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Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum

Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.8), DOAJ. Published by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 2549-5925Verify ISSN ↗2581-1037Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Scopus · Q4Open Access

0.8

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 210 of 258 · 18th pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

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ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2024–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

Yes

CiteScore

0.8

SJR · SCImago

0.153

Q4 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q4 · 18th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Building and Construction	210 / 258	18th	Q4
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)	158 / 194	18th	Q4
Environmental Engineering	200 / 241	17th	Q4
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology	204 / 244	16th	Q4
Engineering (miscellaneous)	254 / 300	15th	Q4
Civil and Structural Engineering	368 / 434	15th	Q4

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Open accessFully open access, peer reviewed

Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)

Quick answers

Is Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2024–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.8.

What quartile is Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum in Scopus?

Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum is Q4 in Building and Construction (rank 210 of 258), Q4 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 158 of 194) and Q4 in Environmental Engineering (rank 200 of 241), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum?

Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q4, 18th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.153, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 3.

Who publishes Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum and what is its ISSN?

Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum is published by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Its print ISSN is 2549-5925 and its online ISSN is 2581-1037.

Is Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum in Web of Science?

No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum open access?

Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.

How well cited is Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 0.94 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #134 of 219 Scopus journals in Building and Construction.

h-index

0.94

2-yr mean citations

i10-index

324

works indexed

1,324

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#134 of 219 Bottom 39% Building and Construction

#112 of 179 Bottom 38% Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

#150 of 220 Bottom 32% Environmental Engineering

Papers published per year

Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum published 35 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 43. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Geotechnical and construction materials studiesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementWater and Land ManagementStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.

Who publishes in Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum? — latest 99 articles, 2023–2026

In its latest 99 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Indonesia (66.7%), Japan (10.1%) and Malaysia (5.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers None recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Author concentration66.7% of recent authorship from Indonesia

Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ DOAJ ↗ ISSN Portal · 2549-5925 ↗ISSN Portal · 2581-1037 ↗

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