On June 4, 2026, Elsevier’s Scopus database released the 2025 CiteScore metrics. Valued for its transparent, traceable methodology and its broad disciplinary coverage, CiteScore has become a widely used reference for researchers worldwide in journal selection, manuscript submission, and academic evaluation.

This year, 42 journals affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) were indexed, with overall performance showing steady progress and a further improvement in international visibility.

Selected Journals at a Glance

Overall Performance: A Stronger and More Balanced Journal Portfolio

Key indicators point to consistent year-on-year progress:

- 20 journals ranked in Q1 in their respective subject categories, a year-on-year increase of four.

- 13 journals rank in the top 10% of their categories, a net gain of five year-on-year.

- 9 journals moved up in quartile rankings across subject categories including medicine, engineering, materials science, physics, and environmental science.

- 5 journals made their debut in the rankings and immediately secured high-ranking quartile positions, highlighting notable progress in new-journal development.

Flagship Journals: Sustained Presence at the International Frontier

SJTU’s portfolio now includes a growing number of internationally recognized journals that perform competitively within their fields. Six titles rank in the top 2% of their subject categories:

- Nano-Micro Letters: CiteScore 58.9, top 1% (Engineering; Materials Science)

- Translational Neurodegeneration: CiteScore 25.9, top 1% (Neuroscience; Medicine)

- China Finance Review International: CiteScore 19.9, top 2% (Economics, Econometrics and Finance)

- Carbon Neutrality: CiteScore 18.8, top 2% (Economics, Econometrics and Finance; Environmental Science; Energy)

- Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science: CiteScore 14.7, top 2% (Engineering; Earth and Planetary Sciences; Environmental Science)

- Molecular Horticulture: CiteScore 12.7, top 2% (Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology)

These journals correspond closely to SJTU’s disciplinary strengths and to its strategic priority areas — including “Grand Ocean”, “Grand Health”, and “Grand Materials” — and contribute to  the University’s continued engagement in international academic discourse within these fields.

Quartile Advancement: 9 Journals Move Up

9 SJTU journals advanced in their  quartile rankings this year, highlighting sustained momentum across multiple disciplines:

Notably, Mechanobiology in Medicine advanced by two quartiles, suggesting that emerging journals can build international recognition relatively quickly through clear editorial positioning, careful content curation, and focused dissemination.

New Entrants: Early Returns from an Interdisciplinary Portfolio

5 journals — Emerging Media, New Techno-Humanities, Med-X, Carbon Footprints, and Asian Review of Political Economy — received their first CiteScore metrics and entered the quartile rankings for the first time. Spanning the social sciences, engineering, environmental science, and political economy, these journals reflect SJTU’s journal development strategy in frontier areas such as digital humanities, medical-engineering interdisciplinarity, sustainability, and emerging  areas of political economy, adding fresh momentum to the University’s overall journal portfolio.

As China's 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026–2030) approaches, the SJTU Journal Center will continue to refine its tiered support framework, strengthen international dissemination capability, and advance digital transformation and brand development. Through these efforts, Journal Center aims to further improve the academic quality and international influence of SJTU's journal, support the University's pursuit of  world-class status, and contribute to the broader exchange of scholarly knowledge between China and the international academic community.