All open access journals charge fees either to authors or to readers. This may lead to low quality reviewing and publication process, while on the other hand it discourages mainly the young scientists without financial support resulting in high-quality publications not to be widely disseminated.

The International Journal of Bridge Engineering will be an “open-type” journal without publication fees neither for authors nor for readers. The high quality of papers will be ensured by very strict peer-reviewing of all submitted articles.