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
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
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?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
Calls for papers
- Special Issue: Emerging Materials for 3D Printing in Construction
- The CSCSM2024 is pleased to announce a special issue for the conference organized in Changsha, China for 25-27 October 2024.
- The UHPC2024 is pleased to announce a special issue for the conference organized in Changsha, China for 24-27 October 2024
12 issues per year
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