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Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2012

ISSN2046-6102

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

1.198

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.622

Total Worksi

788

Total Citationsi

12,765

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Construction & Building Technology; Engineering, Civil; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Architecture; Building and Construction; Civil and Structural Engineering; Cultural Studies; Human Factors and Ergonomics; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Urban Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 121 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications788

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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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?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2046-6102

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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

1.4k

2019

2.4k

2020

2.1k

2021

1.8k

2022

1.6k

2023

121

1.5k

2024

162

728

2025

135

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 ConstructionQ1

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Human Factors and ErgonomicsQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ1

Urban StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Construction & Building TechnologyEngineering, CivilGreen & Sustainable Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesBuilding and ConstructionCultural StudiesManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawHuman Factors and ErgonomicsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentArchitectureCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainable Building Design and AssessmentBIM and Construction IntegrationConstruction Project Management and PerformanceBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationFacilities and Workplace ManagementSustainable Supply Chain ManagementRecycled Aggregate Concrete PerformanceUrban Heat Island MitigationOccupational Health and Safety ResearchDigital Transformation in Industry

Frequently asked questions about Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Is Smart and Sustainable Built Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Smart and Sustainable 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 Smart and Sustainable Built Environment?

Smart and Sustainable 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 4.44.

Is Smart and Sustainable Built Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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