Enquiry

Architectural Research Centers Consortium · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN2329-9339

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.178

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.168

Total Worksi

168

Total Citationsi

608

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

ENQ (Enquiry), an open access journal for architectural research, is an online journal (ISSN 2329-9339) published by the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) as a resource for research in architecture and to support the continued development of research culture in the discipline. ENQ is committed to open sharing and persistent access to knowledge as a key element in building and maintaining an architectural research community.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications168

Publisher OrgArchitectural Research Centers Consortium

OA Since2006

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

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?

Architectural Research Centers Consortium

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2329-9339

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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

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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.

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ1

HistoryQ2

ArchitectureQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

HistoryVisual Arts and Performing ArtsArchitecture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Architecture and Computational DesignDesign Education and PracticeArchitecture, Art, EducationSustainable Building Design and AssessmentArchitecture, Modernity, and DesignArchitecture and Art History StudiesUrban Green Space and HealthBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationBIM and Construction IntegrationUrban Design and Spatial Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Enquiry

Is Enquiry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Enquiry: it is indexed in 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 Enquiry?

Enquiry is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.178.

Is Enquiry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Enquiry is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.