Journal exploration and research methodologies

Journal Exploration

Publication Information

The Journal of Management in Engineering is published by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The ASCE publishes 34 different journals related to civil engineering. The Society appoints the editors for each of its journals. The current editor of the journal is Young Hoon Kwak, who is a faculty member in the Department of Decision Sciences at the George Washington University. He was working in the field and came into the editor role through progressive years of experience on editorial boards at different journals. The members of the editorial board include 8 associate editors, from different universities in the United States, South Korea Australia and Qatar, as well as one member who works in the profession for his own company. The Journal of Management in Engineering is published bi-monthly.

Article Information

The focus of the articles in this journal is specifically areas relating to the management of civil engineering projects. Sitting at the intersection between management and civil engineering, the journal looks at the managerial roles and tasks, and challenges associated with them, as pertains to engineers. Some of the articles in the most recent edition focus on project-based supply chains, effective management of public-private proposals, safety, risk pricing and applications of new technology in construction. So there is a wide variety of topics on offer, each highlighting different elements of management. There are about five articles in each issue. The articles are generally quite lengthy as a result.

Submission Guidelines

The ASCE has published a document outlining their submission guidelines. First, the article must be of interest to civil engineers. It must \\\\\\\"be an original review of past practice, present information or probe new fields of civil engineering activity.\\\\\\\" The journals are considered to be fora for the exchange of experiences by engineers, so any article to be published must fit within those parameters.

There are several different types of papers, and ideally each paper will fit within one of those categories, which include technical papers and case studies. There are no length guidelines for the main content types, but for some of the other types there are. For example, a technical breakthrough abstract should be about 800 words, and legal notes range from 1500-9000 words in length. A feature should be 2500-7500, so the length is fairly flexible for most types of articles. Works should be submitted in ASCE style.