Original Article
ISSN (Online): 2454-1907
International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research
August 2023 10(8), 56–73
How to cite this article (APA): Emmanuel, O., Sadowski, L., and Nikolaiev, V. (2023). Education in Civil Engineering Through
Journals Publications: The Relation Between the Publication Time and its Regional Rankings. International Journal of Engineering
Technologies and Management Research, 10(8), 56–73. doi: 10.29121/ijetmr.v10.i8.2023.1358
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EDUCATION IN CIVIL ENGINEERING THROUGH JOURNALS PUBLICATIONS: THE
RELATION BETWEEN THE PUBLICATION TIME AND ITS REGIONAL RANKINGS
Oluwasegun Emmanuel
1
, Lukasz Sadowski
2
, Vsevolod Nikolaiev
3
1
M.Sc., Department of Materials Engineering and Construction Processes, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology,
Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
2,3
Professor Department of Materials Engineering and Construction Processes, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology,
Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
ABSTRACT
The fast and quality dissemination of research breakthroughs via journals is essential to
the researchers. Hence, this study analyzed the average duration for Civil Engineering
journals based on the points allocations in Poland’s Ministry of Science and Higher
Education (MEiN) list. A total of 30 journals were randomly selected and grouped based
on the regional points allocation. The date of submission to the date of acceptance (SA)
and the date of acceptance to the date of publication (SP) were extracted from 3557
articles. Version 26 IBM Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to
analyze the average duration for the dataset. Multivariate Analysis of Variance
(MANOVA) was used for the analysis of the relationship between the points allocation
and the Scopus impact factors (IF), Web of Science impact factors (WoS IF), source
normalized impact per paper (SNIP), SA, and SP. The results show that the average
duration SA and SP for journals with 200, 140, and 100 points within the 5 years are
305.28, 285.25, 317.93 days, respectively, while for journals with 70, 40, and 20 points,
the average duration is 180.50, 324.60, 206.41 days. Further analysis shows a statistically
significant difference between the Scopus IF, WoS IF, SNIP, and allocated points. They
indicate that these journal metrics affect journal categorization.
Received 19 July 2023
Accepted 20 August 2023
Published 04 September 2023
Corresponding Author
Oluwasegun Emmanuel,
oluwasegun.emmanuel@pwr.edu.pl
DOI
10.29121/ijetmr.v10.i8.2023.1358
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Keywords: Article, Average Duration, Education, Impact Factor, Ministry of Science and
Higher Education, Research, Points, Source Normalized Impact Per Paper
1. INTRODUCTION
Pre-college is an academic experience that aids high school students to prepare
in transition for the college life. Research publication is not a common phenomenal
at this phase of the students’ career. Though, these students are more likely to
pursue a career in engineering after completing their pre-college studies according
to Miller et al. (2020). The task at this level is tailored towards commitment to
research, collaboration, and engineering literacy with the objective of greater