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ACS Applied Engineering Materials

Engineering · Energy

American Chemical SocietypISSN 2771-9545eISSN 2771-9545

3.32026 metrics scoreOpenAlex · CC0

75dmedian speedlatest 56 articles

$—publishing cost*verify with journal

Journal Metrics Score

Journal Metrics ScoreThe visible value is the 2026Journal Metrics Score: citations in the most recent complete year to the journal's works from the two prior years, divided by the number of those works — from OpenAlex open data (CC0).

2026

3.3

Journal Metrics Score 2026 · 2021–2024 window citedness 2.87.

Speed

SpeedMedian calendar days from manuscript received to accepted. It includes revision time and is not the journal's time to first decision.

PUBMED

75 days

Submission → acceptance · median · 56/58 recent articles.

APC / cost*

APC / cost*Costs are indicative and may exclude taxes, waivers, society discounts, or article-type charges. Always verify the journal's official website.

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No reliable journal-level APC is cached. Cost is excluded from scoring.

At a glance

Journal decision profile

A visual summary for comparison—not a single black-box star rating.

Relative profile

Cost is intentionally excluded. Missing APC data is never converted to a zero-dollar fee or a fabricated cost score.

Raw values behind the shape

Always visible

Metrics Score

Metrics ScoreThe 2026 Journal Metrics Score, normalized within a comparable journal cohort for this preview.

3.32026 · OPENALEX

Source output rank

Source output rankLifetime journal-wide output rank among OpenAlex sources associated with the journal’s leading topic.

#305 / 1,494LIFETIME OUTPUT

Highly cited papers

Highly cited papersRecent works in the global top 10% after normalization by work type, year, and subfield.

5%FIELD-NORMALIZED TOP 10%

Field-normalized impact

Field-normalized impactMedian FWCI, where 1.0 is the expected citation level for comparable work.

0.66MEDIAN FWCI

Review speed

Review speedMedian submission-to-acceptance time from qualified PubMed records.

75 daysMEDIAN

Recent output

Recent outputAverage annual publication volume across the complete analysis window.

162 / yr2021–2024 AVG

Cost efficiency

Cost efficiencyNo score is assigned without a reliable journal-level cost.

—NOT SCORED

Field-normalized top 10% share5%

32 of 646 works · same type, year & subfield

Field-normalized top 1% share0%

0 works · same type, year & subfield

Median FWCI0.66×

Below field-year expectation

Source output rank#305

of 1,494 topic-associated OpenAlex sources by lifetime output

What does Median FWCI mean?

FWCI compares papers with the same publication year, type, and field. 1.0 is the world average; above 1.0 is above expectation. This journal's median is 0.66, so its typical recent paper runs about 34% below its field benchmark.

What does Top 10% Share mean?

5% of recent papers rank in the global top 10% after field normalization. This is easier to compare across specialties than raw citation totals.

Submission to acceptance time (publication speed)

Among 56 recent articles with complete PubMed dates, the median time from received to accepted was 75 days. It includes revisions and is not the journal's time to first decision.

Publishing pattern

Publication volume and article mix

Volume is separated from citation accumulation so newer papers are not presented as weaker simply because they are newer.

Works published by year

OpenAlex source records · 2022–2025

602022

2992023

2872024

4132025

Recent work-type mix

646 OpenAlex works · 2021–2024

Article91.6%

Paratext7.4%

Erratum0.6%

Editorial0.3%

OpenAlex article is broader than “original research.” PubMed Publication Types can add case-report and clinical-study detail.

Fit signals

Topics and research coverage

OpenAlex topics show the research communities this journal serves.

Leading OpenAlex topics

2021–2024 works

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion46

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques25

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials22

Electromagnetic wave absorption materials18

Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication16

Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity14

Advancements in Battery Materials13

Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications13

History and advancements in chemistry12

Academic Writing and Publishing11

Methodology: OpenAlex snapshot 2026-08-09. FWCI, percentile badges, topics, and type mix use 646 works published 2021–2024. Radar normalization is versioned in the cached profile, and no cost score is assigned without reliable APC data.

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Subject Category Quartiles

Quartiles computed within each OpenAlex subfield
Category	Quartile
Biomedical Engineering	Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	Q3
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	Q2

Subfield Quartile

CAS Block

Ranking and source check

#1,292

of 4,414 Engineering field journals

#112

among Q2 Engineering journals

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Journal Details

Total Articles

1,396

H-Index

Open Access

Hybrid (22% OA)

Subject Areas

Biomedical EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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