Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Civil and Structural Engineering journal rankings 2016
232 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering has 232 ranked journals in 2016. The median journal has an OJR of 0.87, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2015; Q1 starts at OJR 1.54. The top three are Cement and Concrete Composites, Cement and Concrete Research, and Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Engineering (16)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering498
- Mechanical Engineering349
- Biomedical Engineering257
- Civil and Structural Engineering232
- Aerospace Engineering177
- Control and Systems Engineering130
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics105
- Building and Construction82
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering81
- Ocean Engineering67
- Media Technology31
232 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1Cement and Concrete CompositesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.47Q1 | 4.74 0.36 up from 2015 | 433 | 18% | $5,120 | ||
2Cement and Concrete ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.61Q1 | 5.17 0.84 up from 2015 | 533 | 30% | $5,180 | ||
3Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom | 4.51Q1 | 4.81 0.10 up from 2015 | 191 | 82% | $5,230 | ||
4Automation in ConstructionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.40Q1 | 4.70 0.42 down from 2015 | 479 | 23% | $5,490 | ||
5Mechanical Systems and Signal ProcessingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.86Q1 | 4.27 0.38 up from 2015 | 941 | 25% | $4,730 | ||
6Earthquake SpectraSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.73Q1 | 3.55 1.01 up from 2015 | 378 | 18% | $4,400 | ||
7GéotechniqueICE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.62Q1 | 2.55 0.15 down from 2015 | 332 | 34% | — | ||
8Advances in Engineering SoftwareElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.61Q1 | 4.44 1.24 up from 2015 | 334 | 22% | $3,810 | ||
9Canadian Geotechnical JournalNRC Research Press · Canada | 3.38Q1 | 2.63 0.45 up from 2015 | 471 | 67% | — | ||
10Earthquake Engineering & Structural DynamicsWiley · United Kingdom | 3.30Q1 | 2.61 0.14 up from 2015 | 383 | 25% | $3,760 | ||
11Computers and GeotechnicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.21Q1 | 2.84 0.52 up from 2015 | 509 | 24% | $3,640 | ||
12Geotextiles and GeomembranesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.17Q1 | 2.95 0.12 down from 2015 | 192 | 12% | $3,850 | ||
13Computers & StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.15Q1 | 3.59 0.52 up from 2015 | 582 | 28% | $4,200 | ||
14Construction and Building MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.13Q1 | 3.69 0.28 up from 2015 | 3,646 | 11% | $4,540 | ||
15International Journal of Concrete Structures and MaterialsOASpringer Nature · South Korea | 3.11Q1 | 2.97 1.07 up from 2015 | 90 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
16Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 3.07Q1 | 2.44 0.29 up from 2015 | 526 | 18% | — | ||
17Tunnelling and Underground Space TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.83Q1 | 2.28 0.21 down from 2015 | 493 | 15% | $3,820 | ||
18Thin-Walled StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.81Q1 | 3.07 0.27 up from 2015 | 798 | 19% | $4,440 | ||
19Structural and Multidisciplinary OptimizationSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.81Q1 | 2.77 0.16 up from 2015 | 498 | 23% | $3,990 | ||
20Structural Health MonitoringSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.80Q1 | 3.48 0.86 up from 2015 | 152 | 21% | $4,400 | ||
21Engineering StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.77Q1 | 2.99 0.50 up from 2015 | 1,692 | 27% | $4,620 | ||
22Journal of Building EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.73Q1 | 2.79no 2015 value | 82 | 19% | $3,940 | — | |
23Journal of Constructional Steel ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.72Q1 | 2.39 0.26 up from 2015 | 769 | 20% | $4,310 | ||
24SOILS AND FOUNDATIONSOAElsevier BV · Japan | 2.70Q1 | 1.87 0.08 up from 2015 | 302 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
25Steel and Composite StructuresTechnopress · South Korea | 2.70Q1 | 3.30 1.50 up from 2015 | 352 | 9% | — | ||
26Transportation GeotechnicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.62Q1 | 2.64 1.23 up from 2015 | 61 | 20% | $3,540 | ||
27Structural Control and Health MonitoringOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.59Q1 | 2.79 0.77 up from 2015 | 233 | 68% | $2,490 | ||
28Journal of Sound and VibrationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.51Q1 | 2.90 0.12 up from 2015 | 1,543 | 24% | $4,190 | ||
