International Journal of Protective Structures

Aims & Scope

International Journal of Protective Structures is a peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality research papers related to civil infrastructure protection against natural or man-made shock and impact loads, including but not limited to blast loads from terrorist actions or accidental gas explosions, vehicle impact on road and bridge infrastructure, ship impact on bridge structures, impact between adjacent structures during earthquake shakings, and drop weight effects.

It welcomes original papers related to the themes of the journal.

Civil infrastructure may include, but is not limited to, buildings, bridges, pipelines, offshore platforms, shipping, defence facilities and other onshore, offshore, above-ground or underground structures.

The journal will be an effective medium for the timely dissemination of research findings that will not only benefit the professional communities, but also society as a whole for effective infrastructure protection.

It will serve as a bridge to link active researchers, academics, engineers and policy makers around the world.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	2.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.574

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	39

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10124

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	271

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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, 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.

• Numerical Analysis of Lateral Inertial Confinement Effects on Impact Test of Concrete Compressive Material Properties

  Citation: 139

  Authors: Yifei, Hong, Zhong-Xian

• Numerical Evaluation of the Influence of Aggregates on Concrete Compressive Strength at High Strain Rate

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Yifei, Hong

• Plastic Deformation, Failure and Energy Absorption of Sandwich Structures with Metallic Cellular Cores

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Feng, Guoxing, Dong, Zhihua

• Behavior of fiber-reinforced polymer-strengthened reinforced concrete beams under static and impact loads

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Thong M, Hong

• Laboratory Test on Dynamic Material Properties of Annealed Float Glass

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Xihong, Yang, Hong, Xibing, Guowei, Kewei

• Low Velocity Impact Response of Reinforced Concrete Beams: Experimental and Numerical Investigation

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Satadru Das, Bing, Kazunori

• Air-blast and ground shockwave parameters, shallow underground blasting, on the ground and buried shallow underground blast-resistant shelters: A review

  Citation: 90

  Authors: S M, Mehtab, Mohammad

• Pounding Damage to Buildings and Bridges in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Nawawi, Hong

• Investigation of Air-Blast Effects from Spherical-and Cylindrical-Shaped Charges

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Chengqing, Gianni, Andrew, Deric John

• A Hydrocode Material Model for Concrete

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Thomas, Achim, Norbert

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