Engineering Science 0.416 C
165. Journal of Multiscale Modelling New

Nuclear

166. Carbon 4.504 A*

167. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 1.591 B
168. Journal of Nuclear Materials 1.933 A
169. Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design 0.785 C

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Project Management

170. Journal of Operations Management 3.238 A*

171. Management Science 2.354 A*
172. Technovation 1.907 A
173. Automation in Construction 1.664 A
174. Journal of Mechanical Design 1.532 A*
175. Human Relations 1.372 A
176. International Journal of Project Management 1.35 A
177. Sustainable Development 1.328 B
178. Building and Environment 1.197 A*
179. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 1.248 A
180. Journal of Engineering Design 0.812 A
181. ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 0.583 A*
182. ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering 0.596 A*
183. Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems 0.425 B

Safety, Risks and Reliability

1. Journal of Computational Chemistry 3.769 A

2. Journal of Hazardous Materials 4.144 A
3. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2.993 A
4. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 2.338 A

Structural Integrity

5. International Journal Solids and Structures 1.809 A*

6. International Journal of Fatigue 1.602 A
7. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 1.447 A*
8. International Journal of Fracture 0.804 A
9. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 0.835 B
10. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 1.256 A

Structure and Fire

11. International Journal of Solids and Structures 1.809 A*

12. Composite Structures 2.006 A
13. Engineering Structures 1.256 A*
14. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 1.018 A*
15. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering 0.789 A*

Turbulence Mechanics

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16. Applied Thermal Engineering 1.922 A
17. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 1.498 A
18. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery 1.297 B
19. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 1.234 A
20. Journal of Turbulence 1.230 B