Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
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Subfield ranking · 2019
Building and Construction journal rankings 2019
91 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Building and Construction has 91 ranked journals in 2019. The median OJR fell 0.05 on 2018 to 0.62, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.13. The top three are Visualization in Engineering, International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, and Building and Environment.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2019. 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 2016–2018, the window the 2019 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 Engineering542
- Mechanical Engineering371
- Biomedical Engineering303
- Civil and Structural Engineering265
- Aerospace Engineering184
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction91
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering87
- Ocean Engineering75
- Automotive Engineering34
91 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 2018. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2016–2018 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 2010 to 2019. | Compare |
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1Visualization in EngineeringSpringer Nature · Germany | 3.45Q1 | 3.79 0.37 up from 2018 | 38 | 100% | $1,350 | ||
2International Journal of Sustainable Built EnvironmentElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.23Q1 | 5.80 1.34 up from 2018 | 107 | — | — | ||
3Building and EnvironmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.38Q1 | 6.12 0.60 up from 2018 | 1,551 | 36% | $4,280 | ||
4Open Geospatial Data Software and StandardsSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 5.17 2.49 up from 2018 | 53 | 100% | $990 | ||
5Energy and BuildingsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.36Q1 | 6.48 1.11 up from 2018 | 2,565 | 34% | $4,260 | ||
6Journal of Construction Engineering and ManagementAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.19Q1 | 3.46 0.04 down from 2018 | 506 | 24% | — | ||
7Frontiers of Architectural ResearchOAElsevier BV · China | 2.07Q1 | 2.57 0.81 up from 2018 | 127 | 100% | $1,500 | ||
8Building Research & InformationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | 4.75 1.21 up from 2018 | 201 | 41% | — | ||
9Construction Research Congress 2018Publisher not listed | 1.84Q1 | 0.81no 2018 value | 373 | — | — | — | |
10Construction InnovationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.80Q1 | 3.48 1.08 up from 2018 | 69 | 45% | — | ||
11Journal of Composites for ConstructionAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.76Q1 | 3.30 0.24 up from 2018 | 267 | 17% | — | ||
12IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.64Q1 | 3.07 0.38 up from 2018 | 268 | 56% | — | ||
13Architectural Engineering and Design ManagementTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.64Q1 | 2.63 0.75 up from 2018 | 94 | 57% | — | ||
14Journal of Civil Engineering and ManagementOATaylor & Francis · Lithuania | 1.61Q1 | 3.15 0.66 up from 2018 | 215 | 100% | $517 | ||
15The Extractive Industries and SocietyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.56Q1 | 3.41 0.39 up from 2018 | 331 | 23% | $3,470 | ||
16ACADIA quarterlyPublisher not listed | 1.49Q1 | 0.94 0.33 up from 2018 | 178 | 50% | — | ||
17International Journal of Construction ManagementTaylor & Francis · Hong Kong SAR China | 1.46Q1 | 2.28 0.20 up from 2018 | 215 | 15% | — | ||
18Journal of Building Performance SimulationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.42Q1 | 2.63 0.09 down from 2018 | 128 | 52% | — | ||
19Building SimulationSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 1.42Q1 | 3.84 1.35 up from 2018 | 221 | 20% | $4,090 | ||
20Proceedings of the ... ISARCPublisher not listed | 1.40Q1 | 0.99 0.21 up from 2018 | 458 | 13% | — | ||
21Journal of Information Technology in ConstructionOAConseil International du Bâtiment · Netherlands | 1.33Q1 | 1.63 1.01 down from 2018 | 32 | 100% | — | ||
22Journal of Facilities ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.31Q1 | 2.13 0.66 up from 2018 | 83 | 22% | — | ||
23International Journal of Building Pathology and AdaptationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.13Q1 | 1.90 0.62 up from 2018 | 111 | 34% | — | ||
24URBAN DESIGN InternationalPalgrave Macmillan | 1.07Q2 | 1.15 0.15 up from 2018 | 60 | 41% | $3,190 | ||
25Journal of Engineering Design and TechnologyEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.97Q2 | 1.90 1.02 up from 2018 | 165 | 7% | — | ||
