Journal rankings · indicator year 2021
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Subfield ranking · 2021
Building and Construction journal rankings 2021
97 ranked journals · Subfield in Engineering
Building and Construction has 97 ranked journals in 2021. The median journal has an OJR of 0.67, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.05 on 2020; Q1 starts at OJR 1.19. The top three are Open Geospatial Data Software and Standards, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, and Proceedings of the ... ISARC.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2021. 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 2018–2020, the window the 2021 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 Engineering574
- Mechanical Engineering380
- Biomedical Engineering327
- Civil and Structural Engineering272
- Aerospace Engineering175
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Control and Systems Engineering121
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction97
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering90
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering38
97 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 2020. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2018–2020, the window the 2021 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2018–2020 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 2012 to 2021. | Compare |
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1Open Geospatial Data Software and StandardsSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 2.45Q1 | 6.20 1.07 down from 2020 | 35 | — | $990 | ||
2Journal of Construction Engineering and ManagementAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 2.31Q1 | 5.69 0.63 up from 2020 | 544 | 17% | — | ||
3Proceedings of the ... ISARCPublisher not listed | 2.29Q1 | 1.15 0.17 down from 2020 | 575 | 14% | — | ||
4Energy and BuildingsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.05Q1 | 7.75 1.07 up from 2020 | 2,135 | 32% | $4,260 | ||
5Building and EnvironmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.01Q1 | 7.44 0.46 up from 2020 | 2,062 | 36% | $4,280 | ||
6Construction InnovationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.99Q1 | 5.41 2.40 up from 2020 | 101 | 34% | — | ||
7Energy and Built EnvironmentOAElsevier BV · China | 1.98Q1 | 6.75 1.58 down from 2020 | 93 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
8Building Research & InformationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.97Q1 | 4.72 0.40 up from 2020 | 153 | 45% | — | ||
9Frontiers of Architectural ResearchOAElsevier BV · China | 1.92Q1 | 3.91 1.27 up from 2020 | 168 | 100% | $1,500 | ||
10Computing in constructionUniversity College Dublin · Belgium | 1.83Q1 | 1.21 0.34 up from 2020 | 61 | 48% | — | ||
11International Journal of Construction ManagementTaylor & Francis · Hong Kong SAR China | 1.70Q1 | 3.67 0.50 up from 2020 | 466 | 16% | — | ||
12Journal of Civil Engineering and ManagementOATaylor & Francis · Lithuania | 1.64Q1 | 4.12 0.97 up from 2020 | 173 | 100% | $517 | ||
13URBAN DESIGN InternationalPalgrave Macmillan | 1.60Q1 | 2.14 0.16 down from 2020 | 77 | 70% | $3,190 | ||
14The Extractive Industries and SocietyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 4.24 0.16 down from 2020 | 459 | 35% | $3,470 | ||
15Journal of Information Technology in ConstructionOAConseil International du Bâtiment · Netherlands | 1.56Q1 | 5.05 1.87 up from 2020 | 65 | 100% | — | ||
16Smart and Sustainable Built EnvironmentEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.44Q1 | 4.86 2.29 up from 2020 | 141 | 19% | — | ||
17Construction Research Congress 2020Publisher not listed | 1.43Q1 | 0.67no 2020 value | 482 | — | — | — | |
18Journal of Composites for ConstructionAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.42Q1 | 3.94 0.11 down from 2020 | 267 | 12% | — | ||
19Building SimulationSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 1.41Q1 | 4.55 0.31 up from 2020 | 313 | 26% | $4,090 | ||
20Buildings and CitiesOAUbiquity Press · United Kingdom | 1.40Q1 | 4.32no 2020 value | 41 | 100% | $1,165 | — | |
21Construction Research Congress 2018Publisher not listed | 1.40Q1 | —no 2020 value | 373 | — | — | ||
22WIT transactions on ecology and the environmentWIT Press · United Kingdom | 1.29Q1 | 0.57 0.03 down from 2020 | 642 | 78% | — | ||
23IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 1.23Q1 | 3.27 0.36 up from 2020 | 330 | 45% | — | ||
24SIGSPATIAL SpecialAssociation for Computing Machinery | 1.21Q1 | 4.39 3.33 up from 2020 | 88 | 0% | — | ||
25International Journal of Architectural Research Archnet-IJAREmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.19Q1 | 2.34 1.11 up from 2020 | 165 | 21% | — | ||
