Journal profile · Construction & Building Technology
Bauphysik
ISSN 0171-5445 · eISSN 1437-0980 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · GERMANY · Bimonthly
Bauphysik: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.25; subscription journal; review about 12 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 67 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bauphysik is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd 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 Analysis of Composite Materials and Physics and Engineering Research Articles, together about 52.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Seit über 40 Jahren ist Bauphysik die einzige deutsche Fachzeitschrift, die alle Einzelgebiete der Bauphysik bündelt. Hier werden jährlich ca. 35 wissenschaftliche Aufsätze und Projektberichte mit interdisziplinärem Hintergrund veröffentlicht und aktuelle technische Entwicklungen vorgestellt. Damit ist die Zeitschrift Spiegel der Forschung in Wissenschaft und Industrie und der Normung, mit starken Impulsen aus der Planungspraxis. Themenüberblick: Wärmeschutz Feuchteschutz Schallschutz und Raumakustik Brandschutz Tageslicht Stadtbauphysik Energiesparendes Bauen und Raumklima Berechnungs- und Simulationsverfahren Technische Regelwerke Innovative Lösungen aus der Industrie
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Construction & Building Technology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Civil and Structural Engineering ResearchEngineering33%
- Structural Analysis of Composite MaterialsEngineering10.6%
- Physics and Engineering Research ArticlesEngineering8.9%
- Renewable Energy and SustainabilityEnergy6.9%
- Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationEngineering6.4%
- Engineering and Materials Science StudiesEngineering4.6%
- Architecture and Computational DesignEngineering4.2%
- Hygrothermal properties of building materialsEngineering3.6%
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 |
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 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ProQuest, Astrophysics Data System, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database (ProQuest), ENERGY (FIZ Karlsruhe), Natural Science Collection (ProQuest), SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest)Publisher website
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
- 0.25LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 74OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.06%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 32Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 26,126Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,988 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 18 | 3 |
| 2025 | 67 | 25 | 6 |
| 2024 | 75 | 33 | 24 |
| 2023 | 68 | 29 | 40 |
| 2022 | 91 | 7 | 62 |
| 2021 | 90 | 9 | 91 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (35% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 69%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 69%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
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
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0171-5445
- Electronic ISSN
- 1437-0980
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 48, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bauphysik
What CAS zone is Bauphysik in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bauphysik is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Construction & Building Technology. 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 Bauphysik?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.25; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 19.
How long does peer review take at Bauphysik?
The publisher reports about 12 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 69% (2025). 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 Bauphysik?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bauphysik is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Bauphysik open access, and what is the APC?
Bauphysik 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, Publisher website, 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: .