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Lean Construction Journal

Lean Construction Institute · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1555-1369

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.233

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.532

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2,644

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Building and Construction; Civil and Structural Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 9 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications97

OA Since2003

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lean Construction Institute

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1555-1369

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2012

2019

2021

2022

154

2023

2024

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.

Building and ConstructionQ3

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Building and ConstructionCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Construction Project Management and PerformanceQuality and Supply ManagementBIM and Construction IntegrationQuality and Management SystemsDesign Education and PracticeOutsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementOperations Management TechniquesOccupational Health and Safety ResearchSimulation Techniques and ApplicationsAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization

Frequently asked questions about Lean Construction Journal

Is Lean Construction Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lean Construction Journal: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Lean Construction Journal?

Lean Construction Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.233.

Is Lean Construction Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lean Construction Journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Lean Construction Journal?