Journal profile · ENGINEERING, CIVIL
Innovative Infrastructure Solutions
ISSN 2364-4176 · eISSN 2364-4184 · Springer Nature
Innovative Infrastructure Solutions: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 127 days to acceptance (120 articles, last 24 months); 606 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Innovative Infrastructure Solutions is published by Springer Nature 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 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials, Concrete and Cement Materials Research and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization, together about 34.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims: Innovative Infrastructure Solutions aims to publish innovative research in the area of sustainable infrastructure. Special emphasis is placed on promoting research that contributes to the advancement of infrastructure systems in developing countries to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The journal accepts Research papers, Technical notes, and Review articles, however there should be a clear and significant potential for practical applications. Practice-oriented papers and case studies are particularly welcomed. In selecting manuscripts for publication, the editors place emphasis on the quality and originality of the work. Scope: Innovative Infrastructure Solutions covers three major topics: Topic 1. Geotechnical, Geoenvironmental and Geosynthetics Engineering • Foundation systems, geotechnical earthquake engineering, geosynthetics and landfills • Soil and Rock mechanics, Mining, and Geological engineering • Computational mechanics and advanced numerical and analytical methods • Innovative soil models, mesoscale modelling, discrete element and boundary element modelling • Oil and gas, and petroleum geotechnical engineering • Geosciences, geomatics, geoinformatics, geophysics and global hazards Topic 2. Sustainable Civil Infrastructure
· Traffic, Transportation Engineering and Highway Geometric Design
· Advances in Airports and Highway Engineering
· Advances in Pavement Material Characterization, Modelling, and structure Design
· Nanotechnologies in Pavement and Transportation Engineering.
· Pavement Performance, Maintenance, and Management
· Railroad and Railway Engineering
· Machine Learning Applications in Highway and Transportation Engineering
· Climate change and its effects on Transportation Infrastructures.
· Survey Engineering
· Environmental Engineering
· Waste management and Remediation
· Dams Engineering, Canals and Levees, Irrigation and Water Sources and Structures, Ports, Offshore and Marine Technologies Topic 3. Sustainable Structures • Materials engineering, materials and resource conservation • Nanotechnologies, advances in composite materials, climate-friendly technologies • Damage mechanics, structural health monitoring, and sustainable construction technologies • Engineering structures, bridges engineering, tunnelling engineering • Advanced analysis for sustainable design, innovative seismic and dynamic analyses • Innovative technologies for severe weathers, and the mitigation and adaptation to climate change • Improvement, r
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, CIVIL
Editorial board by country: 14 in mainland China (about 9%); most named United States 34, Egypt 18, Mainland China 14, Italy 12, Canada 8 (148 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering14.4%
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering13.9%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationEngineering6.3%
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering6.1%
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete PerformanceEngineering5.3%
- Infrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringEngineering5.2%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresEngineering4.7%
- Asphalt Pavement Performance EvaluationEngineering4.6%
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 | Engineering, Civil | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 3 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic ScholarPublisher 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 (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 758OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 613LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 519,400Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,976 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 550 | 60 | 232 |
| 2025 | 606 | 117 | 2,081 |
| 2024 | 490 | 60 | 3,430 |
| 2023 | 305 | 31 | 2,865 |
| 2022 | 289 | 22 | 2,980 |
| 2021 | 326 | 21 | 4,924 |
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
127 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 86 days – 197 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (120 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 153 days
- Sample
- 120 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,270 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
- Submission to first decision
- 30 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,090 / EUR 2,490 / GBP 2,190 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted1
- editorialDouble-blind peer review This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout p…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative AI Images
LLMs do not satisfy authorship criteria; LLM use must be documented in the Methods section or a suitable alternative part. Model summary
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
Submission implies originality, not under consideration elsewhere, and approval by co-authors and responsible authorities. Model summary
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
Authors must disclose financial or non-financial competing interests related to the submitted work. Model summary
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Authors are encouraged to archive research data in data repositories. Model summary
Before submitting research datasets as Supplementary Information, authors should read the journal’s Research data policy. We encourage research data to be archived in data repositories wherever possible.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
The journal is a COPE member and follows COPE guidelines on misconduct. Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Permission from copyright owners is required for previously published figures, tables, or text passages, with evidence included at submission. Model summary
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Double-blind peer review
Double-blind peer review: authors remain anonymous to reviewers throughout peer review. Model summary
This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout peer review. It is the responsibility of the author to anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials. Author names, affiliations and any other potentially identifying information should be removed from the manuscript text and any accompanying files (such as …
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
- Springer Nature
- ISSN
- 2364-4176
- Electronic ISSN
- 2364-4184
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Innovative Infrastructure Solutions
What CAS zone is Innovative Infrastructure Solutions in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 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 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Innovative Infrastructure Solutions?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 50.
How long does peer review take at Innovative Infrastructure Solutions?
Based on the dates recorded on 120 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 127 days (interquartile range 86–197 days). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Innovative Infrastructure Solutions?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Innovative Infrastructure Solutions based?
Of the 148 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 14 (about 9%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (34), Egypt (18) and Mainland China (14). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Innovative Infrastructure Solutions?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Innovative Infrastructure Solutions open access, and what is the APC?
Innovative Infrastructure Solutions is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,090.
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: .