26Journal of Facilities ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.19Q2 | 2.56 0.19 up from 2020 | 85 | 9% | — | ||
27Architectural Science ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 2.96 0.51 up from 2020 | 158 | 47% | — | ||
28Architectural Engineering and Design ManagementTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 2.62 0.21 up from 2020 | 104 | 36% | — | ||
29International Journal of Building Pathology and AdaptationEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 2.46 0.23 up from 2020 | 165 | 18% | — | ||
30ACADIA quarterlyPublisher not listed | 1.08Q2 | 0.31 0.41 down from 2020 | 203 | 89% | — | ||
31Construction RoboticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.05Q2 | 2.77 0.77 up from 2020 | 38 | 74% | $3,190 | ||
32Journal of Building Performance SimulationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 3.25 0.29 down from 2020 | 115 | 47% | — | ||
33Intelligent Buildings InternationalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 3.06 0.32 up from 2020 | 68 | 42% | — | ||
34Journal of Big Data Analytics in TransportationSpringer Science+Business Media · Singapore | 1.02Q2 | 2.74 0.84 down from 2020 | 31 | 35% | $2,890 | ||
35Journal of Building PhysicsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.98Q2 | 3.48 0.77 up from 2020 | 83 | 33% | $4,150 | ||
36International Journal of Architectural ComputingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.95Q2 | 1.48 0.52 down from 2020 | 85 | 22% | $4,150 | ||
37Journal of Engineering Design and TechnologyEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.94Q2 | 3.08 1.44 up from 2020 | 281 | 17% | — | ||
38Journal of Wood ScienceOASpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.90Q2 | 3.17 0.86 up from 2020 | 235 | 100% | $1,990 | ||
39Wood Material Science and EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.88Q2 | 2.45 0.33 up from 2020 | 145 | 29% | — | ||
40International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.84Q2 | 2.55 1.14 up from 2020 | 83 | 20% | $3,290 | ||
41European Journal of Wood and Wood ProductsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.79Q2 | 2.68 0.56 up from 2020 | 345 | 32% | $2,590 | ||
42Wood Science and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.78Q2 | 2.68 0.42 up from 2020 | 257 | 33% | $3,990 | ||
43Indoor and Built EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.77Q2 | 2.71 0.03 up from 2020 | 333 | 25% | $4,400 | ||
44Journal of Architectural EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 0.73Q2 | 1.82 0.22 down from 2020 | 154 | 11% | — | ||
45EPiC series in built environmentUnited Kingdom | 0.72Q2 | 0.40no 2020 value | 57 | 83% | — | — | |
46International Journal of Built Environment and SustainabilityOAUniversity of Technology Malaysia · Malaysia | 0.72Q2 | 1.22no change | 96 | 100% | — | ||
47Building Services Engineering Research and TechnologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.70Q2 | 2.43 0.60 up from 2020 | 155 | 36% | $4,150 | ||
48Coloration TechnologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.68Q2 | 2.20 0.45 up from 2020 | 164 | 14% | $3,950 | ||
49ACI Structural JournalAmerican Concrete Institute · United States | 0.67Q2 | 1.89 0.17 up from 2020 | 410 | 7% | — | ||
50Journal of DaylightingOASolarLits · South Korea | 0.65Q3 | 2.45 0.75 up from 2020 | 45 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Engineering, with Building and Construction highlighted.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering574
- Mechanical Engineering380
- Biomedical Engineering327
- Civil and Structural Engineering272
- Aerospace Engineering175
- Mechanics of Materials123
- Control and Systems Engineering121
- Computational Mechanics102
- Building and Construction97
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering90
- Ocean Engineering74
- Automotive Engineering38
- Media Technology27
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality26
- Architecture2
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2021. Corpus-wide, 87.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
26 additional Building and Construction journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2018–2020, 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: 2021. Publication window: 2018–2020. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 97
- Window papers (baseline)
- 72,078 +24.0% from indicator year 2018
- Median OJR
- 0.667 -0.6% from indicator year 2018
- Rising journals (2025)
- 11
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2018–2020 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.