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Frontiers in Built Environment

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 2015

ISSN2297-3362eISSN2297-3362

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.628

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.065

Total Worksi

2,032

Total Citationsi

23,380

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Construction & Building Technology; Engineering, Civil; Urban Studies; Building and Construction; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 273 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,032

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2297-3362 / 2297-3362

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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?

Yes

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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

152

2019

217

4.7k

2020

179

2021

307

4.4k

2022

221

2.4k

2023

247

1.8k

2024

352

1.1k

2025

379

139

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.

Urban StudiesQ1

Building and ConstructionQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Construction & Building TechnologyEngineering, Civil

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesBuilding and ConstructionGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Seismic Performance and AnalysisStructural Health Monitoring TechniquesBIM and Construction IntegrationBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationInfrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringWind and Air Flow StudiesStructural Engineering and Vibration AnalysisMasonry and Concrete Structural AnalysisConstruction Project Management and PerformanceStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Built Environment

Is Frontiers in Built Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Built 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 Frontiers in Built Environment?

Frontiers in 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 2.47.

Is Frontiers in Built Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Built Environment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Frontiers in Built Environment?