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Computers and Structures

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0045-7949eISSN1879-2243

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.243

H-Indexi

199

SNIPi

1.696

Total Worksi

13,188

Total Citationsi

363,605

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Computers & Structures publishes advances in the development and use of computational methods for the solution of problems in engineering and the sciences. The journal aims to foster the development of research in mechanics, structural engineering, stress (mechanics), the finite element method, and parametric statistics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyEighteen No. A Year, <Nov. 2004->

StatusActive

Total Publications13,188

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0045-7949 / 1879-2243

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

135

4.1k

2019

163

4.7k

2020

167

3.4k

2021

125

2.2k

2022

186

2023

254

2.6k

2024

340

1.5k

2025

237

108

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Mechanical EngineeringQ1

Modeling and SimulationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsEngineering, Civil

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Modeling and SimulationMechanical EngineeringCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Composite Structure Analysis and OptimizationStructural Load-Bearing AnalysisStructural Analysis and OptimizationStructural Health Monitoring TechniquesNumerical methods in engineering

Frequently asked questions about Computers and Structures

Is Computers and Structures a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Computers and Structures: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Computers and Structures?

Computers and Structures is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.22.

Is Computers and Structures indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Computers and Structures is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.