Journal profile · Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Road Materials and Pavement Design
ISSN 1468-0629 · eISSN 2164-7402 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · FRANCE · Quarterly
Road Materials and Pavement Design: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.55; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 214 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 246 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Road Materials and Pavement Design is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, together about 61.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The international journal Road Materials and Pavement Design welcomes contributions on mechanical, thermal, chemical and/or physical properties and characteristics of bitumens, additives, bituminous mixes, asphalt concrete, cement concrete, unbound granular materials, soils, geo-composites, new and innovative materials, as well as mix design, soil stabilization, and environmental aspects of handling and re-use of road materials. The Journal also intends to offer a platform for the publication of research of immediate interest regarding design and modeling of pavement behavior and performance, structural evaluation, stress, strain and thermal characterization and/or calculation, vehicle/road interaction, climatic effects and numerical and analytical modeling. The different layers of the road, including the soil, are considered. Emerging topics, such as new sensing methods, machine learning, smart materials and smart city pavement infrastructure are also encouraged. Contributions in the areas of airfield pavements and rail track infrastructures as well as new emerging modes of surface transportation are also welcome.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Jo SiasPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 7%); most named United States 11, United Kingdom 4, France 4, Italy 4, Mainland China 3 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Asphalt Pavement Performance EvaluationEngineering31.3%
- Infrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringEngineering23.4%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresEngineering7.3%
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering6%
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering4.3%
- Transport Systems and TechnologyEngineering3.4%
- Smart Materials for ConstructionEnvironmental Science3.1%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationEngineering2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Transport Research International Documentation (TRID)Publisher 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
- Impact factor
- 3.55LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.88Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.27LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.27Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,724OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 243LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 204,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,214 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 155 | 19 | 36 |
| 2025 | 246 | 48 | 869 |
| 2024 | 154 | 25 | 1,055 |
| 2023 | 191 | 40 | 2,122 |
| 2022 | 118 | 19 | 1,631 |
| 2021 | 178 | 33 | 3,428 |
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
214 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 148 days – 295 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 234 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (449 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 109 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Road Materials and Pavement Design is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discover…
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1468-0629
- Electronic ISSN
- 2164-7402
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 27, Issue 7 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Road Materials and Pavement Design
What CAS zone is Road Materials and Pavement Design in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Road Materials and Pavement Design is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Construction & Building Technology / Engineering, Civil / Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Road Materials and Pavement Design?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.55; CiteScore 8.3, h-index 91.
How long does peer review take at Road Materials and Pavement Design?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 214 days (interquartile range 148–295 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Road Materials and Pavement Design in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Engineering.
Where are the editorial board members of Road Materials and Pavement Design based?
Of the 44 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (11), United Kingdom (4) and France (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Road Materials and Pavement Design?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Road Materials and Pavement Design is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Road Materials and Pavement Design open access, and what is the APC?
Road Materials and Pavement Design is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .