Sustainable Structures

Sustainable Structures is an interdisciplinary, fully open access journal published by Sustainable Development Press Limited, founded in 2021 and devoted to the science and technology of sustainable structures, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.0《可持续结构》（Sustainable Structures）是由（Sustainable Development Press Limited）出版的跨学科全开放获取期刊，2021 年创办，专注可持续结构的科学与技术，2025 年影响因子为 9.0。

Scope

• The journal publishes original research covering all aspects of science and technology concerned with sustainable structures, with a focus on structural engineering该刊发表涵盖可持续结构科学与技术各方面的原创研究，以结构工程为重点。
• Its scope takes in the green, low-carbon and sustainable development of structural engineering and the sustainable application of structural systems其范围涉及结构工程的绿色、低碳与可持续发展以及结构体系的可持续应用。
• Contributions on sustainable building materials such as timber, bamboo, bio-based and recycled materials are welcome该刊欢迎有关木材、竹材、生物基与再生材料等可持续建筑材料的投稿。
• Topic areas also include structural mechanics, structural design, construction engineering and structural innovation其主题领域还包括结构力学、结构设计、建筑工程与结构创新。
• Earthquake engineering, extreme events and performance-based design fall within the scope of the journal地震工程、极端事件与基于性能的设计均在其收录范围之内。
• The journal accepts reviews, research papers, technical notes, meeting reports and case reports该刊接收综述、研究论文、技术札记、会议报告与案例报告。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and is placed in the first quartile of Construction and Building Technology该刊被（ESCI）收录，并在建筑与建造技术类位居第一四分位。

History

• The journal was launched in 2021 to provide a platform for academic exchange and to promote green, low-carbon and sustainable structural engineering该刊于 2021 年创办，旨在提供学术交流平台并推动结构工程的绿色、低碳与可持续发展。
• It is published by Sustainable Development Press Limited, a publisher registered in Hong Kong with an editorial office in Nanjing, China该刊由（Sustainable Development Press Limited）出版，该出版方注册于香港，并在中国南京设有编辑部。
• Its publication frequency was two issues a year from 2021 to 2023, three issues in 2024 and four issues a year from 2025其刊期在 2021 至 2023 年为每年两期，2024 年为每年三期，自 2025 年起为每年四期。
• Articles are assigned digital object identifiers through Crossref and are immediately free to read, with publication fees supported by the publisher论文经（Crossref）分配数字对象标识符并可即时免费阅读，出版费用由出版方承担。
• Its Journal Impact Factor is 9.0 in 2025, and the journal is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index in the first quartile其 2025 年影响因子为 9.0，并被（ESCI）收录且位居第一四分位。
• It is also indexed in Scopus with a 2025 CiteScore of 12.5 and in DOAJ and SCImago该刊还被（Scopus）收录，2025 年引用分为 12.5，并被（DOAJ）与（SCImago）收录。

Editors

• Ottavia Corbi of the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, is an editor-in-chief who works on structural mechanics主编之一（Ottavia Corbi）来自意大利（University of Naples Federico II），研究方向为结构力学。
• Haitao Li of Nanjing Forestry University, China, serves as the other editor-in-chief and works on timber and bamboo structures另一位主编（Haitao Li）来自（Nanjing Forestry University），从事木结构与竹结构研究。
• The associate editors are Mahmud Ashraf of Deakin University, Australia, Ray Liang of West Virginia University, United States (also chief editor for North America), and Jianzhuang Xiao of Tongji University, China副编辑包括澳大利亚（Deakin University）的（Mahmud Ashraf）、美国（West Virginia University）的（Ray Liang，兼任北美主编）以及中国（Tongji University）的（Jianzhuang Xiao）。
• The editorial board has more than fifty members from countries including the United States, China, Italy, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and Brazil编委会拥有五十余名成员，来自美国、中国、意大利、德国、日本、英国与巴西等国家。
• Notable board members include Peng Feng and Peng Pan of Tsinghua University, Minjuan He of Tongji University and Yong Yuan of Tongji University, all working on sustainable structural systems知名编委包括清华大学的（Peng Feng）与（Peng Pan）、（Tongji University）的（Minjuan He）以及（Tongji University）的（Yong Yuan），均研究可持续结构体系。
• The journal is peer reviewed, and manuscripts are submitted and handled through the publisher's online system该刊实行同行评审，稿件经出版方在线系统投稿与处理。