Automation in Construction
{{Short description|Academic journal on digital applications in civil engineering}}
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| title = Automation in Construction
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| abbreviation = Autom. Constr.
| discipline = Construction & Automation
| editor = Daniel Castro-Lacouture
| publisher = Elsevier
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| history = 1992–present
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| openaccess = Hybrid
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| impact = 9.6
| impact-year = 2023
| ISSN = 0926-5805
| eISSN = 1872-7891
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| website = https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/automation-in-construction
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| link2 = https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/automation-in-construction/issues
| link2-name = Online archive
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Automation in Construction is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier covering research on all aspects of advanced automation methods and computing methods for construction and management of the built environment.{{Cite web |title=Aims and scope - Automation in Construction {{!}} ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/automation-in-construction/about/aims-and-scope |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.sciencedirect.com}} Mirosław J. Skibniewski (University of Maryland) has been the editor-in-chief from 1994 to 2024.{{Cite web |title=Editorial board - Automation in Construction {{!}} ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/automation-in-construction/about/editorial-board |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.sciencedirect.com}}{{Cite web |title=Skibniewski, Mirosław J. {{!}} Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering |url=https://cee.umd.edu/clark/faculty/295/Mirosaw-J-Skibniewski |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=cee.umd.edu |language=en}} Since June 2024, Daniel Castro-Lacouture (Purdue University) has been the new editor-in-chief.{{Cite web |title=Editorial board - Automation in Construction {{!}} ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/automation-in-construction/about/editorial-board |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=www.sciencedirect.com}} The journal was established in 1992 with H. Wagter, G. Smeltzer (Netherlands) and T.M. Knasel (USA) as founding editors-in-chief.{{Cite journal |date=1992-05-01 |title=Editorial Board |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/092658059290027H |journal=Automation in Construction |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=ii |doi=10.1016/0926-5805(92)90027-H |issn=0926-5805}}
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 9.6.{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=Automation in Construction |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Science |via=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}