About this journal

Aims and scope

The Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials aims to publish theoretical and applied researches on materials, products and structures that incorporate cement. The journal is a forum for discussion of research on manufacture, hydration and performance of cement-based materials; novel experimental techniques; the latest analytical and modelling methods; the examination and the diagnosis of real cement and concrete structures; and the potential for improved cement-based materials.

The journal welcomes original research papers, major reviews, rapid communications and selected conference papers. The Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials covers a wide range of topics within its subject category, including but are not limited to:

  • raw materials and manufacture of cement
  • mixing, rheology and hydration
  • admixtures
  • structural characteristics and performance of cement-based materials
  • characterisation techniques and modeling
  • use of fibre in cement based-materials
  • degradation and repair of cement-based materials
  • novel testing techniques and applications
  • waste management

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Journal metrics

Usage

  • 48K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 4.7 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 5.2 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 6.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.328 (2023) SNIP
  • 1.112 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 11 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 47 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 13% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief

Caijun Shi Hunan University, Changsha, China

Managing Editors

Xiang Hu – Hunan University, Changsha, China

Jianhui Liu – Guangxi University, Guangxi, China


Associate Editors

Joseph Assaad - University of Balamand, Lebanon

Ivan Escalante Cinvestav, Mexico, Mexico

Johnson Alengaram – University of Malaya, Malaysia

Zheng Chen – Guangxi University, Guangxi, China

Jiaping Liu Southeast University, China

Juhyuk Moon – Seoul National University , Seoul, Korea

Behzad Nematollahi – The University of Sheffield.ac.uk, UK

Aleksandra Radlinska – Penn State University, USA

Manu Santhanam – IIT Madras, Chennai 600036, INDIA

Qiang Wang – Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Hong Wong Imperial College , UK

En-Hua Yang – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Qingliang Yu The Netherlands

Qiang Yuan – Central South University, Changsha, China

Hongyu Zhou The University of Tennessee, Knoxville , USA

Mingzhong Zhang – University College London, UK


Members of Editorial Board

Mark Alexander University of Cape Town, South Africa

Nemkumar Banthia – University of British Columbia

Muhammed Basheer University of Leeds , UK

Yin-Wen Chan National Taiwan University , Taiwan, China

Hongjian Du - National University of Singapore, Singapore

Hong Hao Curtin University , Australia

Prof. Alejandro Durán Herrera - Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico

Jinyang Jiang Southeast University , Nanjing, China

Harald Justnes – SINTEF, Norway

Kamal Khayat Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

Christopher K.Y. Leung Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Lei Lei - Hunan University, Changsha, China

Guowei Ma – Hebei University of Technology, Tianjing, China

Viktor Mechtcherine TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Takafumi Noguchi - The University of Tokyo, Japan

Marta Palacios Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Science

John Provis University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Nicolas Roussel – IFSTTAR, France

Surendra Shah Northwestern University, USA

Geert De Shutter Gent University, Belgium

Tan Kang Hai NTU , Singapore

Somnuk Tangtermsirikul Thammasat University, Thailand

Ya Wei – Tsinghua University, Beijing

Folker Wittmann Aedificat Institute Freiburg , Germany

Dongming Yan – Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

Zhenjun Yang – Wuhan University, Wuhan

Hiroshi Yokota Hokkaido University

Tingting Zhang – Dalian University of Technology

Peng Zhang – Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, China

Xiao Lin Zhao – Hongkong Polytech University, Hongkong, China

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials

is now indexed in:

  • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) )
  • Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Scopus
  • Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS).

Open access

Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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