Civil and Structural Engineering · 107 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Civil and Structural Engineering
The top Civil and Structural Engineering journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-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 Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 2Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 5Civil Engineering Journal4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Salehan Institute of Higher EducationOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 6Case Studies in Construction Materials4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 7International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Structural Control and Health Monitoring4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Fibers3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Journal of low frequency noise, vibration and active control3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 11Buildings3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 13Frontiers in Built Environment2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16Journal of Hydroinformatics4.3 cites/paper · Q2 · IWA PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Frontiers in Materials3.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19Applied Sciences3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Infrastructures3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Journal of Engineering and Applied Science3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 22KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering3.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 23Eng—Advances in Engineering2.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 24Journal of Civil Engineering and Management2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 25Engineering Technology & Applied Science Research2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Engineering, Technology & Applied Science ResearchOpen AccessScopus
- 26Advances in Materials Science and Engineering2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 27Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 28Advances in Civil Engineering1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 29Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 30Materiales de Construcción1.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Spanish National Research CouncilOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 31Budownictwo i Architektura1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Lublin University of TechnologyOpen AccessDOAJScopus
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- 35Matéria (Rio de Janeiro)1.6 cites/paper · Q3 · Federal University of Rio de JaneiroOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 36Shock and Vibration1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Hindawi Publishing CorporationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 37Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · New Zealand Society for Earthquake EngineeringOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 38Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and EngineeringOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 39Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · University of TikritOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 40Istrazivanja i projektovanja za privredu1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Faculty of Agronomy in ČačakOpen AccessScopus
“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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