Chinese Journal of Aeronautics

Aims & Scope

Chinese Journal of Aeronautics (CJA) is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal covering all aspects of aerospace engineering.

The Journal reports the scientific and technological achievements and frontiers in aeronautic engineering and astronautic engineering, in both theory and practice, such as theoretical research articles, experiment ones, research notes, comprehensive reviews, technological briefs and other reports on the latest developments and everything related to the fields of aeronautics and astronautics, as well as those ground equipment concerned.

The scope of the Journal is considerably wide, including 1.Fluid mechanics and flight mechanics 2.Solid mechanics and vehicle conceptual design 3.Avionics and autocontrol 4.Material engineering and mechanical manufacturing

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2564

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	8044

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.440

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	87

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Engineering, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A review of topology optimization for additive manufacturing: Status and challenges

  Citation: 611

  Authors: Jihong, Han, Chuang, Lu, Shangqin, Weihong

• Grinding temperature and energy ratio coefficient in MQL grinding of high-temperature nickel-base alloy by using different vegetable oils as base oil

  Citation: 337

  Authors: Benkai, Changhe, Yanbin, Yaogang, Dongzhou, Min

• Machining of SiC ceramic matrix composites: A review

  Citation: 324

  Authors: Qinglong, Jie, Weiwei, Ming

• Review on active thermal protection and its heat transfer for airbreathing hypersonic vehicles

  Citation: 301

  Authors: Yinhai, Wei, Ruina, Peixue

• Large-eddy simulation: Past, present and the future

  Citation: 292

  Authors: Yang

• Recent progress of residual stress measurement methods: A review

  Citation: 287

  Authors: Jiang, Haiyang, Bo, Renke

• A new bearing fault diagnosis method based on modified convolutional neural networks

  Citation: 276

  Authors: Jiangquan, Yi, Liang, Hongli, Xin, Hongliang

• Effects of FDM-3D printing parameters on mechanical properties and microstructure of CF/PEEK and GF/PEEK

  Citation: 265

  Authors: Peng, Bin, Shouling, Lei, Chuanzhen

• A review of chatter vibration research in milling

  Citation: 257

  Authors: Caixu, Haining, Xianli, Steven Y., Lihui

• Advances and Trends on Tube Bending Forming Technologies

  Citation: 232

  Authors: He, Heng, Zhiyong, Mei, Jing, Guangjun

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