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Open Civil Engineering Journal

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 1999

ISSN1874-1495
SJR Q4Scopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2017-03-23). 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.233
H-Indexi
27
SNIPi
0.502
Total Worksi
849
Total Citationsi
4,526
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.08
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Aims & Scope

The Open Civil Engineering Journal is an open-access journal that publishes research, reviews/mini-reviews, letter articles, and guest-edited single-topic issues in all areas of civil engineering. The Open Civil Engineering Journal , a peer-reviewed journal, is an important and reliable source of current information on developments in civil engineering. The topics covered in the journal include (but are not limited to) planning, design, construction, and maintenance of concrete structures and construction materials. Other areas include structural mechanics, soil mechanics, foundation engineering, offshore geotechnics, water resources, their use and control, hydraulics, horology, coastal engineering, river engineering, transportation engineering, municipal engineering, ocean modeling, fluid-solid-structure interactions, offshore engineering, earthquake engineering, marine structures, constructional management, IoT applied to continuous monitoring and SHM, extreme events analysis, Machine learning routines, Digital Twins and BIM for maintenance and repair and other civil engineering relevant areas. The journal is essential reading for researchers, engineers, and academic and industry professionals. The Open Civil Engineering Journal is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering all aspects of civil engineering published continuously by Bentham Open.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1999
Frequencycontinuous
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications849
Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers
OA Since2018
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Bentham Science Publishers
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1874-1495
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

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
30
233
2019
34
261
2020
38
278
2021
39
138
2022
29
76
2023
53
117
2024
17
9
2025
15
0
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 EngineeringQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Civil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteStructural Load-Bearing AnalysisGeotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresInnovative concrete reinforcement materialsSeismic Performance and AnalysisStructural Engineering and Vibration AnalysisGeotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationConcrete and Cement Materials ResearchMasonry and Concrete Structural AnalysisStructural Response to Dynamic Loads

Frequently asked questions about Open Civil Engineering Journal

Is Open Civil Engineering Journal a predatory journal?

Open Civil Engineering Journal was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-03-23). 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 Open Civil Engineering Journal?

Open Civil Engineering Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.233.

Is Open Civil Engineering Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Open Civil Engineering Journal is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Open Civil Engineering Journal?

The Open Civil Engineering Journal is an open-access journal that publishes research, reviews/mini-reviews, letter articles, and guest-edited single-topic issues in all areas of civil engineering. The Open Civil Engineering Journal , a peer-reviewed journal, is an important and reliable source of current information on developments in civil engineering. The topics covered in the journal include (but are not limited to) planning, design, construction, and maintenance of concrete structures and construction materials. Other areas include structural mechanics, soil mechanics, foundation engineeri

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref