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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

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.404

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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

Review Time~27 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

125

2018

131

2019

235

2020

253

2021

166

2022

100

2023

2024

2025

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. 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?