Journal profile · Engineering, Civil
Civil engineering
ISSN 0885-7024 · eISSN 2381-0688 · American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1983
Civil engineering: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 52 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Civil engineering is published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 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 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis, BIM and Construction Integration and Underground infrastructure and sustainability, together about 29.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Civil Engineering magazine is the flagship publication of ASCE. It has two arms: Civil Engineering Online, which publishes online-only news, features, and departments, and the 6 issue/year print magazine. The print articles are also published online as part of Civil Engineering Online. All of Civil Engineering magazine's articles are widely shared in ASCE’s news and information hub, the Civil Engineering Source.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Civil
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Structural Engineering and Vibration AnalysisEngineering14.9%
- BIM and Construction IntegrationEngineering7.7%
- Underground infrastructure and sustainabilityEngineering7.1%
- American Environmental and Regional HistoryEnvironmental Science6.3%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresEngineering6.1%
- Transport and Economic PoliciesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.5%
- Construction Engineering and SafetyEngineering4.7%
- Engineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentEngineering4.1%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 0LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.04LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 193OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,203 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 52 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 52 | 7 | 11 |
| 2023 | 51 | 8 | 4 |
| 2022 | 52 | 8 | 9 |
| 2021 | 64 | 8 | 33 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 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
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1983
- ISSN
- 0885-7024
- Electronic ISSN
- 2381-0688
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Civil engineering
What CAS zone is Civil engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Civil engineering is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Civil. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Civil engineering?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0; CiteScore 0, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Civil engineering?
Authors report an average review time of over 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 Civil engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Civil engineering is indexed in Scopus.
Is Civil engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Civil engineering 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, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .