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Journal rankings · indicator year 2025

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Civil and Structural Engineering journal rankings 2025

268 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering

Civil and Structural Engineering has 268 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.66, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.09. The highest-scoring journal with a stable rank is Automation in Construction: its likely rank is within the top 3.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.

268
11% of Engineering
Median OJR

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.

0.66+0.03 vs 2024
This subfieldAll 0.78World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

41%
All fields: 38%
Median listed APC

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.

$3,190
Median positive listed APC: $3,190 among 107 journals. Another 13 list $0; 148 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

Subfields of Engineering (16)

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268 ranked journals

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Quartiles split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. Q1 is the top quarter and Q4 the bottom quarter.

They are computed within the list on screen, so a journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 in the global ranking.

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Civil and Structural Engineering ranking, 2025

Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest.

The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different.

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.

OJR

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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025.

A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change.

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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #2 of 268Automation in ConstructionElsevier BV · Netherlands
4.51Q114.42 0.38 up from 20241,55131%$5,490Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #4 of 268Cement and Concrete ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.86Q114.30 0.44 up from 202477449%$5,180
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #4 of 268Cement and Concrete CompositesElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.82Q114.71 0.74 up from 20241,25634%$5,120Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 4; likely between #1 and #9 of 268Cleaner MaterialsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.36Q113.79 2.20 up from 2024244100%$1,710
Rank 5; likely between #4 and #7 of 268Underground SpaceOAElsevier BV · China
3.06Q19.56 1.86 up from 2024296100%$0 listedRising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 6; likely between #3 and #13 of 268Journal of Road EngineeringOAElsevier BV · China
2.99Q113.87 4.19 up from 202473100%$0 listed
Rank 7; likely between #5 and #12 of 268Developments in the Built EnvironmentOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.62Q18.89 0.47 down from 2024523100%$3,230
Rank 8; likely between #6 and #10 of 268Mechanical Systems and Signal ProcessingElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.62Q110.53 0.79 up from 20243,09324%$4,730
Rank 9; likely between #7 and #14 of 268Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure EngineeringWiley · United Kingdom
2.48Q19.80 0.03 up from 202445892%$5,230
Rank 10; likely between #6 and #16 of 268Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition)OAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.46Q19.02 1.22 up from 2024182100%$0 listed
Rank 11; likely between #8 and #13 of 268Tunnelling and Underground Space TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.45Q18.83 0.92 up from 20241,67713%$3,820Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 12; likely between #12 and #17 of 268Construction and Building MaterialsElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.18Q19.29 0.63 up from 202412,54819%$4,540
Rank 13; likely between #9 and #24 of 268Advances in Engineering SoftwareElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.16Q17.05 0.63 down from 202447422%$3,810
Rank 14; likely between #12 and #18 of 268Computers and GeotechnicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.15Q17.23 0.83 up from 20242,03827%$3,640Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 15; likely between #11 and #24 of 268Journal of Computing in Civil EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States
2.13Q16.04 0.47 up from 20241797%—
Rank 16; likely between #7 and #36 of 268Smart Construction and Sustainable CitiesOASpringer Science+Business Media
2.10Q16.53 5.75 down from 202443100%$0 listed
Rank 17; likely between #7 and #38 of 268Journal of Intelligent ConstructionOATsinghua University Press
2.06Q15.64 5.90 down from 202474100%—
Rank 18; likely between #15 and #21 of 268Engineering StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.03Q17.91 1.05 up from 20244,98825%$4,620Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 19; likely between #15 and #23 of 268Acta GeotechnicaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
2.01Q16.55 0.45 up from 20241,05419%$3,990Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 20; likely between #8 and #37 of 268Resilient Cities and StructuresOAElsevier BV · China
1.99Q15.47 0.46 down from 202485100%$1,200
Rank 21; likely between #18 and #24 of 268Journal of Building EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.93Q17.57 0.60 down from 20247,63021%$3,940
