Civil and Structural Engineering · 311 journals indexed
Best journals for Civil and Structural Engineering
The top Civil and Structural Engineering journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from an17,538-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the free Journal Finder.
- 1Cement and Concrete Composites11.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Cement and Concrete Research10.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Construction and Building Materials7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5Engineering Geology7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6Computers and Geotechnics6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Thin-Walled Structures6.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 8Engineering Structures6.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 10Underground Space6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 11Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 12Results in Engineering6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Journal of Building Engineering5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14Advances in Engineering Software5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Structural Safety5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 17Acta Geotechnica4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Ain Shams Engineering Journal4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 19Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Journal of Sound and Vibration4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Case Studies in Construction Materials4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 22Geotextiles and Geomembranes4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 23Computers & Structures4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Higher Education PressScopus
- 25Journal of Zhejiang University. Science A4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
- 26Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 27Civil Engineering Journal4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Salehan Institute of Higher EducationOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 28Journal of Constructional Steel Research4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29Transportation Geotechnics4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 30Géotechnique3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · ICE PublishingScopusWeb of Science
- 31Structures3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 32Structural Control and Health Monitoring3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Structural Health Monitoring3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 34Journal of Composites for Construction3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society of Civil EngineersScopusWeb of Science
- 35Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 36Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37Journal of Central South University3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 40International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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