Journal profile · Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology

ISSN 1346-8014 · eISSN 1347-3913 · Japan Concrete Institute · JAPAN · Tri-annual

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Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.06; fully open access; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 44 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Impact factor2.06Latest value listed by LetPub

CAS zoneZone 4 · Engineering2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 3 · Engineering

Review timeabout 3 monthsCommunity average

APC—No source gives fee information

AcceptanceEasyCommunity average

Articles per year442025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology is published by Japan Concrete Institute 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 Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Innovative concrete reinforcement materials and Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete, together about 44% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology (JACT) is a platinum open access international journal* for publishing high quality articles on concrete materials, concrete structures and other related subjects toward the advancement of concrete engineering field. All articles in JACT are free to access and download. Also, there are no charges for submitting and publishing the articles. The topics include the followings: Materials: Material properties of concrete, Fresh concrete, Hardened concrete, High performance concrete, New materials, Fiber reinforcement. Structures: Design and construction of RC and PC Structures, Seismic design, Safety against environmental disasters, Failure mechanism and non-linear analysis/modeling, Composite and mixed structures Maintenance and Rehabilitation: Durability and repair, Strengthening/Rehabilitation, LCC for concrete structures, Environment conscious materials. Others: Monitoring, Aesthetics of concrete structures, Other concrete related topics. * JCI publish the accepted articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering19.2%
Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering13.6%
Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering11.1%
Concrete Corrosion and DurabilityEngineering9.9%
Concrete Properties and BehaviorEngineering9.1%
Structural Response to Dynamic LoadsEngineering4.2%
Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisEngineering3.3%
Innovations in Concrete and Construction MaterialsEngineering3.3%

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	Construction & Building Technology	Zone 4
Minor	Engineering, Civil	Zone 4
Minor	Materials Science, Multidisciplinary	Zone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3

Level	Category	Zone
Major	Engineering	Zone 3
Minor	Construction & Building Technology	Zone 3
Minor	Engineering, Civil	Zone 4
Minor	Materials Science, Multidisciplinary	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	Construction & Building Technology	Zone 4
Minor	Engineering, Civil	Zone 4
Minor	Materials Science, Multidisciplinary	Zone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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: 2.06LetPub · 2026-09-13
Impact factor (publisher) 2025: 2.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29
CiteScore 2026-06: 3.7LetPub · 2026-09-13
SJR 2026-06: 0.77LetPub · 2026-09-13
SNIP 2026-06: 0.79LetPub · 2026-09-13
h-index: 40LetPub · 2026-09-13
h-index: 78OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
i10-index: 637OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
2-year mean citedness: 2.81OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
Self-citation rate: 13.6%LetPub · 2026-09-13
Share of gold OA articles: 96.45%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year: 44LetPub · 2026-09-13
Articles per year (publisher): 2,026Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,111 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	46	46	19
2025	44	44	107
2024	58	58	290
2023	69	69	547
2022	53	53	437
2021	94	94	1,093

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): about 3 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13
Average acceptance (community reports): EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher: Japan Concrete Institute
Country or region: JAPAN
Language: English
Frequency: Tri-annual
ISSN: 1346-8014
Electronic ISSN: 1347-3913
Official links: Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
Submission system ↗LetPub
Special issues ↗Publisher website

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology

What CAS zone is Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Construction & Building Technology / Engineering, Civil / Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. 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 Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology?

The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.06; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 78.

How long does peer review take at Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology?

Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; 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 Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Is Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology open access, and what is the APC?

Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: 2026-10-01.