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Sustainable Structures

Sustainable Development Press Limited · Hong Kong · Est. 2021

ISSN2789-3111eISSN2789-312X

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 13.1. 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

1.596

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

13.1

SNIPi

2.411

Total Worksi

100

Total Citationsi

1,608

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Sustainable Structures (SUST; Sustain. Struct.) is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of science and technology concerned with sustainable structures.With the development of the journal, the publication frequency of Sustainable Structures was two issues per year from 2021 to 2023, three times a year for 2024, and four issues per year from 2025. SUST has been accepted for ESCI (IF 9.0, 2025, Q1, Web of Science), Scopus (Citescore 12.5, 2025, Q1), DOAJ, SCImago (SJR 1.596, 2025, Q1), Crossref and so on. The scope of the journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research as well as the sustainable applications in the areas of structural engineering. Journal publications include mainly as following: Reviews, Research Papers, Technical notes, Meeting Reports, and Case Reports. With publication fees supported by Sustainable Development Press Limited (SDPL), SUST is an open access but free international journal focusing on the study of sustainable development structures. The purpose of the journal is to provide a platform for academic exchange, and to promote the research of green, low-carbon and sustainable development of structural engineering. PDF versions of all papers published in the journal could be downloaded freely from the journal website!

General Information

Country / RegionHong Kong

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

FrequencyFour issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications100

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sustainable Development Press Limited

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2789-3111 / 2789-312X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

498

2021

402

2022

147

2023

421

2024

226

2025

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.

Building and ConstructionQ1

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Construction & Building TechnologyGreen & Sustainable Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Building and ConstructionCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsStructural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteBamboo properties and applicationsStructural Load-Bearing AnalysisInnovations in Concrete and Construction MaterialsNatural Fiber Reinforced CompositesWood Treatment and PropertiesRecycled Aggregate Concrete PerformanceConcrete and Cement Materials ResearchMasonry and Concrete Structural Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Sustainable Structures

Is Sustainable Structures a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sustainable Structures: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Sustainable Structures?

Sustainable 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 13.1.

Is Sustainable Structures indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sustainable Structures is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.