Rank 22; likely between #18 and #24 of 268Thin-Walled StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.92Q18.37 1.47 up from 20243,05115%$4,440Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 23; likely between #13 and #41 of 268International Journal of Geo-EngineeringOASpringer Nature · South Korea
1.83Q15.39 0.67 down from 202461100%$2,290
Rank 24; likely between #9 and #47 of 268Transportation EngineeringOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.82Q16.57 1.40 up from 2024190100%$2,670
Rank 25; likely between #11 and #49 of 268WIT transactions on the built environmentWIT Press · United Kingdom
1.80Q1—no 2024 value11394%—
Rank 26; likely between #22 and #31 of 268Transportation GeotechnicsElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.75Q16.17 0.25 up from 202473621%$3,540
Rank 27; likely between #21 and #34 of 268Computers & StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.73Q15.85 0.65 up from 202452035%$4,200
Rank 28; likely between #23 and #35 of 268Structural Health MonitoringSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
1.69Q15.70 0.53 down from 202473224%$4,400Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 29; likely between #24 and #37 of 268Marine StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.64Q15.82 0.58 up from 202443529%$4,320Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 30; likely between #26 and #34 of 268Case Studies in Construction MaterialsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.63Q15.87 1.22 down from 20243,255100%$2,660
Rank 31; likely between #17 and #56 of 268Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and ResilienceOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.60Q15.72 0.23 down from 202468100%$1,600
Rank 32; likely between #24 and #41 of 268GéotechniqueICE Publishing · United Kingdom
1.60Q14.64 0.32 down from 202428639%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 33; likely between #24 and #42 of 268Journal of Civil Structural Health MonitoringSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
1.58Q15.22 0.26 up from 202434322%$3,890
Rank 34; likely between #27 and #44 of 268Geotextiles and GeomembranesElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.52Q15.36 0.90 down from 202426325%$3,850
Rank 35; likely between #30 and #41 of 268Journal of Sound and VibrationElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.52Q15.72 0.58 up from 20241,51040%$4,190
Rank 36; likely between #15 and #77 of 268AI in Civil EngineeringOASpringer Science+Business Media
1.51Q15.30 1.64 down from 202442100%$0 listed
Rank 37; likely between #20 and #60 of 268Georisk Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and GeohazardsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
1.50Q14.74 0.28 up from 202413820%—
Rank 38; likely between #30 and #43 of 268Structural Control and Health MonitoringOAWiley · United Kingdom
1.49Q15.03 0.31 down from 2024486100%$2,490
Rank 39; likely between #34 and #43 of 268Soil Dynamics and Earthquake EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.45Q15.23 0.30 up from 20241,70321%$3,900
Rank 40; likely between #28 and #51 of 268International Journal of Concrete Structures and MaterialsOASpringer Nature · South Korea
1.45Q15.16 0.82 up from 2024231100%$2,290
Rank 41; likely between #33 and #46 of 268Earthquake Engineering & Structural DynamicsWiley · United Kingdom
1.45Q15.08 0.23 down from 202465050%$3,760
Rank 42; likely between #23 and #75 of 268RILEM Technical LettersOAPublisher not listed
1.39Q15.37 0.04 up from 202448100%—
Rank 43; likely between #22 and #84 of 268Journal of Pipeline Science and EngineeringOAKeAi · China
1.35Q15.52 0.05 down from 202497100%$0 listed
Rank 44; likely between #36 and #54 of 268Structural and Multidisciplinary OptimizationSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
1.35Q14.59 0.21 up from 202480335%$3,990
Rank 45; likely between #40 and #59 of 268Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States
1.29Q14.55 0.30 up from 202456921%—
Rank 46; likely between #42 and #53 of 268StructuresElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.29Q14.99 0.31 up from 20245,49916%$3,510
Rank 47; likely between #39 and #61 of 268Civil Engineering JournalOASalehan Institute of Higher Education · Iran
1.29Q14.83 0.54 down from 2024678100%—
Rank 48; likely between #38 and #66 of 268SOILS AND FOUNDATIONSOAElsevier BV · Japan
1.27Q13.83 0.08 up from 2024285100%$1,200
Rank 49; likely between #41 and #62 of 268InfrastructuresOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
1.27Q14.38 0.42 up from 2024591100%$2,172
Rank 50; likely between #44 and #57 of 268Journal of Constructional Steel ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.25Q14.79 0.27 up from 20241,85218%$4,310

The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated

Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

23 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 2022–2024, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
268
Window papers (baseline)
181,235 +17.7% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.661 -5.5% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
18

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals9398109110114121125137144152152167182206214227232250252265264272276270273268
Window papers (baseline)36,82741,94146,40251,58356,78163,16869,79478,23985,36992,94799,637107,834116,706121,981126,351126,756126,030123,708123,691127,144133,854143,029153,935161,425171,082181,235
Median OJR0.830.880.710.850.910.860.810.92360.930.9821.010.960.970.92350.9770.840.870.780.740.7020.6990.7030.7000.6570.630.661

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.