26International Journal of Architectural Research Archnet-IJAREmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.94Q2 | 1.23 0.20 up from 2018 | 145 | 22% | — | ||
27Architectural Science ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.93Q2 | 1.74 0.62 up from 2018 | 122 | 33% | — | ||
28Wood Science and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.93Q2 | 2.23 0.33 up from 2018 | 272 | 22% | $3,990 | ||
29International Journal of Architectural ComputingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.89Q2 | 1.26 0.38 up from 2018 | 73 | 15% | $4,150 | ||
30Intelligent Buildings InternationalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.87Q2 | 1.57 0.62 up from 2018 | 40 | 59% | — | ||
31Construction Research Congress 2016Publisher not listed | 0.86Q2 | —no 2018 value | 299 | — | — | ||
32ACI Structural JournalAmerican Concrete Institute · United States | 0.83Q2 | 1.72 0.39 up from 2018 | 422 | 8% | — | ||
33Journal of Building PhysicsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.82Q2 | 2.20 0.98 up from 2018 | 90 | 29% | $4,150 | ||
34Journal of Architectural EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 0.80Q2 | 1.37 0.46 up from 2018 | 144 | 15% | — | ||
35Indoor and Built EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.80Q2 | 2.33 0.93 up from 2018 | 275 | 19% | $4,400 | ||
36WIT transactions on ecology and the environmentWIT Press · United Kingdom | 0.78Q2 | 0.36 0.06 up from 2018 | 871 | 94% | — | ||
37Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource ManagementThomas Telford Ltd. · United Kingdom | 0.76Q2 | 2.03 0.86 up from 2018 | 60 | 21% | — | ||
38Journal of Wood ScienceOASpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.76Q2 | 1.64 0.25 up from 2018 | 233 | 100% | $1,990 | ||
39European Journal of Wood and Wood ProductsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.75Q2 | 1.53 0.07 up from 2018 | 397 | 22% | $2,590 | ||
40Wood and Fiber ScienceOASociety of Wood Science and Technology · United States | 0.71Q2 | 1.37 0.79 up from 2018 | 64 | 100% | — | ||
41Wood Material Science and EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.70Q2 | 1.83 0.86 up from 2018 | 107 | 31% | — | ||
42PROMET - Traffic&TransportationOAUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences · Croatia | 0.68Q2 | 1.06 0.03 down from 2018 | 194 | 100% | $970 | ||
43Advances in Building Energy ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.65Q2 | 1.77 0.27 up from 2018 | 64 | 23% | — | ||
44Smart and Sustainable Built EnvironmentEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.64Q2 | 1.30 0.28 down from 2018 | 54 | 37% | — | ||
45Building Services Engineering Research and TechnologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.63Q2 | 1.62 0.43 up from 2018 | 148 | 41% | $4,150 | ||
46Technology|Architecture + DesignTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.62Q2 | 0.89 0.03 down from 2018 | 73 | 29% | — | ||
47Science and Technology for the Built EnvironmentTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.62Q3 | 1.59 0.10 up from 2018 | 330 | 27% | — | ||
48International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.61Q3 | 1.03 0.21 up from 2018 | 52 | 14% | $3,290 | ||
49Coloration TechnologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.61Q3 | 1.32 0.32 up from 2018 | 229 | 14% | $3,950 | ||
50HolzforschungDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.61Q3 | 1.79 0.18 down from 2018 | 361 | 35% | $0 listed |
Subfields of Engineering, with Building and Construction highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering542
- Mechanical Engineering371
- Biomedical Engineering303
- Civil and Structural Engineering265
- Aerospace Engineering184
- Control and Systems Engineering128
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction91
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering87
- Ocean Engineering75
- Automotive Engineering34
- Media Technology26
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Architecture1
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2019. Corpus-wide, 83.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
31 additional Building and Construction journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2016–2018, 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: 2019. Publication window: 2016–2018. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 91
- Window papers (baseline)
- 61,397 +11.4% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 0.618 -22.3% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 11
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2016–2018 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.