Journal profile · Engineering-Engineering (all)

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review

ISSN 1791-9320 · eISSN 1791-2377 · Kavala Institute of Technology · Greece

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review: fully open access; no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 157 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ4General Engineering · rank 271/351 · 22nd percentile
Review timeabout 24 weeksCommunity average
APCNo APCFully open access
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year1572025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review is published by Kavala Institute of Technology. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Geomechanics and Mining Engineering, Rock Mechanics and Modeling and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis, together about 26.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review (JESTR) is a peer reviewed international journal publishing high quality articles dediicated to all aspects of engineering. The Journal considers only manuscripts that have not been published (or submitted simultaneously), at any language, elsewhere. Contributions are in English. The Journal is published by the Democritus University of Thrace, School of Science (Kavala Campus), located in Kavala, Greece. All articles published in JESTR are licensed under a CC BY-NC license. Copyright is by the publisher and the authors. The Journal is issued in electronic form (for free) as annual volume (free for the authors). The Journal accepts 9 types of articles defined as follows: Research Articles: A research article is a regular article which aims to present new findings. Letters to the Editor: A letter to the editor is a short article which aims to present new findings that require fast publication procedures. Notes: A note is an article (regular or short) which aims to present rather new findings. Comments: A comment is a short article that makes comments on another article already published by this Journal or replies to a comment. Review Articles: A review article is an article which aims to present comprehensively already existing findings. Lecture Notes: A lecture note is a short review article. Monographs: A monograph is a thesis of one or more authors on a unique subject; apart form the standard reviewing procedures, a monograph must be accepted from a committee of specialists appointed by the Editor. Innovations: An innovation is an article which aims to present new procedures or devices. Selected Conference articles: Upon an agreement with a conference committee, selected papers may be published by the Journal in a special section. In this case the editor will appoint in collaboration with the conference committee guest editors. Prof. Dimitrios Bandekas Editor-in-Chief

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Engineering (all)

Editor-in-chief Dimitrios V. BandekasPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, Spain 1, Greece 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·

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

  1. Geomechanics and Mining EngineeringEngineering11.1%
  2. Rock Mechanics and ModelingEngineering9.9%
  3. Geotechnical Engineering and AnalysisEngineering5.4%
  4. Chaos control and synchronizationPhysics and Astronomy4.9%
  5. Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering4.7%
  6. Geotechnical Engineering and Soil MechanicsEngineering4.6%
  7. Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science4.2%
  8. Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisEngineering4%

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)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
General EngineeringQ4271/35122nd

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
1.2LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.17LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.25LetPub ·
h-index
48OpenAlex ·
i10-index
305OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.7OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,262 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
2026103103809
20251571571,163
20241561561,312
20231551551,363
20221631631,255
20211561561,325

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 24 weeksLetPub ·
Peer review
Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub

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).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
LetPubNo APCNo—

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)

Article types accepted9
  1. commentsComments: A comment is a short article that makes comments on another article already published by this Journal or replies to a comment.Length not stated
  2. innovationsInnovations: An innovation is an article which aims to present new procedures or devices.Length not stated
  3. lecture notesLecture Notes: A lecture note is a short review article.Length not stated
  4. letters to the editorLetters to the Editor: A letter to the editor is a short article which aims to present new findings that require fast publication procedures.Length not stated
  5. monographsMonographs: A monograph is a thesis of one or more authors on a unique subject; apart form the standard reviewing procedures, a monograph must be accepted from …Length not stated
  6. notesNotes: A note is an article (regular or short) which aims to present rather new findings.Length not stated
  7. research articlesResearch Articles: A research article is a regular article which aims to present new findings.Length not stated
  8. review articlesReview Articles: A review article is an article which aims to present comprehensively already existing findings.Length not stated
  9. selected conference articlesSelected Conference articles: Upon an agreement with a conference committee, selected papers may be published by the Journal in a special section.Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
License & copyright

CC BY-NC license Model summary

All articles published in JESTR are licensed under a CC BY-NC license.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access Open Access Policy

Open Access Model summary

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review is an Open Access Journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her Institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. …

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review

single blind review process Model summary

JESTR operates a single blind review process.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Plagiarism Plagiarism Control

Utilization of specialized software ensures the originality and value of each published paper.

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
Kavala Institute of Technology
Country or region
Greece
Language
English
ISSN
1791-9320
Electronic ISSN
1791-2377
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review

How long does peer review take at Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review?

Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Science and Technology Review based?

Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), Spain (1) and Greece (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.

Which databases index Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review is indexed in Scopus.

Is Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review open access, and what is the APC?

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.

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: .