Journal profile · Engineering, Civil
Bautechnik
ISSN 0932-8351 · eISSN 1437-0999 · Wiley-Blackwell · GERMANY · Monthly
Bautechnik: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.52; subscription journal; median 48 days to acceptance (35 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 172 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bautechnik is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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, Real estate and construction management and Engineering and Materials Science Studies, together about 46.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Bautechnik, die Zeitschrift für den gesamten Ingenieurbau. Materialunabhängig. Fachübergreifend. Konstruktiv. Bautechnik ist die Diskussionsplattform für den gesamten Ingenieurbau. Aktuelle und zukunftweisende Themenschwerpunkte, wissenschaftliche Erstveröffentlichungen kombiniert mit Beträgen aus der Baupraxis, ein übersichtliches Layout: dieses Konzept macht Bautechnik zu einer der erfolgreichsten Fachzeitschriften für den Ingenieurbau – seit mehr als 90 Jahren
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Civil
Editor-in-chief Dr.-Ing. Dirk JessePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Civil and Structural Engineering ResearchEngineering36.1%
- Real estate and construction managementEngineering5.5%
- Engineering and Materials Science StudiesEngineering5.3%
- Structural Engineering and Materials AnalysisEngineering4.5%
- Physics and Engineering Research ArticlesEngineering4.4%
- Structural Analysis of Composite MaterialsEngineering3.9%
- Concrete Corrosion and DurabilityEngineering3.6%
- Structural Engineering and Vibration AnalysisEngineering3.1%
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 | 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 | 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 | Engineering, Civil | 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
EI CompendexPublisher 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
- 0.52LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 253OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 83LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 89Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 105,335Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,055 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 127 | 23 | 3 |
| 2025 | 172 | 72 | 93 |
| 2024 | 182 | 67 | 109 |
| 2023 | 182 | 97 | 169 |
| 2022 | 207 | 39 | 237 |
| 2021 | 229 | 34 | 399 |
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
48 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 15 days – 78 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (35 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 82 days
- Sample
- 35 articles with submission and acceptance dates (319 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 84%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 84%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 58 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 33 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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0932-8351
- Electronic ISSN
- 1437-0999
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 103, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bautechnik
What CAS zone is Bautechnik in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bautechnik is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Bautechnik?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.52; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 28.
How long does peer review take at Bautechnik?
Based on the dates recorded on 35 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 48 days (interquartile range 15–78 days); 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 84% (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 Bautechnik?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bautechnik is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Bautechnik open access, and what is the APC?
Bautechnik 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: .