Journal profile · Engineering-Civil and Structural Engineering
Advances in Bridge Engineering
ISSN 2662-5407 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Advances in Bridge Engineering: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 2.4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 79 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Bridge Engineering is published by SpringerOpen and is classed under Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis and Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete, together about 29.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Advances in Bridge Engineering (ABE) is an open access journal sponsored by Southwest Jiaotong University in China. It aims to form an international platform for the academic and technical communication on the timely progress in bridge engineering. It is also a significant place to share the latest achievements in bridge engineering between China and the world. Topics include but not are limited to: Innovation in the structural styles of bridges Innovation and application of new materials Loads determination and effects evaluation Static and dynamic behavior for complex bridges Resistance of wind, seismic or other disasters Dynamic effects and running safety of the traffic on bridges Health monitoring and damage identification State assessment, reinforcement, and maintenance Artificial intelligence and big data Construction technology innovation Bridges for new types of transportation Interdisciplinary innovation and application
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Civil and Structural Engineering
Editor-in-chief Qin ShunquanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 49 in mainland China (about 59%); most named Mainland China 49, United States 10, Australia 4, United Kingdom 3, Japan 2 (83 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Structural Health Monitoring TechniquesEngineering10.9%
- Structural Engineering and Vibration AnalysisEngineering9.8%
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering9.1%
- Seismic Performance and AnalysisEngineering8.7%
- Concrete Corrosion and DurabilityEngineering8.1%
- Infrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringEngineering6.6%
- Railway Engineering and DynamicsEngineering5.3%
- Structural Response to Dynamic LoadsEngineering4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.28OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 214,800Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 227 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 38 | 26 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 146 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 205 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 248 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 422 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | 441 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
79 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 62 days – 98 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 80 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 165 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (89 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted3
- original innovationOriginal innovationLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
- technical noteTechnical NoteLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Authors retain copyright of their articles. Model summary
Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access articles are published under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licences; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Advances in Bridge Engineering articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2662-5407
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Bridge Engineering
What CAS zone is Advances in Bridge Engineering in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Advances in Bridge Engineering?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 21.
How long does peer review take at Advances in Bridge Engineering?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 79 days (interquartile range 62–98 days); authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Advances in Bridge Engineering based?
Of the 83 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 49 (about 59%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (49), United States (10) and Australia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Advances in Bridge Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Bridge Engineering is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Advances in Bridge Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Bridge Engineering is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .