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Best Civil and Structural Engineering journals

415 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Civil and Structural Engineering. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Automation in Construction 22.7 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Sustainable Cities and Society 22.3 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Water Research 21.6 99th Q1 SCIE No
4 Energy and Built Environment 20.1 99th Q1 ESCI Yes
5 Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering 18.3 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 17.6 98th Q1 SCIE No
7 Energy 17.1 98th Q1 SCIE No
8 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 16.1 98th Q1 SCIE No
9 Underground Space (new) 15.8 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 15.4 97th Q1 SCIE A* No
11 Journal of Road Engineering 15.4 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
12 Energy Reports 15.3 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 Building and Environment 15 97th Q1 SCIE No
14 Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 14.7 96th Q1 SCIE No
15 Composite Structures 14.6 96th Q1 SCIE No
16 Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 14.4 96th Q1 ESCI C No
17 Construction and Building Materials 14.2 96th Q1 SCIE No
18 Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 14 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
19 Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 13.6 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
20 Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition) 13.6 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
21 Energy and Buildings 13.1 95th Q1 SCIE No
22 Journal of Building Engineering 13.1 95th Q1 SCIE No
23 Sustainable Structures 12.5 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
24 Structural Safety 12.4 94th Q1 SCIE No
25 Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 12.1 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
26 Engineering Structures 12 94th Q1 SCIE No
27 Thin-Walled Structures 12 93th Q1 SCIE No
28 Developments in the Built Environment 11.9 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
29 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 11.6 93th Q1 SCIE No
30 International Journal of Impact Engineering 11.4 93th Q1 SCIE No
31 Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal 11.2 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
32 Georisk 11.1 92th Q1 SCIE No
33 Rock Mechanics Bulletin 10.9 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
34 Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 10.7 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
35 Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 10.7 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
36 Construction Innovation 10.7 91th Q1 ESCI B No
37 Journal of Intelligent Construction 10.7 91th Q1 Yes
38 Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 10.4 91th Q1 SCIE No
39 Structural Control and Health Monitoring 10.3 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
40 Transportation 10.2 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
41 Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences 10.2 90th Q1 Yes
42 International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials 10.1 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
43 Transportation Science 10 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
44 Geotextiles and Geomembranes 9.8 89th Q1 SCIE No
45 International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 9.7 89th Q1 SSCI B No
46 Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics 9.7 89th Q1 SCIE No
47 International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology 9.7 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
48 Resilient Cities and Structures 9.7 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
49 Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing 9.4 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
50 Transportation Geotechnics 9.3 88th Q1 SCIE No
51 Water Resources Management 9.3 88th Q1 SCIE No
52 Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 9 88th Q1 No
53 Building Research and Information 8.9 87th Q1 SCIE A No
54 Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities 8.9 87th Q1 Yes
55 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 8.8 87th Q1 SCIE No
56 Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence and Resilience 8.8 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
57 Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 8.8 86th Q1 SCIE No
58 Structure and Infrastructure Engineering 8.7 86th Q1 SCIE No
59 Water Science and Engineering 8.7 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
60 Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 8.6 86th Q1 SCIE No
61 International Journal of Pavement Engineering 8.5 86th Q1 SCIE No
62 Road Materials and Pavement Design 8.3 85th Q1 SCIE No
63 Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 8.2 85th Q1 SCIE A* No
64 Journal of Composites for Construction 8.1 85th Q1 SCIE No
65 Journal of Constructional Steel Research 8.1 85th Q1 SCIE No
66 Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering 8 84th Q1 SCIE No
67 Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring 8 84th Q1 SCIE No
68 Transportation Engineering 7.9 84th Q1 Yes
69 Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 7.6 84th Q1 SSCI A No
70 Computers and Structures 7.5 83th Q1 SCIE No
71 Journal of Earthquake Engineering 7.5 83th Q1 SCIE No
72 Journal of Structural Engineering 7.5 83th Q1 SCIE No
73 Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines 7.5 83th Q1 SCIE No
74 Civil Engineering Journal (Iran) 7.3 83th Q1 ESCI No
75 Fibers 7.3 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
76 Journal of Bridge Engineering 7.2 82th Q1 SCIE No
77 Structures 7.1 82th Q1 SCIE No
78 Journal of Information Technology in Construction 7 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
79 International Journal of Structural Integrity 7 81th Q1 ESCI No
80 European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering 6.9 81th Q1 SCIE No
81 Geosynthetics International 6.9 81th Q1 SCIE No
82 International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation 6.9 81th Q1 ESCI No
83 Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control 6.8 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
84 Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure 6.8 80th Q1 ESCI No
85 International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology 6.7 80th Q1 ESCI No
86 Steel and Composite Structures 6.7 80th Q1 SCIE No
87 Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 6.7 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
88 Structural Concrete 6.6 79th Q1 SCIE No
89 Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 6.6 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
90 AI in Civil Engineering 6.5 79th Q1 Yes
91 International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics 6.5 79th Q1 SCIE No
92 Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE No
93 Soils and Foundations 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
94 International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 6.4 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
95 Journal of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering 6.3 78th Q1 Yes
96 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research 6.2 77th Q1 SCIE No
97 Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions 6.2 77th Q1 SCIE No
98 Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering 6.2 77th Q1 SCIE No
99 Smart Materials and Structures 6.1 77th Q1 SCIE No
100 Journal of Ecohydraulics 6 77th Q1 ESCI No

Rank and percentile are within the Civil and Structural Engineering Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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