Journal profile · Engineering, Civil
Bauingenieur
ISSN 0005-6650 · eISSN 1436-4867 · Springer-VDI Verlag GmbH und Co. KG · GERMANY · Monthly
Bauingenieur: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.64; subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 98 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bauingenieur is published by Springer-VDI Verlag GmbH und Co. KG and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Civil and Structural Engineering Research, Structural Engineering and Materials Analysis and Concrete Corrosion and Durability, together about 42.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Die Zeitschrift Bauingenieur bietet Aufsätze über Theorie und Praxis des konstruktiven Ingenieurbaus, der Mechanik, der Geotechnik und des Baubetriebs und Baumanagements. Darüber hinaus enthält die Zeitschrift Bauingenieur Berichte und Reportagen über interessante Bauausführungen und Bausanierungen im In- und Ausland, Baustofffragen und Bauinformatik.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Civil
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Civil and Structural Engineering ResearchEngineering29%
- Structural Engineering and Materials AnalysisEngineering8.6%
- Concrete Corrosion and DurabilityEngineering5.3%
- Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisEngineering5.1%
- Engineering and Materials Science StudiesEngineering4.4%
- Tunneling and Rock MechanicsEngineering4.2%
- Public Administration and Political AnalysisSocial Sciences4%
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.64LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 57.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.2%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,445 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 97 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 98 | 3 | 9 |
| 2024 | 158 | 10 | 62 |
| 2023 | 101 | 6 | 38 |
| 2022 | 124 | 41 | 94 |
| 2021 | 101 | 21 | 123 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 9 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer-VDI Verlag GmbH und Co. KG
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0005-6650
- Electronic ISSN
- 1436-4867
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bauingenieur
What CAS zone is Bauingenieur in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bauingenieur is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Construction & Building Technology / Engineering, Civil. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Bauingenieur?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.64; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 17.
How long does peer review take at Bauingenieur?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index Bauingenieur?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bauingenieur is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Bauingenieur open access, and what is the APC?
Bauingenieur is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .