Shenyang Jianzhu Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban) / Journal of Shenyang Jianzhu University (Natural Science): Scopus Journal Guide

Quick Answer: What Is This Journal?

Shenyang Jianzhu Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban), also recorded in English as the Journal of Shenyang Jianzhu University (Natural Science), is a Chinese natural-science and engineering journal associated with Shenyang Jianzhu University. The confirmed ISSN record identifies the print ISSN as 2095-1922 and lists China as the country of publication. The journal’s subject emphasis is closely connected with architecture, civil engineering, construction, materials, municipal and environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, transportation, and related applied natural-science research.

The source record supplied for this profile identifies Scopus Source ID 144725. Institutional library data also reports Scopus journal metrics for 2024, including a CiteScore of 0.8, SJR of 0.200, SNIP of 0.343, and Q3 placement in its listed Multidisciplinary category. Because indexing status and metrics can change between reporting cycles, authors should reconfirm the current Scopus source page before using the journal to meet a university, PhD, promotion, or funding requirement.

A major due-diligence point is journal identity. The authoritative ISSN Portal confirms 2095-1922, while some older library records also retain the former/related identifier 1671-2021. Researchers should use the university-hosted journal site at xuebao.sjzu.edu.cn and the Scopus Source ID, rather than relying on similarly named commercial websites.

Key Takeaways

• The confirmed current ISSN is 2095-1922; older records may also show 1671-2021.
• The journal is connected with Shenyang Jianzhu University in China and focuses mainly on natural science and engineering relevant to the built environment.
• The supplied Scopus source record is 144725; researchers should check the live Scopus page for current coverage status.
• Institutional library data reports 2024 metrics of CiteScore 0.8, SJR 0.200, SNIP 0.343 and Q3 in the listed Multidisciplinary category.
• Recent journal guidance reported through sources reproducing the university instructions describes online submission and anonymised files for blind review.
• The journal appears strongly oriented toward Chinese-language scholarly communication; international authors should verify language and formatting requirements before preparing a full submission.
• No reliable official acceptance rate or fixed average peer-review duration was located, so these should not be estimated.

Journal Information at a Glance

What This Page Covers

• Journal identity, ISSN history and publisher verification.
• Aims, scope and the research themes most likely to fit.
• Scopus source identification and available metrics.
• Manuscript structure, language and formatting considerations.
• Submission and blind-review preparation.
• Publication fees, access model and information that still requires direct confirmation.
• A practical journal-fit checklist for PhD scholars and researchers.
• Ethical Contentxprtz support for manuscript and submission readiness.

Methodology and Sources

This profile was prepared by cross-checking the journal record supplied with this request against authoritative and institutional sources. Identity was checked through the ISSN Portal, the Shenyang Jianzhu University journal platform, Shenyang Jianzhu University announcements, and an institutional university-library journal guide that reports Scopus metrics. The supplied Scopus source link was retained as the primary database identifier.

Metrics, indexing status, editorial personnel, author instructions, fees and publication policies can change. Authors should therefore recheck the official journal site and current database records immediately before submission. Information from unverified sites using the journal name was not treated as authoritative where the identifiers or commercial claims did not match the confirmed journal record.

What Is the Journal of Shenyang Jianzhu University (Natural Science)?

The journal is a specialist university-based scholarly periodical serving research communities in engineering and applied natural sciences, particularly research connected with buildings, infrastructure, construction technology and the urban environment. Shenyang Jianzhu University has publicly described the journal as part of its academic publishing activity and has reported recognition in Chinese science and technology journal evaluations.

For researchers, the journal is most relevant when the manuscript has a clear engineering or built-environment contribution rather than only a broad scientific theme. A paper on structural performance, construction materials, building technology, municipal systems, environmental engineering, mechanical systems used in construction, transport infrastructure, or modelling and control related to these areas is more plausibly aligned than a paper with no meaningful connection to the journal’s established technical readership.

Its role is also geographically important. Much of the journal’s communication and author guidance is in Chinese, and research may address problems relevant to China’s engineering practice, climates, cities, standards or infrastructure. That does not automatically exclude international studies, but authors should examine recent issues to judge whether their topic, data context and methodological approach resemble work the journal currently publishes.

