Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Building and Construction journal rankings 2016
82 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Building and Construction has 82 ranked journals in 2016. The median OJR fell 0.06 on 2015 to 0.80, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.21. The top three are International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, Building Research & Information, and Energy and Buildings.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Engineering (16)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering498
- Mechanical Engineering349
- Biomedical Engineering257
- Civil and Structural Engineering232
- Aerospace Engineering177
- Control and Systems Engineering130
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics105
- Building and Construction82
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering81
- Ocean Engineering67
- Media Technology31
82 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1International Journal of Sustainable Built EnvironmentElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.93Q1 | 3.21 0.89 up from 2015 | 80 | 100% | — | ||
2Building Research & InformationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.86Q1 | 3.44 0.28 up from 2015 | 184 | 52% | — | ||
3Energy and BuildingsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.77Q1 | 4.86 0.52 up from 2015 | 2,313 | 15% | $4,260 | ||
4Building and EnvironmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.71Q1 | 4.72 0.03 up from 2015 | 1,049 | 25% | $4,280 | ||
5Journal of Construction Engineering and ManagementAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.38Q1 | 2.23 0.42 up from 2015 | 428 | 11% | — | ||
6IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 2.20Q1 | 2.57 0.10 up from 2015 | 202 | 15% | — | ||
7The Extractive Industries and SocietyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.16Q1 | 2.70 0.37 up from 2015 | 158 | 23% | $3,470 | ||
8Journal of Composites for ConstructionAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.02Q1 | 2.25 0.15 down from 2015 | 293 | 16% | — | ||
9Computing in Civil EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers | 2.01Q1 | —no 2015 value | 112 | — | — | ||
10Journal of Building Performance SimulationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.81Q1 | 2.26 0.44 down from 2015 | 104 | 35% | — | ||
11Visualization in EngineeringSpringer Nature · Germany | 1.74Q1 | 1.46 0.95 down from 2015 | 41 | 100% | $1,350 | ||
12Journal of Civil Engineering and ManagementOATaylor & Francis · Lithuania | 1.59Q1 | 1.45 0.54 down from 2015 | 350 | 100% | $517 | ||
13Architectural Engineering and Design ManagementTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.57Q1 | 1.63 0.11 down from 2015 | 55 | 46% | — | ||
14Construction InnovationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.50Q1 | 1.75 0.53 up from 2015 | 85 | 0% | — | ||
15Journal of Information Technology in ConstructionOAConseil International du Bâtiment · Netherlands | 1.46Q1 | 1.41 0.32 down from 2015 | 48 | 100% | — | ||
16Intelligent Buildings InternationalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.43Q1 | 1.02 0.64 down from 2015 | 73 | 21% | — | ||
17ACI Structural JournalAmerican Concrete Institute · United States | 1.38Q1 | 1.49 0.12 up from 2015 | 352 | 12% | — | ||
18Frontiers of Architectural ResearchOAElsevier BV · China | 1.36Q1 | 1.36 0.21 up from 2015 | 129 | 100% | $1,500 | ||
19Building SimulationSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 1.26Q1 | 1.56 0.27 down from 2015 | 165 | 19% | $4,090 | ||
20Smart and Sustainable Built EnvironmentEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.22Q1 | 1.12 0.66 down from 2015 | 49 | 19% | — | ||
21Architectural Science ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.21Q1 | 1.17 0.32 up from 2015 | 114 | 33% | — | ||
22Journal of Facilities ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 1.24 0.14 down from 2015 | 67 | 17% | — | ||
23International Journal of Construction ManagementTaylor & Francis · Hong Kong SAR China | 1.12Q2 | 1.43 0.59 up from 2015 | 82 | 24% | — | ||
24International Journal of Building Pathology and AdaptationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 1.13 0.30 up from 2015 | 82 | 29% | — | ||
25Wood Science and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.04Q2 | 1.45 0.31 down from 2015 | 252 | 17% | $3,990 | ||
26SIGSPATIAL SpecialAssociation for Computing Machinery | 0.98Q2 | 0.98 0.81 up from 2015 | 60 | 0% | — | ||
27Journal of Building PhysicsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.95Q2 | 1.40 0.29 up from 2015 | 75 | 12% | $4,150 | ||