29Geosynthetics InternationalThomas Telford Ltd. · United Kingdom | 2.48Q1 | 2.34 0.48 down from 2015 | 132 | 21% | — | ||
30Acta GeotechnicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.40Q1 | 2.60 0.01 down from 2015 | 213 | 26% | $3,990 | ||
31International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in GeomechanicsWiley · United Kingdom | 2.38Q1 | 2.43 0.18 up from 2015 | 289 | 28% | $4,530 | ||
32Journal of Water Resources Planning and ManagementAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.38Q1 | 2.97 0.33 up from 2015 | 292 | 14% | — | ||
33Materials and StructuresSpringer Science+Business Media · France | 2.36Q1 | 2.03 0.12 up from 2015 | 764 | 21% | $3,390 | ||
34Road Materials and Pavement DesignTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.25Q1 | 1.95 0.19 down from 2015 | 319 | 7% | — | ||
35Journal of Structural EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.22Q1 | 2.04 0.44 up from 2015 | 670 | 11% | — | ||
36Bulletin of Earthquake EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.16Q1 | 1.96 0.13 down from 2015 | 438 | 24% | $3,990 | ||
37Journal of Computing in Civil EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.12Q1 | 2.01 0.01 up from 2015 | 262 | 12% | — | ||
38Engineering OptimizationTaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 2.12Q1 | 1.99 0.18 up from 2015 | 271 | 18% | — | ||
39Soil Dynamics and Earthquake EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 2.03 0.02 up from 2015 | 595 | 23% | $3,900 | ||
40Georisk Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and GeohazardsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | 1.70 0.44 down from 2015 | 77 | 14% | — | ||
41StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 1.53 0.07 down from 2015 | 79 | 31% | $3,510 | ||
42Marine StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.97Q1 | 2.36 0.25 down from 2015 | 152 | 26% | $4,320 | ||
43International Journal of Pavement EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 1.55 0.34 up from 2015 | 295 | 10% | — | ||
44Structure and Infrastructure EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 1.79 0.48 up from 2015 | 299 | 21% | — | ||
45Journal of Transportation EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.83Q1 | 1.44 0.31 up from 2015 | 283 | 7% | — | ||
46Journal of Infrastructure SystemsAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.83Q1 | 1.71 0.34 up from 2015 | 137 | 8% | — | ||
47Journal of Materials in Civil EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.77Q1 | 1.67 0.41 up from 2015 | 735 | 5% | — | ||
48Journal of TerramechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.76Q1 | 1.87 0.42 down from 2015 | 120 | 19% | $3,190 | ||
49Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition)OAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.72Q1 | 1.36 1.00 up from 2015 | 98 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
50International Journal of GeomechanicsAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.72Q1 | 1.99 0.45 up from 2015 | 311 | 11% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Civil and Structural Engineering highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering498
- Mechanical Engineering349
- Biomedical Engineering257
- Civil and Structural Engineering232
- Aerospace Engineering177
- Control and Systems Engineering130
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics105
- Building and Construction82
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering81
- Ocean Engineering67
- Media Technology31
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality28
- Automotive Engineering25
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
74 additional Civil and Structural Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 232
- Window papers (baseline)
- 126,030 +3.3% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.87 -6.3% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 18
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 93 | 98 | 109 | 110 | 114 | 121 | 125 | 137 | 144 | 152 | 152 | 167 | 182 | 206 | 214 | 227 | 232 | 250 | 252 | 265 | 264 | 272 | 276 | 270 | 273 | 268 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 36,827 | 41,941 | 46,402 | 51,583 | 56,781 | 63,168 | 69,794 | 78,239 | 85,369 | 92,947 | 99,637 | 107,834 | 116,706 | 121,981 | 126,351 | 126,756 | 126,030 | 123,708 | 123,691 | 127,144 | 133,854 | 143,029 | 153,935 | 161,425 | 171,082 | 181,235 | |
| Median OJR | 0.83 | 0.88 | 0.71 | 0.85 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.9236 | 0.93 | 0.982 | 1.01 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.9235 | 0.977 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.702 | 0.699 | 0.703 | 0.700 | 0.657 | 0.63 | 0.661 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.