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Buildings and Cities

Ubiquity Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2019

ISSN2632-6655eISSN2632-6655

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.829

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.048

Total Worksi

352

Total Citationsi

4,269

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Construction & Building Technology; Urban Studies; Architecture; Building and Construction; Geography, Planning and Development; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

Annual Volume~ 55 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications352

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~25 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPKP PNCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ubiquity Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2632-6655 / 2632-6655

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, PKP PN, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

2020

1.4k

2021

882

2022

610

2023

274

2024

129

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 ConstructionQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Urban StudiesQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Construction & Building TechnologyUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Building and ConstructionManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentArchitecture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationSustainable Building Design and AssessmentEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityFacilities and Workplace ManagementSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social DevelopmentUrban Green Space and HealthUrban Heat Island MitigationUrban Transport and AccessibilityClimate Change and Health Impacts

Frequently asked questions about Buildings and Cities

Is Buildings and Cities a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Buildings and Cities: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Buildings and Cities?

Buildings and Cities 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 2.14.

Is Buildings and Cities indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Buildings and Cities is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.