Vehicles

Vehicles is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on transportation science and engineering published quarterly online by MDPI.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within ScopusESCI (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Engineering, Mechanical) / CiteScore - Q2 (Automotive Engineering)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 22.1 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 3.6 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2025).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: APC discount vouchers, optional signed peer review, and reviewer names published annually in the journal.
Impact Factor: 2.2 (2024); 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.3 (2024)
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Topic in Energies, Applied Sciences, Electronics, Vehicles, Eng, WEVJ
Advances in Electric Vehicle Charging Systems and Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Topic Editors: Ching Chuen Chan, Kwok Tong Chau, Wei Liu
Deadline: 1 September 2025
Topic in Algorithms, Applied Sciences, Electronics, Machines, Sensors, Vehicles
Optimization Control and Fault Diagnosis of Intelligent Transportation Systems Topic Editors: Longda Wang, Guibing Zhu
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Topic in Applied Sciences, Electronics, Future Internet, IoT, Technologies, Inventions, Sensors, Vehicles
Next-Generation IoT and Smart Systems for Communication and Sensing Topic Editors: Dinh-Thuan Do, Vitor Fialho, Luis Pires, Francisco Rego, Ricardo Santos, Vasco Velez
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Topic in Applied Sciences, Electricity, Electronics, Energies, Machines, Smart Cities, Vehicles, Batteries
Design and Control of Electrical Machines for Electric Vehicles Topic Editors: Jinhua Du, Xuan Wu
Deadline: 31 March 2026
Special Issue in Vehicles
Novel Solutions for Transportation Safety Guest Editors: Tai-Jin Song, Yao Cheng
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Special Issue in Vehicles
Reliability Analysis and Evaluation of Automotive Systems Guest Editor: Lihui Zhao
Deadline: 31 August 2025
Special Issue in Vehicles
The Application of Deep Learning in Intelligent Vehicle Perception Systems Guest Editors: Lie Yang, Xiangkun He
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Special Issue in Vehicles
AI-Empowered Assisted and Autonomous Driving Guest Editors: Xubin Sun, Weifeng Zhong
Deadline: 30 October 2025
Topical Collection in Vehicles
Transportation Electrification: Challenges and Opportunities Collection Editors: Osama A. Mohammed, Ahmed Mohamed
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