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Indoor and Built Environment

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1992

ISSN1423-0070

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.614

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.926

Total Worksi

3,382

Total Citationsi

44,653

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Indoor and Built Environment focuses on indoor air pollution and hygiene. The journal emphasizes problems and sources of pollutants indoors. Its scope includes Construction & Building Technology, Engineering (Environmental), and Public, Environmental & Occupational Health.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,382

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1423-0070

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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

Articles published

Citations received

126

3.1k

2019

154

2.7k

2020

1.3k

2021

145

1.7k

2022

112

2023

105

472

2024

100

119

2025

2026

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Construction & Building TechnologyEngineering, EnvironmentalPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationAir Quality and Health ImpactsIndoor Air Quality and Microbial ExposureWind and Air Flow StudiesUrban Heat Island MitigationInfection Control and VentilationNoise Effects and ManagementAir Quality Monitoring and ForecastingUrban Green Space and HealthRadioactivity and Radon Measurements

Frequently asked questions about Indoor and Built Environment

Is Indoor and Built Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indoor and Built Environment: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Indoor and Built Environment?

Indoor and Built Environment 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.75.

Is Indoor and Built Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indoor and Built Environment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.