28Advances in Building Energy ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.93Q2 | 1.23 1.60 down from 2015 | 68 | 6% | — | ||
29WIT transactions on ecology and the environmentWIT Press · United Kingdom | 0.93Q2 | 0.38 0.06 up from 2015 | 1,452 | 96% | — | ||
30Proceedings of the ... ISARCPublisher not listed | 0.90Q2 | 0.52 0.08 up from 2015 | 440 | 76% | — | ||
31Journal of Engineering Design and TechnologyEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.89Q2 | 0.76 0.02 up from 2015 | 89 | 12% | — | ||
32International Journal of Architectural Research Archnet-IJAREmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.89Q2 | 0.79 0.37 up from 2015 | 112 | 15% | — | ||
33European Journal of Wood and Wood ProductsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.85Q2 | 1.29 0.17 up from 2015 | 345 | 17% | $2,590 | ||
34International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.83Q2 | 1.18 0.24 up from 2015 | 62 | 7% | $3,290 | ||
35Journal of Sustainable Real EstateOATaylor & Francis · United States | 0.82Q2 | 0.75 0.11 down from 2015 | 31 | 91% | — | ||
36Science and Technology for the Built EnvironmentTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.82Q2 | 1.22no change | 317 | 20% | — | ||
37URBAN DESIGN InternationalPalgrave Macmillan | 0.82Q2 | 0.44 0.12 down from 2015 | 71 | 20% | $3,190 | ||
38International Journal of 3-D Information ModelingIGI Global · United States | 0.82Q2 | 0.91 0.23 up from 2015 | 56 | 27% | — | ||
39Coloration TechnologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.81Q2 | 1.36 0.23 down from 2015 | 173 | 7% | $3,950 | ||
40Journal of Wood ScienceOASpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.81Q2 | 1.26 0.05 up from 2015 | 209 | 80% | $1,990 | ||
41Indoor and Built EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.80Q2 | 1.14 0.24 up from 2015 | 297 | 15% | $4,400 | ||
42PROMET - Traffic&TransportationOAUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences · Croatia | 0.79Q3 | 0.65 0.13 down from 2015 | 133 | 100% | $970 | ||
43Journal of Facade Design and EngineeringOAIOS Press · Netherlands | 0.77Q3 | 0.87 0.64 up from 2015 | 39 | 100% | $539 | ||
| 0.77Q3 | 0.77 0.24 up from 2015 | 90 | 29% | — | |||
45Journal of Architectural EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 0.76Q3 | 0.71 0.14 down from 2015 | 78 | 7% | — | ||
46American journal of civil engineering and architectureOAUnited States | 0.75Q3 | 0.66 0.26 down from 2015 | 79 | 0% | — | ||
47HolzforschungDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.69Q3 | 1.76 0.18 up from 2015 | 396 | 17% | $0 listed | ||
48Maderas Ciencia y tecnologíaOAUniversity of the Bío-Bío · Chile | 0.69Q3 | 1.38 0.14 up from 2015 | 166 | 100% | — | ||
49BioResourcesOANorth Carolina State University · United States | 0.67Q3 | 1.12 0.32 down from 2015 | 1,812 | 100% | $1,452 | ||
50International Journal of Construction Engineering and ManagementOAUnited States | 0.66Q3 | 0.51 0.18 down from 2015 | 59 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Building and Construction highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering498
- Mechanical Engineering349
- Biomedical Engineering257
- Civil and Structural Engineering232
- Aerospace Engineering177
- Control and Systems Engineering130
- Mechanics of Materials124
- Computational Mechanics105
- Building and Construction82
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering81
- Ocean Engineering67
- Media Technology31
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality28
- Automotive Engineering25
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
24 additional Building and Construction journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 82
- Window papers (baseline)
- 55,108 +19.0% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.80 -10.0% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 11
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 29 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 89 | 91 | 97 | 97 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 88 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 13,123 | 14,694 | 16,252 | 18,200 | 19,800 | 21,852 | 23,801 | 26,688 | 29,116 | 32,294 | 35,190 | 38,652 | 42,757 | 46,315 | 50,141 | 52,962 | 55,108 | 56,320 | 58,104 | 61,397 | 66,299 | 72,078 | 78,281 | 82,464 | 87,016 | 92,857 | |
| Median OJR | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.64 | 0.576 | 0.63 | 0.672 | 0.65 | 0.575 | 0.68 | 0.6698 | 0.862 | 0.879 | 0.914 | 0.884 | 0.905 | 0.858 | 0.80 | 0.70 | 0.6704 | 0.618 | 0.620 | 0.667 | 0.671 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.74 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.