Heron

Technische Universiteit Delft/Delft University of Technology · Netherlands

ISSN1574-4078

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-01-24). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.152

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.273

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Heron publishes research related to Engineering and Materials Science. The scope of structures include bridges, high-rise buildings, highway pavements, housing, tunnels, and water containment structures.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Technische Universiteit Delft/Delft University of Technology

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1574-4078

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Building and ConstructionQ4

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ4

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Building and ConstructionMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Civil and Structural Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Heron

Is Heron a predatory journal?

Heron was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-01-24). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Heron?

Heron is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.152.

Is Heron indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Heron is indexed in Scopus.