Journal Aims and Scope

Recent descriptions of the journal’s official call for papers identify core areas including civil engineering, architectural technology, urban planning, mechanical engineering and environmental engineering. Other recurring descriptions include materials science and engineering, municipal/environmental engineering, information and control, basic sciences, and transportation engineering.

In practical terms, this suggests a scope centred on the science and engineering of the built environment. Suitable studies may include structural mechanics and structural performance, geotechnical or foundation engineering, construction materials, concrete and composite performance, building physics, energy-efficient building technologies, urban infrastructure, water and wastewater systems, air and environmental quality, construction machinery, intelligent monitoring, transport systems, numerical modelling, optimisation, experimental engineering and applied computational methods.

The journal should not be treated as generically “multidisciplinary” simply because a database category uses that label. Database classifications are designed for indexing and comparison; they are not a substitute for the journal’s editorial scope. Researchers should prioritise what the journal actually publishes and the topics visible in recent issues.

Examples of manuscripts that may be a stronger fit

• Experimental assessment of structural members, connections or construction materials.
• Numerical or analytical modelling of structural, geotechnical or building-performance problems.
• Municipal water, wastewater, environmental or urban infrastructure research.
• Building energy, thermal performance or low-carbon construction technology.
• Mechanical equipment, sensing, control or automation with a clear construction or infrastructure application.
• Transportation engineering studies connected with urban or built infrastructure.

A manuscript can still be unsuitable even when its keywords appear in the journal’s scope. Editorial fit also depends on novelty, research depth, methodological validity, relevance to readers, quality of evidence and compliance with the journal’s required format.

Scopus Indexing and Journal Metrics

The source information supplied for this article points to Scopus Source ID 144725. A university-library journal guide reports 2024 Scopus metrics of CiteScore 0.8, SJR 0.200, SNIP 0.343 and Q3 in its listed Multidisciplinary category.

These values should be interpreted as reporting-year metrics, not permanent journal attributes. A quartile may change when the database updates its source list, subject category, citation window or ranking distribution. If your institution requires “a current Q1/Q2/Q3 Scopus journal,” save a screenshot or export from the live Scopus source profile on the date you make the decision and verify that the relevant year and subject category satisfy your institution’s rules.

This profile does not assign an Impact Factor because an official current Clarivate Journal Citation Reports value was not verified. CiteScore and Impact Factor are different metrics and should not be substituted for one another.

Journal Identity: Why the ISSN Difference Matters

The ISSN Portal confirms 2095-1922 for Shenyang Jianzhu Daxue xuebao. Ziran kexue ban and gives the English title variant “Journal of Shenyang Jianzhu University. Natural Science.” Older institutional records also display 1671-2021. This can occur when a journal changes title or identifier over time and databases retain historical metadata.

For authors, the safest identity check uses several fields together: journal title, ISSN, publisher/university, official domain and Scopus Source ID. A site that uses a similar journal name but a mismatched ISSN, unusual email domain or commercial “fast-track” promise should not automatically be assumed to represent the university journal.

Article Types and Manuscript Content

The verified material available for this profile most clearly supports original academic research papers in the journal’s engineering and natural-science fields. The journal’s recent call-for-paper information emphasises research articles rather than providing a broad English-language taxonomy of reviews, short communications or case reports. Authors planning anything other than a standard research article should confirm the accepted article type in the current submission system before formatting.

Recent reproductions of the university instructions describe manuscripts of roughly 10,000 Chinese characters in current guidance, with title, author information, abstract, keywords, Chinese Library Classification code, main text, references and an English abstract corresponding to the Chinese abstract. Older reproduced guidance gave a shorter 6,000–8,000-character range, which is another reason to rely on the latest live instructions instead of archived copies.

Submission Requirements and Formatting

Recent journal guidance indicates that submission is handled through the Shenyang Jianzhu University journal website and editorial system. Authors register in the system, enter complete author information and upload the manuscript. For blind-review files, author and institutional details should be removed, including identifying information in the English abstract.

