Journal profile · Engineering-Architecture
Civil Engineering and Architecture
ISSN 2332-1091 · eISSN 2332-1121 · Horizon Research Publishing
Civil Engineering and Architecture: fully open access; 294 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Civil Engineering and Architecture is published by Horizon Research Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architectural and Urban Studies, Concrete and Cement Materials Research and Architecture, Modernity, and Design, together about 19.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Civil Engineering and Architecture, owned and published by Horizon Research Publishing Co. Ltd, is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original and high-quality research papers in all areas of civil engineering and architecture. As an important academic exchange platform, scientists and researchers can know the most up-to-date academic trends and seek valuable primary sources for reference.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Architecture
Editor-in-chief Jorge M. TavaresPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 22, Australia 5, United Kingdom 4, United States 2, Türkiye 2 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architectural and Urban StudiesArts and Humanities6.8%
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering6.7%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering6.1%
- Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationEngineering6%
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering5.5%
- Materials Engineering and ProcessingEngineering5.4%
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering4.8%
- Seismic Performance and AnalysisEngineering4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Q2 | 75/210 | 64th |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | Q3 | 316/434 | 27th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 146OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.82OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,061 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 240 | 240 | 872 |
| 2025 | 294 | 294 | 1,342 |
| 2024 | 285 | 285 | 1,220 |
| 2023 | 299 | 299 | 971 |
| 2022 | 313 | 313 | 710 |
| 2021 | 245 | 245 | 537 |
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
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
HRPUB is committed to maintaining the highest quality original research materials. All manuscripts will be subjected to a rigorous peer-review. Any papers suspected of plagiarism, falsification and inauthentic authorship will not be published.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY or CC-BY-NC)
All articles published by HRPUB will be distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License(CC-BY or CC-BY-NC). So anyone is allowed to copy, distribute, and transmit the article on condition that the original article and source is correctly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access is the practice of providing unrestricted access to peer-reviewed academic journal articles via the internet. It is also increasingly being provided to scholarly monographs and book chapters. All original research papers published by HRPUB are available freely and permanently accessible online immediately after publication. Readers are free to copy and distribute the contribution under…
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
- Horizon Research Publishing
- ISSN
- 2332-1091
- Electronic ISSN
- 2332-1121
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Civil Engineering and Architecture
Where are the editorial board members of Civil Engineering and Architecture based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (22), Australia (5) and United Kingdom (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Civil Engineering and Architecture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Civil Engineering and Architecture is indexed in Scopus.
Is Civil Engineering and Architecture open access, and what is the APC?
Civil Engineering and Architecture is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .