SNU Tops the Clarivate Analytics’ Ranking in Journal Impact Factor of ACI Structural Journal for Two Consecutive Years



▲ Ranking Published by the American Concrete Institute

 
SNU College of Engineering (Dean Kookheon Char) announced on 12^th that SNU topped the Clarivate Analytics’ ranking for the highest journal impact factor of ACI (American Concrete Institute) Structural Journal for two consecutive years.
 
SNU surpassed the University of Texas (UT) system and the University of California (UC) system to be ranked first again after being nominated once in 2017. The Department of Architecture & Architectural Engineering and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering of SNU contributed the greatest number of journal publications and the value is equivalent of approximately half of all publications from Korea. Korea ranked third after US and Canada.
 
The ACI Structural Journal by the American Concrete Institute is the leading journal on concrete elements and structures, being in the Q1 of the SCImago Journal Ranking (SJR). The articles published on this journal have impact over the actual design and construction of concrete structures over the world and also influence the amendments made to design criteria of concrete structures. They also relate closely to architectural practice and therefore is the most favored journal among engineers in the architecture or civil engineering field. 
 
The ACI is a nonprofit organization that develops the design criteria and guide for concrete structures. (Concrete structures make up approximately 70% of all structures.) It has published hundreds of guidebooks, holds over 200 chapters, and possesses over 30,000 members around the world.


Professor Sung-Gul Hong of the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering stated, “Large-scale experiments are mandatory as concrete is a complex material that greatly influence the behavior of structures depending on its composition and treatment. Therefore, top public universities in North America and East Asia that possess required facilities and resources tend to show strength in the concrete field. SNU topping the charts of a prominent journal on concrete twice reflects the school’s superiority in engineering.”
 
Hong added, “Concrete, regardless of the construction site, almost always deals with a different cooperator and requires a large number of workers. Therefore, the design criteria and guide in civil engineering is of utmost importance. SNU ranking first is hence very meaningful. An ongoing research needs to be performed as concrete is a material with durability and economic feasibility.”