The Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Part B of the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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 (IMechE), is a peer-reviewed

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 academic journal

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 that publishes research on engineering manufacture. The journal has been published under its current name since 1989 and is published by SAGE Publications

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 on behalf of IMechE.

Abstracting and indexing

The Journal of Engineering Manufacture is abstracted and indexed in Scopus

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 and the Science Citation Index

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2009 impact factor

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is 0.412, ranking it 34th out of 37 journals in the category "Engineering, Manufacturing" and 83rd out of 116 journals in the category "Engineering, Mechanical".