ZARCH

Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza · Spain · Est. 2013

ISSN2387-0346

SJR Q3✓ 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 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.135

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.553

Total Worksi

865

Total Citationsi

459

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

ZARCH. Journal of interdisciplinary studies in Architecture and Urbanism is a scientific publication with a bimonthly periodicity, published in digital and print format, responsible for presenting original research work, not previously disseminated in other journals, books, conferences, seminars and the like, around successive monographic themes. It is aimed at a broad academic and professional audience: architects and engineers, students and researchers of Architecture, Urbanism and Engineering, and those interested in their projects and constructions.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencySemestral

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications865

Publisher OrgUniversity of Zaragoza

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2387-0346

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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?

PKP PN

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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?

Spanish

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

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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.

ArchitectureQ3

Urban StudiesQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesArchitecture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Latin American Urban StudiesArchitecture and Art History StudiesUrbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesArchitecture, Art, EducationHistorical Art and Architecture StudiesArchitecture, Modernity, and DesignHistorical Studies of Medieval IberiaArchitecture and Computational DesignMedieval Architecture and ArchaeologyUrbanization and City Planning

Frequently asked questions about ZARCH

Is ZARCH a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ZARCH: 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 ZARCH?

ZARCH is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.135.

Is ZARCH indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ZARCH is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.