About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Wahana Teknik Sipil: Jurnal Pengembangan Teknik Sipil or Civil Engineering Forum: Journal of Civil Engineering Development  is a medium of communication and dissemination of research results, case studies, and scientific reviews (applied) to scientists and practitioners in the field of Civil Engineering. This journal is published by the Civil Engineering Department of Semarang State Polytechnic periodically 6 (six) months, ie June and December.

Scopes of  Wahana Teknik Sipil: Jurnal Pengembangan Teknik Sipil  or Civil Engineering Forum: Journal of Civil Engineering Development  are:

1. Civil and Structural Engineeering

2. Environmental Engineering

3. Geotechnical Engineering

4. Transport Egineering

5. Water Resources Engineering

6. Constructions Management  

7. Building Constructions.

8. Disaster Management.

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to this journal must follow focus and scope, and author guidelines of this journal. The submitted manuscripts must address scientific merit or novelty appropriate to the focus and scope. All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism contents. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection softaware to do the similarity checking. Editors check the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal by using a Turnitin software.

The research article submitted to this journal will be peer-reviewed at least 2 (two) or more expert reviewers. The reviewers give scientific valuable comments improving the contents of the manuscript.

Final decision of articles acceptance will be made by Editors according to reviewers comments. Publication of accepted articles including the sequence of published articles will be made by Editor in Chief by considering sequence of accepted date and geographical distribution of authors as well as thematic issue.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Journal History

Wahana Teknik Sipil: Journal of Civil Engineering Development is a scientific journal committed to supporting the advancement of knowledge in the field of civil engineering. It was first published in 1995 with ISSN 0216-8685. In line with technological advancements, since 2011 Wahana Teknik Sipil has been published online using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, with e-ISSN 2528-6889. Its commitment to scientific quality was demonstrated by obtaining national accreditation in 2003 with a C rating, valid for three years. Furthermore, in 2019, Wahana Teknik Sipil achieved national re-accreditation with a SINTA 4 rating for a period of five years, recognizing publications starting from the 2017 edition.