Journal profile · Engineering-Architecture
Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences
ISSN 2303-4521 · International University of Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences: fully open access; no APC; review about 7 weeks (community reports); 193 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences is published by International University of Sarajevo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete, Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications and Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption, together about 20.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences (ISSN: 2303-4521) is an international open access single-blind review journal published online. Indexed: Scopus, Google Scholar... Digital Object Identifier DOI: 10.21533/pen NOTES*The status of an uploaded article can be one of the following:Unassigned - awaiting assignment to an Editor.Archived - no longer "active", rejected as unsuitable and archived without peer review.In Review - under peer review and awaiting comments before a decision can be made.In Editing - only for accepted papers. **If your published paper is not listed in Scopus within six weeks of the publication date, you may request its addition by completing the Scopus web form, and selecting the option "Add Missing Document".
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Architecture
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering8.7%
- Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsMathematics6.1%
- Chaos-based Image/Signal EncryptionComputer Science5.5%
- Data Mining and Machine Learning ApplicationsComputer Science5.3%
- Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchComputer Science5.2%
- Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareHealth Professions5.2%
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering4.9%
- Construction Project Management and PerformanceDecision Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Q1 | 47/210 | 77th |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 106/283 | 62nd |
| Education | Q2 | 675/1698 | 60th |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Q2 | 200/425 | 53rd |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Q2 | 503/1030 | 51st |
| General Computer Science | Q3 | 130/241 | 46th |
| Biomedical Engineering | Q3 | 221/342 | 35th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google ScholarPublisher website
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
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 219OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.94OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,044 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 34 | 764 |
| 2025 | 193 | 193 | 1,216 |
| 2024 | 53 | 53 | 1,460 |
| 2023 | 190 | 190 | 1,518 |
| 2022 | 213 | 213 | 1,213 |
| 2021 | 443 | 443 | 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 7 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Blind 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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- IEEE
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Authorship Author contribution (11 pt, Sentence case) (optional)
Each author’s name must appear in this statement (a name can appear multiple times).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest (11 pt, Sentence case)
If any of the authors has any financial and non-financial competing interest, they must be declared in this section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright: authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication. Model summary
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.This journal permits and encourages authors to archive Pre-print and Post-print items submitted to the journal in per…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Desk rejection possible if minimum quality standards are not met. Model summary
An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Pre-print and post-print archiving permitted without embargo. Model summary
This journal permits and encourages authors to archive Pre-print and Post-print items submitted to the journal in personal websites or institutional repositories per author's choice, while providing bibliographic details that credit its submission/publication in this journal. This includes archiving of submitted version, accepted version or published version without any embargo.
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
- International University of Sarajevo
- Country or region
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2303-4521
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences
How long does peer review take at Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences?
Authors report an average review time of about 7 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.
Which databases index Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences is indexed in Scopus.
Is Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences 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: .