Latest Impact Factors from Civil and Structural Engineering Journals

We are pleased to bring you the latest Impact Factors from Elsevier's Civil and Structural Engineering journals. Highlights include...

Geotextiles And Geomembranes

2007 Impact Factor
WAS
3.050

2008 Impact Factor
NOW
3.701

Coastal Engineering

2007 Impact Factor
WAS
1.362

2008 Impact Factor
NOW
1.844

Energy And Buildings

2007 Impact Factor
WAS
0.834

2008 Impact Factor
NOW
1.590

Building And Environment

2007 Impact Factor
WAS
0.852

2008 Impact Factor
NOW
1.192

Listed by highest Impact Factor
Journal Title	2008 Impact Factor

Automation In Construction	1.664
Structural Safety	1.467
Soil Dynamics And Earthquake Engineering	1.182
Engineering Structures	1.102
International Journal Of Rock Mechanics And Mining Sciences	1.031
Construction And Building Materials	0.947
Ocean Engineering	0.857
Journal Of Constructional Steel Research	0.841
Applied Ocean Research	0.789
Thin-Walled Structures	0.788
Fire Safety Journal	0.761
Journal Of Wind Engineering And Industrial Aerodynamics	0.752
Tunnelling And Underground Space Technology	0.710
Marine Structures	0.615
Journal Of Terramechanics	0.500
Computers And Geotechnics	0.481

Calculating Impact Factors

WHAT IS AN IMPACT FACTOR?
The journal impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. The impact factor helps you evaluate a journal's relative importance, especially when you compare it to others in the same field. The impact factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the current year to articles published in the two previous years by the total number of articles published in the two previous years.

Using Journal X as an example:
Cites in 2007 to articles published in:	2006 2005 Sum	= 1266 = 1643 = 2909

Number of articles published in:	2006 2005 Sum	= 352 = 364 = 716

Calculation:	Total cites to articles published in 2005 and 2006	2909	= 4.063
	Number of articles published in 2005 and 2006	716

The 2007 Impact Factor for Journal X is 4.063