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Architecture, City and Environment

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya · Spain · Est. 2006

ISSN1886-4805eISSN1886-4805

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.404

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.781

Total Worksi

770

Total Citationsi

2,978

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Architecture; Urban Studies; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageCatalan, English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications770

Publisher OrgUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya

OA Since2005

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-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?

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1886-4805 / 1886-4805

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

Catalan, English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

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

132

2019

238

2020

257

2021

173

2022

105

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.

ArchitectureQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Urban StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ArchitectureUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesGeography, Planning and DevelopmentArchitecture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Latin American Urban StudiesUrbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesRegional Development and InnovationMigration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesArchitecture and Art History StudiesArchitecture, Art, EducationBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationCultural Heritage Management and PreservationUrban Transport and AccessibilityUrban Design and Spatial Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Architecture, City and Environment

Is Architecture, City and Environment a predatory journal?

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

Architecture, City and 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 0.74.

Is Architecture, City and Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Architecture, City and Environment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Architecture, City and Environment?