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Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN1940-1507

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.672

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.8

Total Worksi

750

Total Citationsi

18,955

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.81

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Construction & Building Technology; Architecture; Building and Construction; Computer Science Applications; Modeling and Simulation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

FrequencyBimonthly, <2012>-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications750

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1940-1507

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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

Articles published

Citations received

503

2019

949

2020

773

2021

768

2022

470

2023

398

2024

128

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

Building and ConstructionQ2

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Construction & Building Technology

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsBuilding and ConstructionModeling and SimulationArchitecture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationWind and Air Flow StudiesUrban Heat Island MitigationEnergy Efficiency and ManagementSmart Grid Energy ManagementSustainable Building Design and AssessmentFacilities and Workplace ManagementBIM and Construction IntegrationHygrothermal properties of building materialsProbabilistic and Robust Engineering Design

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Is Journal of Building Performance Simulation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Building Performance Simulation: 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 Journal of Building Performance Simulation?

Journal of Building Performance Simulation 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 2.81.

Is Journal of Building Performance Simulation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Building Performance Simulation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Building Performance Simulation?