Produce and Disseminate Reliable Knowledge
Publish original, methodologically sound, and defensible research that contributes to the development of theory, method, or application in civil engineering, construction, and projects.
Civil & Project Journal is owned and edited by Dr. Ali Ghorbani, founder of the Project Management Engineering discipline in Iran, and is published to advance credible, applicable, and impactful knowledge in civil engineering, construction management, project management, and related interdisciplinary fields.
The journal’s philosophy is not merely to publish articles, but to transform research into reliable knowledge, transferable experience, and usable solutions for real project problems.
Rigor, speed, quality, originality, and research equity constitute the strategic charter of Civil & Project Journal. These five principles guide decision-making in topic selection, initial assessment, peer review, acceptance, editing, and publication. The journal seeks to balance timely responsiveness with the depth of scientific assessment so that process agility never results in reduced quality or weakened scientific independence.
The vision of Civil & Project Journal is to become one of the most credible Persian-language and bilingual scientific references in civil engineering, construction management, and project management through scientific independence, fair peer review, regular publication, content quality, geographical diversity of authors and reviewers, and a systematic connection between research and the real problems of the construction industry.
Publish original, methodologically sound, and defensible research that contributes to the development of theory, method, or application in civil engineering, construction, and projects.
Support research capable of improving project decision-making, design, implementation, control, safety, economics, contracts, and operation.
Transform the experience of engineers, managers, contractors, consultants, and professional experts into documented, assessable, and transferable knowledge.
Encourage project-related research from architecture, industrial engineering, management, law, urban design, urban planning, economics, safety, and emerging technologies.
Decisions on manuscripts are based on scientific quality, originality, methodology, and the specialist assessment of reviewers.
Institutional affiliation, professional position, reputation, or nationality must not replace scientific criteria.
Plagiarism, fabrication of data, manipulation of results, and honorary authorship are incompatible with the journal’s principles.
The value of research is not limited to novelty; its ability to solve problems and create impact is also important.
Processes, fees, policies, authors’ rights, and reasons for decisions should be clear and traceable.
The journal continuously evaluates and improves its scientific, operational, and international performance.
Strengthen the journal’s position as a reference for publishing research in project management, construction management, and civil engineering.
Improve research methodology, data reporting, verification, citation practices, and scientific transparency in published articles.
Expand collaboration with specialist domestic and international reviewers and continuously evaluate review quality.
Gradually increase English-language articles and improve language quality and international metadata.
Direct research toward priority challenges of the construction industry, national projects, and the needs of the professional community.
Fulfil the genuine requirements of reputable international databases and pursue the gradual development of journal indexing.
Maintain regular monthly publication and ISC scientific status, improve peer-review quality, standardize articles, increase genuine citations, and strengthen links with academia and industry.
Increase English-language articles, expand participation by international members and reviewers, broaden the involvement of researchers from the region, improve metadata, and strengthen presence in reputable scholarly networks.
Continuously monitor scientific and publishing indicators, fulfil technical and ethical requirements, and formally apply to indexes such as Scopus only after the applicable requirements have genuinely been met, without making any guarantee before formal evaluation.
Civil & Project Journal invites researchers, academics, students, managers, engineers, professional experts, and scholars from Iran and other countries to submit original, problem-oriented, and applicable research for scientific review and to contribute to the realization of this vision.