Journal profile · CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY-ENGINEERING, CIVIL
Structural Concrete
ISSN 1464-4177 · eISSN 1751-7648 · Wiley-Blackwell · GERMANY
Structural Concrete: CAS Zone 3 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.36; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,820; median 181 days to acceptance (120 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 525 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Structural Concrete is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Behavior of Reinforced Concrete, Innovative concrete reinforcement materials and Concrete Corrosion and Durability, together about 45.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
STRUCTURAL CONCRETE, the official journal of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib – fédération internationale du béton), features peer-reviewed articles on the design, construction, assessment, maintenance, intervention, demolition and reuse of concrete structures. Also Short Project Notes on realized projects featuring innovative and original applications of concrete are published.Main Topics: structural behaviour of concrete structures material properties of concrete and reinforcements related to their mechanical behaviour or durability aspects low-carbon materials and green construction sustainability of concrete structures and life cycle management assessment, monitoring, maintenance, intervention, demolition and reuse of concrete structures realized projects featuring innovative and original applications of concrete with respect to aesthetics, design, execution or conservation analysis and design methods of concrete structures and finite-element (FE) modelling prefabrication, industrialisation of construction and 3D printing background information on the fib Model Code for Concrete Structures Authors can choose to publish their articles Open Access in Structural Concrete. Your APC (article processing charge) may be covered by your institution. Please click here for more information.Every issue also includes “fib-news” which provides up-to-date information about fib events, members and publications. – Publisher: fib - International Federation for Structural Concrete ISSN: 1464-4177 (print). 1751-7648 (online).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY-ENGINEERING, CIVIL
Editor-in-chief Luc TaerwePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 24 in mainland China (about 20%); most named Mainland China 24, Italy 13, Spain 10, Belgium 8, Australia 7 (123 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering20.7%
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering14.5%
- Concrete Corrosion and DurabilityEngineering10.5%
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering8%
- Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisEngineering7.6%
- Structural Response to Dynamic LoadsEngineering5.3%
- Concrete Properties and BehaviorEngineering4.1%
- Fire effects on concrete materialsEngineering3.2%
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 |
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 |
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 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 CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, 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
- 3.36LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,432OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 488LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 494Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 369,399Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,110 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 361 | 137 | 100 |
| 2025 | 525 | 231 | 1,154 |
| 2024 | 433 | 204 | 2,692 |
| 2023 | 343 | 166 | 3,549 |
| 2022 | 375 | 123 | 4,681 |
| 2021 | 283 | 91 | 4,234 |
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
181 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 111 days – 254 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (121 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 195 days
- Sample
- 120 articles with submission and acceptance dates (988 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 173 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,820 / EUR 3,450 / GBP 2,980 | — | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted2
- editorialArticle: The length of an Article is strictly limited to 6,000 words, excluding notation, tables and figures. Papers should be accompanied by a synopsis of abou…Length not stated
- reviewArticle: The length of an Article is strictly limited to 6,000 words, excluding notation, tables and figures. Papers should be accompanied by a synopsis of abou…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria. For further information, please reference the COPE authorship discussion document.Corresponding authors must use an official email address such as an institutional or company email (public ema…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Availability
Please review Wiley's policy here. This journal expects data sharing. The journal expects authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1464-4177
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-7648
- Society / sponsor
- International Federation for Structural Concrete
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 27, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Structural Concrete
What CAS zone is Structural Concrete in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Structural Concrete is in Zone 3 of Engineering, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Construction & Building Technology / Engineering, Civil. 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 Structural Concrete?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.36; CiteScore 6.6, h-index 80.
How long does peer review take at Structural Concrete?
Based on the dates recorded on 120 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 181 days (interquartile range 111–254 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28% (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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Structural Concrete?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Structural Concrete based?
Of the 123 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 24 (about 20%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (24), Italy (13) and Spain (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Structural Concrete?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Structural Concrete is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Structural Concrete open access, and what is the APC?
Structural Concrete is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,820.
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: .