Practical manuscript-preparation checklist

• Use the latest manuscript template or formatting instructions from the official submission system.
• Prepare a concise title that accurately represents the technical contribution.
• Write an abstract that states purpose, method, main results and conclusion rather than only background.
• Use focused keywords that reflect the engineering problem, method and application.
• Ensure figures remain legible after journal layout reduction and include units and defined symbols.
• Use tables only where they improve comparison or reproducibility.
• Check all equations, variables, units and notation for consistency.
• Verify every reference against the original source and align the reference style with the current journal template.
• Create a properly anonymised review version if the submission system requests it.
• Ensure the English title and abstract faithfully correspond with the Chinese manuscript where bilingual elements are required.

Peer Review and Editorial Process

The current official platform was not publicly extractable in enough detail to verify a complete English description of the peer-review model. However, the journal’s recent submission guidance explicitly refers to a blind-review original manuscript and a blind-review revised manuscript, with identifying author and affiliation information removed from those files. This supports the conclusion that anonymised review materials are part of the process.

An official average review time was not found in a sufficiently authoritative source, and the journal does not provide a verified public acceptance rate in the material reviewed for this profile. Authors should not rely on third-party estimates for thesis or graduation planning. If timing matters, contact the editorial office through the university-hosted platform and ask about the current handling schedule.

Open Access and Publication Fees

A reliable, current official APC or publication-fee schedule was not verified from the university-hosted journal platform during preparation of this profile. Researchers should therefore avoid treating fee figures on similarly named commercial sites as official. Confirm any page charges, colour charges, open-access arrangements, subscription model or other costs directly through the Shenyang Jianzhu University journal system before making payment.

The same caution applies to “fast track” services. A third-party site using the journal name advertises commercial fast-track publication and uses an ISSN that does not match the confirmed current ISSN record. Those claims were not used as evidence for this profile. Payment instructions should come from the official journal workflow or verified university contact channels.

Publication Ethics and Author Responsibilities

The detailed current ethics policy was not fully extractable from the official journal platform, so this guide does not invent journal-specific rules. Researchers should check the live author instructions for plagiarism screening, authorship, conflicts of interest, duplicate submission, data integrity, image manipulation, corrections and retractions.

As a general publication-readiness requirement, authors should submit original work, avoid simultaneous submission to another journal, obtain appropriate permissions, retain underlying data where relevant, disclose meaningful conflicts and funding, and ensure that every listed author meets the applicable authorship criteria. AI-assisted language or drafting tools, if used, should be handled in line with the journal’s current disclosure policy and must never be used to fabricate data, citations or results.

Who Should Consider Submitting?

The journal may be worth evaluating for PhD scholars, faculty, engineering researchers and professionals whose work is clearly connected with civil engineering, construction, architecture technology, materials, municipal/environmental systems, mechanical engineering, transportation or applied natural sciences relevant to the built environment. It may also be considered by researchers seeking a Chinese engineering journal with a Scopus-linked source record, provided the current source status meets their institutional requirements.

International authors should pay particular attention to language, manuscript-template and regional-readership considerations. If the article is written primarily for a global English-language audience, compare the journal with alternative venues that publish fully in English and have a closer disciplinary audience. Journal selection should be based on fit and readership, not database inclusion alone.

How to Decide Whether Your Manuscript Fits

1. Check topic fit: Can you connect the central research question directly to one of the journal’s recurring engineering fields?
2. Check recent-paper fit: Review several recent issues and identify papers with similar methods, data types or engineering problems.
3. Check contribution level: Is the manuscript more than a local technical report? Does it generate a defensible scientific or engineering contribution?
4. Check language readiness: Can you meet the journal’s Chinese-language and bilingual abstract requirements if they apply to your submission?
5. Check database requirement: Verify live Scopus coverage and the reporting-year quartile your university accepts.
6. Check format: Confirm length, title, abstract, classification, figure, table and reference requirements in the current template.
7. Check administrative fit: Confirm fees, review workflow, author declarations and any institution-specific graduation deadlines before submission.

Common Reasons a Manuscript May Be Unsuitable

• The subject uses engineering terminology but has no meaningful connection to the journal’s core built-environment readership.
• The study is primarily descriptive and lacks a clear methodological or scientific contribution.
• The manuscript does not follow the journal’s current Chinese-language or bilingual presentation requirements.
• The paper is submitted without anonymisation where a blind-review file is required.
• Figures, equations, units or references are inconsistent or not publication-ready.
• The literature review does not position the work against recent engineering research.
• The conclusions make claims that are broader than the data can support.
• The journal is selected only because of an assumed quartile without checking the live Scopus record.

