Journal profile · ENGINEERING, CIVIL
Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran
ISSN 2676-6957 · eISSN 2476-3055 · Salehan Institute of Higher Education
Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.9 (journal website); fully open access; review about 92 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 26% (journal website); 285 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran is published by Salehan Institute of Higher Education and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Civil Engineering Journal (C.E.J) is an international, multidisciplinary, open-access journal committed to publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed research in all domains of civil engineering. Established in 2015 and published monthly by Salehan Institute of Higher Education, the journal serves as a prominent platform for the dissemination of innovative scientific findings, methodologies, and technological developments that contribute to the advancement of civil engineering as a discipline and profession. All submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to ensure the integrity, quality, and relevance of the published work.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, CIVIL
Editor-in-chief M. R. KavianpourPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 10%); most named United States 16, Italy 15, Mainland China 8, Iran 6, United Kingdom 5 (84 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences11.4%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences11.4%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering11.4%
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering8.3%
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering6.9%
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering4.6%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationEngineering4.6%
- Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisEngineering3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 4.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 901OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 282LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 7,900,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,776 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 217 | 217 | 20 |
| 2025 | 285 | 285 | 1,282 |
| 2024 | 254 | 254 | 2,533 |
| 2023 | 229 | 229 | 2,800 |
| 2022 | 196 | 196 | 3,022 |
| 2021 | 187 | 187 | 2,675 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 92 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Model summary
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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
- Salehan Institute of Higher Education
- ISSN
- 2676-6957
- Electronic ISSN
- 2476-3055
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran
What CAS zone is Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Engineering, Civil. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 7.3, h-index 55.
How long does peer review take at Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran?
The publisher reports about 92 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran based?
Of the 84 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 8 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (16), Italy (15) and Mainland China (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran open access, and what is the APC?
Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran 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, 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: .