Best open-access journals for Civil and Structural Engineering

1. 1
   Underground Space

   6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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2. 2
   Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

   6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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3. 3
   Results in Engineering

   6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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4. 4
   Ain Shams Engineering Journal

   4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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5. 5
   Case Studies in Construction Materials

   4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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6. 6
   Civil Engineering Journal

   4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Salehan Institute of Higher Education

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7. 7
   Structural Control and Health Monitoring

   3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley

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8. 8
   International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials

   3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature

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9. 9
   Journal of low frequency noise, vibration and active control

   3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE Publishing

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10. 10
    Fibers

    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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11. 11
    Buildings

    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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12. 12
    SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS

    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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13. 13
    Frontiers in Built Environment

    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media

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14. 14
    Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology

    2.1 cites/paper · Q1

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15. 15
    Cogent Engineering

    4.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Cogent OA

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16. 16
    Journal of Hydroinformatics

    3.7 cites/paper · Q2 · IWA Publishing

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17. 17
    Frontiers in Materials

    3.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers Media

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18. 18
    Discover Applied Sciences

    3.2 cites/paper · Q2

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19. 19
    Applied Sciences

    2.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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20. 20
    Infrastructures

    2.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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21. 21
    KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media

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22. 22
    Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

    2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis

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23. 23
    Engineering Technology & Applied Science Research

    2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research

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24. 24
    Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

    1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation

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25. 25
    Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering

    1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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26. 26
    Advances in Civil Engineering

    1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation

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27. 27
    Materiales de Construcción

    1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Spanish National Research Council

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28. 28
    Budownictwo i Architektura

    0.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Lublin University of Technology

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29. 29
    Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences

    0.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV

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30. 30
    Civil Engineering and Architecture

    0.6 cites/paper · Q2

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31. 31
    Open Engineering

    2.1 cites/paper · Q3 · De Gruyter

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32. 32
    Engineering Journal

    1.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Chulalongkorn University

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33. 33
    Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)

    1.5 cites/paper · Q3 · Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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34. 34
    Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

    1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering

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35. 35
    Shock and Vibration

    1.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation

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36. 36
    Istrazivanja i projektovanja za privredu

    0.9 cites/paper · Q3 · Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak

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37. 37
    Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures

    0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

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38. 38
    Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences

    0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · University of Tikrit

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39. 39
    Scientia Iranica

    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · Sharif University of Technology

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40. 40
    Nigerian Journal of Technology

    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · University of Nigeria

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