Journal profile · LAW
Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction
ISSN 1943-4162 · eISSN 1943-4170 · ASCE
Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 108 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); 152 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction is published by ASCE and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Construction Project Management and Performance, Dispute Resolution and Class Actions and BIM and Construction Integration, together about 47.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Construction Project Management and PerformanceDecision Sciences27%
- Dispute Resolution and Class ActionsBusiness, Management and Accounting11.1%
- BIM and Construction IntegrationEngineering9.1%
- Public-Private Partnership ProjectsBusiness, Management and Accounting8.3%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences7.9%
- International Arbitration and Investment LawBusiness, Management and Accounting5.3%
- Value Engineering and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
- Conflict Management and NegotiationSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q1 | 229/1162 | 80th |
| Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | Q2 | 107/282 | 62nd |
| Engineering (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 141/300 | 53rd |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | Q3 | 224/434 | 48th |
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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 279OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 30%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 103LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,084 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 124 | 20 | 1,377 |
| 2025 | 152 | 11 | 1,413 |
| 2024 | 62 | 7 | 1,175 |
| 2023 | 92 | 8 | 1,120 |
| 2022 | 91 | 9 | 1,157 |
| 2021 | 75 | 10 | 863 |
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
108 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 80 days – 149 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 136 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 251 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (278 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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- ASCE
- ISSN
- 1943-4162
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-4170
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction
What CAS zone is Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 108 days (interquartile range 80–149 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.
Which databases index Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .