Construction and Building Materials

Construction and Building Materials is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1987, that covers the investigation and innovative use of materials in construction and their application in new works and repair, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.9《建筑与建筑材料》（Construction and Building Materials）是爱思唯尔（Elsevier）出版的同行评审期刊，1987 年创刊，专注建筑材料的研究与创新应用及其在新建与修复工程中的使用，2025 年影响因子为 8.9。

Scope

• The journal provides an international forum for innovative research and development in construction and building materials, including their application in new works and in repair practices该刊为建筑材料与施工领域的创新研发提供国际平台，涵盖新材料在新建工程与修复工程中的应用。
• Papers describe original laboratory work and experimental campaigns, and multi-part papers are discouraged论文须报道原创实验室工作与试验研究，且不鼓励分拆成多篇的系列投稿。
• Covered materials include cement, concrete reinforcement, bricks and mortars, additives, corrosion technology, ceramics, timber, steel, polymers, glass fibres, recycled materials, bamboo and earth-based materials覆盖材料包括水泥、混凝土配筋、砖与砂浆、外加剂、腐蚀防护技术、陶瓷、木材、钢材、聚合物、玻璃纤维、再生材料、竹材与生土材料。
• The scope also takes in non-conventional building materials, materials for advanced manufacturing, bituminous materials and railway material applications其范围还包括非常规建筑材料、面向先进制造的材料、沥青材料与铁路材料应用。
• It covers materials, non-destructive testing and monitoring aspects of new works and of repair and maintenance for bridges, buildings, dams, silos, highway pavements, water containment structures, housing, coastal defences and railways该刊涵盖桥梁、建筑、大坝、筒仓、公路路面、蓄水结构、住房、海岸防护与铁路等在新建、修复与维护中的材料、无损检测与监测问题。
• Papers focused on structural engineering, materials chemistry, geotechnics, mining, backfill, soil and rock mechanics, or unbound road and railway bed layers fall outside its scope聚焦结构工程、材料化学、岩土工程、采矿、充填、土力学与岩石力学或未结合道路与铁路基层的论文不在其征稿范围。
• Only review articles on priority topics invited by the editors are published, and submissions must follow the journal publication ethics standards该刊仅发表由编辑邀请的优先主题综述，投稿须遵守其出版伦理规范。

History

• The journal began publication in 1987, its first issue being dated March/April 1987, and it was then issued by Butterworth Scientific of Guildford该刊于 1987 年创刊，首期标注 1987 年 3 至 4 月，当时由（Butterworth Scientific）在（Guildford）出版。
• It was later brought into the Elsevier publishing group, which issues it today under the Elsevier Ltd imprint and hosts the archive on ScienceDirect该刊其后并入爱思唯尔（Elsevier）出版集团，现以（Elsevier Ltd）名义出版，文献档案托管于（ScienceDirect）。
• Its cadence has grown from a bimonthly schedule at launch to a much faster one, and it now appears in roughly weekly volumes, more than 40 a year其刊期由创刊时的双月刊大幅加快，现以近乎每周一卷的节奏出版，每年超过 40 卷。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 6.141 in 2021 and 7.693 in 2022 to 8.0 in 2024 and 8.9 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 6.141 与 2022 年的 7.693 升至 2024 年的 8.0 与 2025 年的 8.9。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus, and it ranks ninth among 104 titles in Construction and Building Technology该刊被（SCIE）与（Scopus）收录，在建筑与建筑技术类 104 种刊中排名第 9。
• It publishes through the subscription route with no charge to authors and also offers an open access option carrying an article publishing charge of USD 4,660该刊以订阅方式发表且不向作者收费，同时提供开放获取选项，文章处理费为 4660 美元。^[1]

Editors

• Jose M. Adam of ICITECH at the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain is the Editor-in-Chief主编为西班牙瓦伦西亚理工大学（ICITECH）的（Jose M. Adam）。
• Michael Forde of the University of Edinburgh serves as Honorary Editor（University of Edinburgh）的（Michael Forde）任荣誉编辑。
• Its Senior Editors include Richard J. Ball of the University of Bath, Bing Chen of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Kent Harries of the University of Pittsburgh and Ailar Hajimohammadi of UNSW Sydney资深编辑包括（University of Bath）的（Richard J. Ball）、（Shanghai Jiao Tong University）的（Bing Chen）、（University of Pittsburgh）的（Kent Harries）与（UNSW Sydney）的（Ailar Hajimohammadi）。
• Katherine Cashell of University College London is the Review Editor, while Michele Betti and Wengui Li handle special issues（University College London）的（Katherine Cashell）任综述编辑，（Michele Betti）与（Wengui Li）负责特刊。
• The editorial board has 111 editors and board members from 23 countries, led by the United Kingdom, the United States and China编委会由来自 23 个国家的 111 位编辑与编委组成，人数最多的是英国、美国与中国。
• Manuscripts go through the Elsevier online submission system, and the journal reports a median of 3 days to first decision and an acceptance rate of about 20 percent稿件经（Elsevier）在线投稿系统处理，其官方数据显示初审中位时间为 3 天，接受率约为 20%。