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THRESHOLDS

MIT PRESS · US

ISSN1091-711XeISSN2572-7338

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Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Thresholds is a peer-reviewed journal produced by the MIT Department of Architecture. Each issue features content from leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of architecture, art, and culture. The journal focuses on the intersections of architecture, landscape, culture, and socio-political contexts, exploring the complexities of built environments and their implications on society.

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General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

MIT PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1091-711X / 2572-7338

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ArchitectureArt

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Architecture, Modernity, and DesignArchitecture and Computational DesignArchitecture and Art History StudiesUrban Design and Spatial AnalysisArchitecture and Cultural InfluencesArt, Politics, and ModernismLatin American Urban StudiesPublic Spaces through ArtPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismArchitecture, Design, and Social History

Frequently asked questions about THRESHOLDS

Is THRESHOLDS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for THRESHOLDS: it is indexed in Web of Science, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of THRESHOLDS?

THRESHOLDS is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is THRESHOLDS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

THRESHOLDS is indexed in Web of Science.