The Modares Civil Engineering Journal (MCEJ) publishes original, methodologically rigorous, and scientifically significant research across the broad discipline of civil and environmental engineering.

The journal aims to advance fundamental and applied knowledge relevant to the analysis, design, construction, operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, resilience, sustainability, and management of civil infrastructure and the built environment.

MCEJ welcomes experimental, analytical, numerical, computational, field-based, and interdisciplinary studies that make a clear contribution to civil engineering knowledge or practice.

Structural Engineering

Topics include:

·         Structural analysis and design

·         Reinforced concrete structures

·         Steel structures

·         Composite structures

·         Masonry structures

·         Structural mechanics

·         Stability and buckling

·         Structural optimization

·         Bridges

·         Towers and special structures

·         Structural rehabilitation and strengthening

·         FRP and advanced strengthening systems

·         Structural failure and damage assessment

·         Progressive collapse

·         Blast and impact engineering

·         Fire effects on structures

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Topics include:

·         Seismic analysis and design

·         Performance-based earthquake engineering

·         Structural dynamics

·         Seismic vulnerability and risk

·         Fragility analysis

·         Seismic retrofitting

·         Energy dissipation devices

·         Structural control

·         Dampers and isolation systems

·         Soil-structure interaction

·         Near-fault and strong-ground-motion effects

·         Post-earthquake damage and resilience

Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Topics include:

·         Soil mechanics

·         Foundation engineering

·         Shallow and deep foundations

·         Piles

·         Retaining structures

·         Excavations

·         Slope stability

·         Unsaturated soils

·         Soil improvement

·         Reinforced soil

·         Geosynthetics

·         Liquefaction

·         Ground response

·         Tunneling and underground structures

·         Rock mechanics

·         Geoenvironmental engineering

·         Contaminated soils

·         Stabilization and solidification

·         Landfill and containment systems

Transportation and Pavement Engineering

Topics include:

·         Highway engineering

·         Traffic engineering

·         Transportation planning

·         Road safety

·         Crash analysis

·         Intelligent transportation systems

·         Pavement engineering

·         Asphalt and bituminous materials

·         Pavement performance

·         Railway engineering

·         Sustainable transportation

·         Smart mobility

·         Transportation infrastructure management

Construction Materials and Concrete Technology

Topics include:

·         Cement and concrete

·         High-performance concrete

·         Fiber-reinforced concrete

·         Geopolymer and alternative binders

·         Sustainable construction materials

·         Recycled construction materials

·         Waste utilization in construction

·         Mortars

·         Durability

·         Mechanical properties

·         Microstructure

·         Repair materials

·         Smart and multifunctional materials

·         Asphalt materials

·         Construction material characterization

Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources

Topics include:

·         Open-channel flow

·         Hydraulic structures

·         Dams

·         Spillways

·         Weirs

·         Scour

·         Sediment transport

·         River engineering

·         Hydraulic modeling

·         Hydrology

·         Water resources planning and management

·         Flood analysis

·         Groundwater

·         Urban water systems

·         Pipeline hydraulics

·         Leak detection

Coastal, Marine, and Offshore Engineering

Topics include:

·         Coastal processes

·         Coastal structures

·         Shoreline evolution

·         Waves and currents

·         Ports and harbors

·         Offshore structures

·         Coastal protection

·         Marine geotechnics

·         Coastal sediment transport

Environmental Engineering

Topics include:

·         Water and wastewater treatment

·         Environmental hydraulics

·         Contaminant transport

·         Air pollution related to civil infrastructure

·         Solid waste and landfill engineering

·         Environmental remediation

·         Reactive barriers

·         Environmental impact assessment

·         Sustainable infrastructure

·         Life-cycle environmental assessment

·         Resource recovery and reuse

Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management

Topics include:

·         Construction engineering

·         Infrastructure asset management

·         Maintenance and repair

·         Life-cycle performance

·         Reliability

·         Risk assessment

·         Infrastructure resilience

·         Sustainability assessment

·         Cost and performance optimization

·         Construction technology

Computational and Emerging Methods

The journal welcomes advanced methods when they address a clearly defined civil engineering problem, including:

·         Finite element and boundary element methods

·         Computational mechanics

·         Numerical simulation

·         Optimization

·         Artificial intelligence

·         Machine learning

·         Artificial neural networks

·         Digital twins

·         Structural health monitoring

·         Remote sensing

·         GIS

·         Sensor-based infrastructure monitoring

·         Data-driven civil engineering

·         Uncertainty and probabilistic analysis

Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinary manuscripts are considered when civil engineering is a central component of the research question, methodology, and application.

Studies primarily belonging to another discipline without a substantive civil engineering contribution are outside the journal’s scope.

Article Types

MCEJ considers:

·         Original Research Articles

·         Technical Notes

·         Review Articles, when specifically invited or approved by the editors

·         Methodological Articles

·         Case Studies with significant scientific contribution

All submissions are assessed for scope, originality, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal’s readership before peer review.