Journal profile · Engineering, Civil
Stahlbau
ISSN 0038-9145 · eISSN 1437-1049 · Wiley-Blackwell · GERMANY · Monthly
Stahlbau: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.51; subscription journal; median 36 days to acceptance (37 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 167 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Stahlbau is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Civil and Structural Engineering Research, Engineering and Materials Science Studies and Structural Engineering and Materials Analysis, together about 57.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
In der Zeitschrift Stahlbau wird mit ca. 100 Fachaufsätzen und Projektberichten pro Jahr das gesamte Spektrum des Stahlbaus zusammengefasst. Die neuesten Erkenntnisse aus der Forschung und anwendungsorientierte Beiträge aus der Praxis sind Arbeitshilfen für die täglichen Aufgabenstellungen des Ingenieurs, zusammengefasst in 12 Ausgaben pro Jahr.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Civil
Editor-in-chief Bernhard HaukePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Civil and Structural Engineering ResearchEngineering36.8%
- Engineering and Materials Science StudiesEngineering12.7%
- Structural Engineering and Materials AnalysisEngineering8%
- Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisEngineering7.3%
- Structural Analysis of Composite MaterialsEngineering6.4%
- Renewable Energy and SustainabilityEnergy4.5%
- Structural Engineering and Vibration AnalysisEngineering4.4%
- Concrete Corrosion and DurabilityEngineering3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 0.51LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 310OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 80LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 86Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 99,787Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,908 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 141 | 41 | 7 |
| 2025 | 167 | 67 | 52 |
| 2024 | 169 | 63 | 108 |
| 2023 | 180 | 102 | 125 |
| 2022 | 165 | 33 | 129 |
| 2021 | 195 | 35 | 199 |
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
36 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 25 days – 58 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 39 days (38 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 81 days
- Sample
- 37 articles with submission and acceptance dates (317 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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 62%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 62%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 37 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
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0038-9145
- Electronic ISSN
- 1437-1049
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 95, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Stahlbau
What CAS zone is Stahlbau in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Stahlbau is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Construction & Building Technology / Engineering, Civil. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Stahlbau?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.51; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at Stahlbau?
Based on the dates recorded on 37 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 36 days (interquartile range 25–58 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 62% (2025). 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 Stahlbau?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Stahlbau is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex and INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Stahlbau open access, and what is the APC?
Stahlbau 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .