Journal profile · Engineering-Engineering (all)
Journal of Engineering and Applied Science
ISSN 1110-1903 · eISSN 2536-9512 · Cairo University · United Kingdom
Journal of Engineering and Applied Science: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 104 days to acceptance (134 articles, last 24 months); 275 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Engineering and Applied Science is published by Cairo University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete, Innovative concrete reinforcement materials and Advanced Neural Network Applications, together about 19.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Engineering and Applied Science publishes fundamental and applied research articles and reviews spanning different areas of engineering disciplines, applications, and interdisciplinary topics. These include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Architectural Engineering: architectural studies, building science and technology, environmental design, energy efficiency and renewable energy in buildings and sites, urban design and community development, housing, urban planning and development. Chemical Engineering: chemical process systems engineering, separation operations, reaction kinetics and thermodynamics, and applications to organic, inorganic, and environmental technologies. Civil Engineering: numerical modelling of structures, seismic evaluation, experimental testing, construction and management, geotechnical engineering, water resources management, groundwater modelling, coastal zone modelling, offshore structures, water processes, desalination, waste-water treatment, pavement and maintenance, transport and traffic, laser scanning, and hydrographic surveying. Electrical Engineering: artificial and machine intelligence and robotics, automatic control, bioinformatics and biomedical engineering, communications, computer engineering and networks, systems security and data encryption, electric power engineering and drives, embedded systems, Internet of Things (IoT), microwaves and optics. Engineering Mathematics and Physics: computational and stochastic methods, optimization, nonlinear dynamics, modelling and simulation, computer science, solid state physics and electronics, computational electromagnetics, biophysics, atomic and molecular physics, thermodynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, wave mechanics, and solid mechanics. Mechanical Engineering: machine design, materials science, mechanics of materials, manufacturing engineering and technology, dynamics, robotics, control, industrial engineering, ergonomics, energy, combustion, heat transfer, fluids mechanics, thermodynamics, turbo machinery, aerospace research, aerodynamics, and propulsion. Mining, Petroleum and Metallurgy: mine/tunnel ventilation, ore dressing, powder technology, rock mechanics, geology and applied mineralogy, oil and gas formations, well drilling, production technologies, reservoir engineering, physical and extractive metallurgy and new and advanced materials. and topics related to sustainable development through engineering including policy formation, develo
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Engineering (all)
Editor-in-chief Sherif MouradPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 5%); most named Egypt 34, India 14, United States 13, United Kingdom 9, Mainland China 5 (102 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering8%
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering5.9%
- Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Science5.6%
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering5.4%
- Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisEngineering5.4%
- Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science5.2%
- Seismic Performance and AnalysisEngineering4.6%
- Advanced machining processes and optimizationEngineering4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Engineering | Q1 | 85/351 | 75th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 253OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.84OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 868,800Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,289 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 441 | 441 | 3,310 |
| 2025 | 275 | 275 | 2,761 |
| 2024 | 231 | 231 | 1,655 |
| 2023 | 158 | 158 | 681 |
| 2022 | 117 | 117 | 202 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 31 |
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
104 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 64 days – 194 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (134 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 126 days
- Sample
- 134 articles with submission and acceptance dates (688 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY, CC0, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted2
- researchResearchLength not stated
- reviewsReviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Journal of Engineering and Applied Science articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- Cairo University
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1110-1903
- Electronic ISSN
- 2536-9512
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Engineering and Applied Science
How long does peer review take at Journal of Engineering and Applied Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 134 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 104 days (interquartile range 64–194 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 weeks. 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 Journal of Engineering and Applied Science based?
Of the 102 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Egypt (34), India (14) and United States (13). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Engineering and Applied Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Engineering and Applied Science is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Engineering and Applied Science open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Engineering and Applied Science is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .