About the Journal

The CONSTRUCTION is an international, peer-reviewed platinum open-access journal published by the Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology at the Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Kuantan, Malaysia. This means that all content is freely available wihtout any embargo or charge to the user(s) or insstitution(s). Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the atricles , or use them for any lawful purpose as long as proper acknowlegement is given to the authors of the original work, without asking prior permission from the author or publisher. The journal's scope is set to be multi-disciplinary to bring together sustainable construction, advanced materials, engineering and technology aspects.

CONSTRUCTION publishes original full-length research articles on applied and fundamental aspects of advanced and bio-materials in civil engineering construction. Review articles that address significant challenges in the field and critical reviews that clearly address and minimise knowledge gaps, provide good information, or provide a valuable guide to the readers are encouraged to submit.

The focus is on original research utilising the advanced materials, engineering structures, frontier in hydraulics and hydrology, geotechnical engineering, project management, highway and transportation engineering, and applications of geoinformatics in civil construction.

In addition to serving as a valuable resource of multi-disciplinary aspect and materials for researchers, the journal also addresses developing and emerging issues such as sustainable construction and advances in frontier materials. It also facilitates researchers with the application of alternative materials solutions to current practices.

CONSTRUCTION is a non-profit publication supported by the Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing (Universiti Malaysia Pahang Penerbit). The Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing commitment to genuine open access to scholarly content extends to authors as a service to the research community.

The CONSTRUCTION journal does not charge for the submission or processing of articles. The Universiti Malaysia Pahang Information & Communication Technology Centre supports scholarly content archived and backed up in the Digital Commons platform. All CONSTRUCTION contents are copyright protected and licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International License.

JOURNAL TITLE 
CONSTRUCTION

JOURNAL TITLE ABBREVIATION
Constr.

e-ISSN
2785-8731

WEBSITE ADDRESS
https://www.journal.ump.edu.my/construction

CORRESPONDING E-MAIL ADDRESS
Email: construction@umpsa.my

LICENSING POLICY
CC BY-NC 4.0 International

PUBLISHING RIGHTS
Author(s) give CONSTRUCTION the right to publish the article
Designate Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing as the original publisher

TYPES OF ARTICLES
Full Research Article; Review Article; Rapid Communication Article, Case reports

PEER-REVIEW PROCESS
Single-blind Peer-review process

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The journal article only accepts English-language content.

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE/FREQUENCY
Two issues (June and December) in one volume per year

ARTICLE SUBSCRIPTION FEE
Platinum open access

PUBLICATION/ARTICLE PROCESSING FEE
Free of costs

JOURNAL INDEXING/ABSTRACTING
MyJurnal, Google Scholar, Researchgate

CONSTRUCTION journal is a great place to publish because:

  • Publishes high-quality articles in construction research
  • Publishes high-quality articles in frontier materials
  • Timeliness of publishing
  • Free of costs
  • Platinum open access
  • Easy online submittal procedure
  • Unbound pages
  • Use of colour without restriction