Top 10 Civil and Structural Engineering Journals In The World 2026

1. Water Research

Water Research has an open access companion journal Water Research X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. Water Research publishes refereed, original research papers on all aspects of the science and technology of the anthropogenic water cycle, water quality, and its management worldwide. A broad outline of the journal's scope includes: •Treatment processes for water and wastewaters (municipal, agricultural, industrial, and on-site treatment), including resource recovery and residuals management; •Urban hydrology including sewer systems, stormwater management, and green more...

2. Energy and Built Environment

Energy and Built Environment (EBE) is an international journal that disseminates original research articles on energy harvesting and utilization in the built environment. The aim is to present new research results that are focused on promoting energy efficiency, clean energy utilization, and environment quality in the built environment, which constitutes buildings and transportation. We encourage submissions in the following areas Energy conservation and balances in built environment Energy storage technologies and their applications to the built environment The application and integration of more...

3. Transportation Research Part B Methodological

Transportation Research: Part B publishes papers on all methodological aspects of the subject, particularly those that require mathematical analysis. The general theme of the journal is the development and solution of problems that are adequately motivated to deal with important aspects of the design and/or analysis of transportation systems. Areas covered include: traffic flow; design and analysis of transportation networks; control and scheduling; optimization; queuing theory; logistics; supply chains; development and application of statistical, econometric and mathematical models to address transportation problems; cost models; more...

4. Underground Space

Underground Space is an open access international journal without article processing charges (APC) committed to serving as a scientific forum for researchers and practitioners in the field of underground engineering. The journal welcomes manuscripts that deal with original theories, methods, technologies, and important applications throughout the life-cycle of underground projects, including planning, design, operation and maintenance, disaster prevention, and demolition. The journal is particularly interested in manuscripts related to the latest development of smart underground engineering from the perspectives of more...

5. Water Science and Engineering

Water Science and Engineering is an international, peer-reviewed research publication covering new concepts, theories, methods, and techniques related to water issues. The journal aims to publish research that helps advance the theoretical and practical understanding of water resources, aquatic environment, aquatic ecology, and water engineering, with emphases placed on the innovation and applicability of science and technology in large-scale hydropower project construction, large river and lake regulation, inter-basin water transfer, hydroelectric energy development, ecological restoration, the development of new materials, and more...

6. Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Founded in 2002 and publishing quarterly as of 2007, Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration is an international journal sponsored by the Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM), China Earthquake Administration, co-sponsored by the Huixian Earthquake Engineering Foundation (China), the US-China Earthquake Engineering Foundation (USA) and the Chinese Association of Earthquake Engineering. It promotes scientific exchange between Chinese and foreign scientists and engineers, to improve the theory and practice of earthquake hazards mitigation, preparedness, and recovery. more...

7. Yantu Lixue, Rock and Soil Mechanics

Rock and Soil Mechanics(Monthly) is an academic journal about rock & soil mechanics and geotechnicalengineering, started in 1979. It is sponsored by Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its ISSN is 1000-7598. Rock and Soil Mechanics is edited and published by Editorial Office of Rock and Soil Mechanics. It is indexed by The Engineering Index (EI Compendex) ,Scopus and Emerging Source Citation Index(ESCI), CA, JST, DOAJ. Chinese Science Citation Database(CSCD) , and Chinese Scientific and Technical Papers and Citations Database(CSTPCD). Its full texts are included by some databases such as  China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),etc. In addition, it has been a core mechanics and building sciences journal in A Guide to the more...

8. Journal of The Institution of Engineers India Series A

Series-A publishes research findings and opinions of various scientists and engineers related to the field of Civil, Architectural, Environmental and Agricultural. It covers different kinds of technological researches on the latest developmental domain of highly specialized fields like, earthquake engineering, geo-technical engineering, ocean engineering, structural engineering, traffic & highway engineering, industrial waste treatment, climate change, environmental pollutions, irrigation, water management, soil conservation practices, farm power & machineries, dairy & food engineering, post-harvest technology, and so on. It also serves the more...

9. Advanced Steel Construction

The International Journal of Advanced Steel Construction provides a platform for the publication and rapid dissemination of original and up-to-date research and technological developments in steel construction, design and analysis. Scope of research papers published in this journal includes but is not limited to theoretical and experimental research on elements, assemblages, systems, material, design philosophy and codification, standards, fabrication, projects of innovative nature and computer techniques. The journal is specifically tailored to channel the exchange of technological know-how between researchers more...

10. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

Journal of Transportation Engineering is a high-level academic and theoretical journal in the field of transportation. It was founded in 2001 and published and distributed. With the four secondary disciplines of railway engineering, vehicle utilization engineering, transportation planning and management, and transportation information engineering and control, it is the garden of academic exchanges in the field of transportation in China; the purpose of the journal is to reflect the comprehensive transportation pattern and to prosper the research on large-scale transportation technology, more...