Journal of Structural Engineering

Journal of Structural Engineering is published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and is in Zone 3 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Structural Load-Bearing Analysis, Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete and Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis, together about 39.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

One of the oldest and most respected periodicals in the field, the Journal of Structural Engineering has a history of reporting on fundamental knowledge that advances the state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice in structural engineering. Authors discuss the art and science of structural modeling and design; develop, apply and interpret the results of novel analytical, computational and experimental simulation techniques; propose new structural systems and study the merits of existing ones; pioneer methods for maintenance, rehabilitation and monitoring of existing structures; and investigate the properties of engineering materials as related to structural behavior. Papers making a fundamental contribution in the field of structural engineering at the intersection of structural engineering and other disciplines are welcome. ASCE strives to advance research across civil engineering and related disciplines that will help inform, develop, and inspire sustainable action. We therefore encourage authors to categorize their research using at least one of the Sustainable Development Goals identified by the United Nations.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY-ENGINEERING, CIVIL

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

3.69LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

7.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

1.21LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.62LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

117LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

221OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

6,643OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

4.1OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

4.15%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

280LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

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.

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The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

ISSN

0733-9445

Electronic ISSN

1943-541X

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗LetPub