Construction and Building Materials

Aims & Scope

An international journal dedicated to the investigation and innovative use of materials in construction and repair.

Construction and Building Materials provides an international forum for the dissemination of innovative and original research and development in the field of construction and building materials and their application in new works and repair practice.

The journal publishes a wide range of innovative research and application papers which describe laboratory and to a limited extent numerical investigations or report on full scale projects.

Multi-part papers are discouraged.

Construction and Building Materials also publishes detailed case studies and some incisive review articles that contribute new understandings.

We are focusing on construction materials papers and we exclude papers on structural engineering, geotechnics and unbound highway layers.

The construction materials and technology covered include: cement, concrete reinforcement, bricks and mortars, additives, corrosion technology, ceramics, timber, steel, polymers, glass fibres, recycled materials, bamboo, rammed earth, non-conventional building materials, bituminous materials and railway material applications.

The scope of Construction and Building Materials includes, but is not restricted to, materials, NDT and monitoring aspects of new works and repair and maintenance of the following: bridges, high-rise buildings, dams, civil engineering structures, silos, highway pavements, tunnels, water containment structures, sewers, roofing, housing, coastal defences and railways.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	8

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.094

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	293

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Engineering and Materials Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) emissions: A comparison between geopolymer and OPC cement concrete

  Citation: 1933

  Authors: Louise K., Frank G.

• Nanotechnology in concrete – A review

  Citation: 1492

  Authors: Florence, Konstantin

• Design-oriented stress–strain model for FRP-confined concrete

  Citation: 1375

  Authors: L., J.G.

• Effect of GGBFS on setting, workability and early strength properties of fly ash geopolymer concrete cured in ambient condition

  Citation: 1262

  Authors: Pradip, Prabir Kumar

• Geopolymer concrete: A review of some recent developments

  Citation: 1218

  Authors: B., G., M., S.K.

• A review on ultra high performance concrete: Part I. Raw materials and mixture design

  Citation: 1104

  Authors: Caijun, Zemei, Jianfan, Dehui, Zhengyu, Zhi

• A review of the present and future utilisation of FRP composites in the civil infrastructure with reference to their important in-service properties

  Citation: 1062

  Authors: L.C.

• Influence of nano-SiO2 addition on properties of hardened cement paste as compared with silica fume

  Citation: 1043

  Authors: Ye, Zhang, Kong, Chen

• Recycled aggregate from C&D waste & its use in concrete – A breakthrough towards sustainability in construction sector: A review

  Citation: 1015

  Authors: Monalisa, S.K., A.K., R., S.

• Sustainability in the construction industry: A review of recent developments based on LCA

  Citation: 988

  Authors: Oscar, Francesc, Guido

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