Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings

Aims & Scope

The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings provides structural engineers and contractors with a detailed written presentation of innovative structural engineering and construction practices for tall and special buildings.

It also presents applied research on new materials or analysis methods that can directly benefit structural engineers involved in the design of tall and special buildings.

The editor's policy is to maintain a reasonable balance between papers from design engineers and from research workers so that the Journal will be useful to both groups.

The problems in this field and their solutions are international in character and require a knowledge of several traditional disciplines and the Journal will reflect this.

The main subject of the Journal is the structural design and construction of tall and special buildings.

The basic definition of a tall building, in the context of the Journal audience, is a structure that is equal to or greater than 50 meters (165 feet) in height, or 14 stories or greater.

A special building is one with unique architectural or structural characteristics.

However, manuscripts dealing with chimneys, water towers, silos, cooling towers, and pools will generally not be considered for review.

The journal will present papers on new innovative structural systems, materials and methods of analysis.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	1.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.533

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	62

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10894

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	389

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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.

• A novel machine learning‐based algorithm to detect damage in high‐rise building structures

  Citation: 314

  Authors: Mohammad Hossein, Hojjat

• Optimal sensor placement for structural health monitoring based on multiple optimization strategies

  Citation: 257

  Authors: Ting‐Hua, Hong‐Nan, Ming

• The damped outrigger concept for tall buildings

  Citation: 204

  Authors: Rob J., Michael R.

• Diagrid structural systems for tall buildings: characteristics and methodology for preliminary design

  Citation: 190

  Authors: Kyoung‐Sun, Jerome J., John E.

• Progressive collapse analysis of an RC structure

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Mehrdad, Jesse

• New method for modal identification of super high-rise building structures using discretized synchrosqueezed wavelet and Hilbert transforms

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Zhijun, Hyo Seon, Hojjat

• Design optimization of truss structures using cuckoo search algorithm

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Amir Hossein, Siamak, Xin‐She, Suash

• Performance‐based plastic design (PBPD) method for earthquake‐resistant structures: an overview

  Citation: 130

  Authors: Subhash C., Wen‐Cheng, M., Shih‐Ho

• Resonant behaviour of base-isolated high-rise buildings under long-period ground motions

  Citation: 124

  Authors: T., Y., I.

• Basic concepts and performance measures in prediction of collapse of buildings under earthquake ground motions

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Farzin, Helmut, Luis, Dimitrios

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