How to Prepare a Stronger Journal-Aligned Manuscript

Begin with the journal rather than with formatting. Read a set of recent papers and map the recurring technical questions, methods, section depth, figure style, statistical treatment and terminology. This reveals editorial expectations more effectively than copying a generic manuscript template.

Then refine the paper’s contribution statement. Engineering journals usually respond better to a precise claim such as a validated performance improvement, a new model, a comparative experimental finding or a clearly demonstrated mechanism than to broad statements that a topic is “important.” Link the introduction to a specific unresolved problem, show why the selected method is appropriate, and ensure the results section answers the research objectives in the same order they are introduced.

Finally, conduct a submission-readiness review. Check bilingual elements, figure resolution, equations, units, nomenclature, references, author metadata, funding, acknowledgements and the anonymised file. A technically strong study can still be delayed when editorial checks reveal inconsistent files or missing declarations.

Practical Submission Scenarios

Scenario 1: Civil engineering PhD paper

A doctoral researcher has experimental results on reinforced concrete behaviour. The topic appears aligned, but the researcher should compare specimen design, modelling depth and reporting style with recent structural papers in the journal before assuming fit.

Scenario 2: Building-energy simulation

A paper modelling heating and cooling performance may fit architectural technology or building science if it contains rigorous validation and an engineering contribution. A purely software-demonstration paper with little physical interpretation may be weaker.

Scenario 3: Environmental engineering manuscript

A study on wastewater treatment, urban pollution or environmental infrastructure can be relevant when it addresses municipal or built-environment systems and the journal has recently published comparable work.

Scenario 4: International English-only manuscript

An international author should not assume that an English-only manuscript will be accepted merely because an English title variant exists. Confirm language and bilingual formatting requirements first.

Journal Selection Checklist

• I verified the journal using ISSN 2095-1922, Shenyang Jianzhu University and Scopus Source ID 144725.
• I checked the latest Scopus coverage and quartile required by my institution.
• I reviewed recent articles, not only the database category.
• My research question fits the journal’s engineering and natural-science readership.
• I can meet current language, length, abstract and formatting requirements.
• I understand that no verified acceptance rate or guaranteed review time is available.
• I have confirmed any publication charge directly with the official journal workflow.
• My manuscript is ethically prepared and ready for blind review where required.

How Contentxprtz Can Support Publication Readiness

Contentxprtz can support researchers who are evaluating or preparing for this journal through academic editing, manuscript editing, proofreading, language polishing, journal-formatting review, reference consistency checks, manuscript assessment, cover-letter editing, reviewer-response editing and publication-readiness review.

For a journal with detailed technical and bilingual submission requirements, support can be especially useful in checking whether the manuscript presents its research question, methods, results and conclusions clearly; whether terminology is consistent; whether tables and figures communicate the evidence efficiently; and whether the final submission package follows the journal’s current instructions.

Contentxprtz does not guarantee acceptance, peer-review outcomes, indexing, citation performance or publication. Editorial decisions remain with the journal. Our role is to help authors present genuine research more clearly, accurately and professionally while preserving the researcher’s authorship and responsibility.

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Summary

Shenyang Jianzhu Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban) / Journal of Shenyang Jianzhu University (Natural Science) is a China-based engineering and natural-science journal associated with Shenyang Jianzhu University. Its confirmed current ISSN is 2095-1922, and the supplied database record identifies Scopus Source ID 144725. Available institutional data reports 2024 CiteScore, SJR, SNIP and Q3 information, but authors should verify the live Scopus record before using those values for a formal academic requirement.

The strongest candidate manuscripts are likely to have a clear contribution in civil engineering, architecture/building technology, materials, municipal or environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, transportation or closely related applied sciences. Before submission, verify the current university-hosted author instructions, language and formatting requirements, blind-review file rules, fee arrangements and live indexing status.

Conclusion

This journal can be a relevant option for researchers whose work aligns closely with engineering and natural sciences connected to buildings, infrastructure and urban systems. The most important decision is not whether the journal name appears in a database, but whether the current verified journal record, scope, readership, language requirements and submission rules match the manuscript and the author’s institutional needs. Verify first, then format and submit.