The American Journal of Engineering: does a paper here count for EB-1A and O-1?
The American Journal of Engineering and Technology
Key answer
Scholarly journal
A reference card from our catalog.
From the journal's site and the registers
What the journal's site theamericanjournals.com states and what the registers show. Paraphrased, checked Oct 2, 2026.
- Publisher
- Publisher: The USA Journals, which the site describes as an American publishing house with 10 journals; address given: Mesa, Arizona, USA.
- Founded
- The publisher's journal list gives 2019 as the journal's start year.
- Country
- United States: the site gives the address 54 S Allen, Mesa, AZ 85204, USA.
- ISSN
- E-ISSN 2689-0984; DOI prefix 10.37547/tajet (per the publisher's journal list).
- Indexing
- The site lists Crossref, Google Scholar, OpenAlex, Scilit, BASE and others, and Scopus marked "indexing process ongoing".
- Peer review
- Per the publisher's policy: double-blind review by at least two reviewers; initial screening 1-2 weeks, review typically 2-6 weeks.
- Publication fee
- Article Processing Fee: 650 USD per article, payable after acceptance; no submission or review charges; waivers case by case.
- Frequency
- Frequency in the journal list: monthly.
- Check: a SCImago (Scopus data) search by ISSN 2689-0984 returns no results.
- According to the site, the publisher has published over 5,000 manuscripts and organises 3-4 international conferences a year.
- The journal page shows "Research Impact Factor = 10.03 (By Research Bib)" and a submission deadline of the 25th of every month.
Source: the journal's site theamericanjournals.com (pages /, /index.php/index/apc, /index.php/index/reviewprocess, /index.php/index/indexing, /index.php/tajet); SCImago Journal Rank (Scopus data), checked Oct 2, 2026; the version on the site applies.
What officers look at: 8 CFR 204.5(h)(3)(vi) - scholarly article, peer review, readers, indexing
A paper in The American Journal of Engineering and Technology goes to the authorship criterion if it is yours and substantive and the journal has reach and indexing: the reputation of The American Journal of Engineering and Technology carries no weight without your contribution.
The "Authorship" criterion: what USCIS requires and how to meet itOpen the full catalogSimilar
Documents and templates from the library
EB-2 NIW exhibit of seven peer-reviewed publicationsTemplate1 page anonymized access on request
Exhibit 14: Peer Review of Conference Papers (NIW)Template1 page anonymized access on request
Exhibit 12.1: Elsevier Book Series Page - Authorship Evidence (NIW)Template1 page anonymized access on request
List of approved peer-reviewed journalsSample1279 pages anonymized access on request
Reference information, not legal advice and not a USCIS decision: the final assessment is the officer's.
Why "Scholarly authorship" gets refused
Accepted in 44% of challenged petitions (86 of 196); not an approval rate.
The venue is not accepted as professional, trade or major media - where it was published is judged separately from the article itself.
All refusal grounds and the sample