Automation in Construction

Automation in Construction is a monthly journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1992 and covering the application of information technology across the whole life cycle of built facilities, indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, Compendex and INSPEC, with a 2025 impact factor of 12.6Automation in Construction 是 Elsevier 出版的月刊，1992 年创刊，涵盖信息技术在建成设施全生命周期中的应用，被科学引文索引扩展版、Scopus、Compendex 与 INSPEC 收录，2025 年影响因子为 12.6。

Scope

• Original research on the use of information technology in design, engineering, construction technology and the maintenance of built facilities发表信息技术在设计、工程、施工技术与建成设施维护中应用的原创研究。
• The full life cycle of a facility, from planning and design through construction and operation to dismantling and recycling覆盖设施全生命周期，从规划与设计、施工与运维，到拆解与回收。
• Computer-aided design and engineering, product modelling, decision support, classification and standardisation, and product data exchange包括计算机辅助设计与工程、产品建模、决策支持、分类与标准化，以及产品数据交换。
• Process simulation and graphics, robotics, metrology, logistics, automated inspection, demolition and rehabilitation包括过程仿真与图形学、机器人、计量、物流、自动检测、拆除与修复。
• Facility management, management information systems and intelligent control systems for construction包括设施管理、管理信息系统与面向施工的智能控制系统。

History

• The journal was founded in 1992 by H. Wagter and G. Smeltzer of the Netherlands together with T. M. Knasel of the United States该刊 1992 年由荷兰的 H. Wagter、G. Smeltzer 与美国的 T. M. Knasel 共同创办。^[1]
• It has been published by Elsevier since its foundation and has never changed its title该刊自创刊起即由 Elsevier 出版，刊名从未变更。
• It appears monthly with twelve issues a year and sits at the intersection of civil engineering and computing该刊为月刊，每年出版 12 期，处于土木工程与计算机科学的交叉领域。
• Its editorial leadership was renewed in 2024 when Daniel Castro-Lacouture of Purdue University succeeded Mirosław J. Skibniewski as editor-in-chief2024 年该刊编辑团队换届，普渡大学的 Daniel Castro-Lacouture 接替 Mirosław J. Skibniewski 出任主编。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Daniel Castro-Lacouture of Purdue University, who took office in June 2024, with Mirosław J. Skibniewski of the University of Maryland continuing as honorary editor-in-chief现任主编为普渡大学的 Daniel Castro-Lacouture，2024 年 6 月上任，马里兰大学的 Mirosław J. Skibniewski 继续担任名誉主编。
• Wen-der Yu of Chaoyang University of Technology in Taiwan serves as managing editor and He Li of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as reviews editor台湾朝阳科技大学的 Wen-der Yu 任执行编辑，香港理工大学的 He Li 任综述编辑。
• The editorial board has about fifty-seven members from roughly twenty countries and regions, with the largest groups in China and the United States编委会约有 57 位成员，来自约 20 个国家和地区，其中中国与美国人数最多。
• Manuscripts are screened in-house and then sent to at least two independent referees under a single anonymized model稿件先经内部初筛，再以单匿名方式送至少两位独立评审。