Journal profile · MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Advances in Civil Engineering Materials
ISSN 2379-1357 · eISSN 2165-3984 · American Society for Testing and Materials
Advances in Civil Engineering Materials: CAS Zone 4 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); hybrid open access; 9 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Civil Engineering Materials is published by American Society for Testing and Materials and is in Zone 4 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Innovative concrete reinforcement materials and Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, together about 44.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal is published continuously in one annual issue online. Papers are published online as they are approved and edited. Special Issues may also be published on specific topics of interest to our readers. Advances in Civil Engineering Materials provides high-quality papers on a broad range of topics relating to the properties and performance of civil engineering materials. Call for Papers There are no open calls for papers at this time. Please check back later for details on future special issues. Materials Covered: (but not limited to) Concrete Asphalt Steel Polymers and polymeric composites Wood Soils Other materials used in civil engineering applications (for example, pavements, bridges, and buildings, including nonstructural building elements such as insulation and roofing), and environmental systems (including water treatment). Core Topics Covered: Materials characterization, such as chemical composition, nanostructure, and microstructure Materials properties and performance, such as strength, stiffness, and fracture behavior Materials constructability and construction methods Materials quality control and assurance Materials durability, sustainability, climate change adaptability, and resiliency Analysis of policy and code acceptance of materials Life cycle assessment, circular economy considerations, product category rule, and environmental product declarations for materials Papers may present experimental or modeling studies based on laboratory or field observations. Papers focused solely on structural analysis are not within the scope of the journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering20%
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering16%
- Asphalt Pavement Performance EvaluationEngineering8.6%
- Infrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringEngineering7%
- Concrete Properties and BehaviorEngineering6%
- Concrete Corrosion and DurabilityEngineering5.3%
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering4.8%
- Innovations in Concrete and Construction MaterialsEngineering3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Materials Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of SciencePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
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)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 189OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 543 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 18 | 3 | 60 |
| 2023 | 17 | 2 | 70 |
| 2022 | 44 | 2 | 257 |
| 2021 | 28 | 0 | 310 |
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
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 2,500
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
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Author Rights and Open Access
ASTM asks its authors to assign copyright of their work to ASTM. In return, ASTM protects the published work against misuse. ASTM authors have: The right to make copies of their work for teaching and research use (but not via social media or email lists); The right to post the accepted version of the work on their or their employer’s website, provided the version includes the ASTM copyright statem…
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
- American Society for Testing and Materials
- ISSN
- 2379-1357
- Electronic ISSN
- 2165-3984
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Civil Engineering Materials
What CAS zone is Advances in Civil Engineering Materials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Advances in Civil Engineering Materials is in Zone 4 of Materials Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Materials Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Advances in Civil Engineering Materials?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 34.
Which databases index Advances in Civil Engineering Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Civil Engineering Materials is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Advances in Civil Engineering Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Civil Engineering Materials is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .