About this journal
Aims and scope
International Journal of Architectural Heritage provides a multidisciplinary scientific overview of existing resources and modern technologies useful for the study and repair of historical buildings and other structures. The journal will include information on history, methodology, materials, survey, inspection, non-destructive testing, analysis, diagnosis, remedial measures, and strengthening techniques.
Preservation of the architectural heritage is considered a fundamental issue in the life of modern societies. In addition to their historical interest, cultural heritage buildings are valuable because they contribute significantly to the economy by providing key attractions in a context where tourism and leisure are major industries in the 3rd millennium. The need of preserving historical constructions is thus not only a cultural requirement, but also an economical and developmental demand.
The study of historical buildings and other structures must be undertaken from an approach based on the use of modern technologies and science. The final aim must be to select and adequately manage the possible technical means needed to attain the required understanding of the morphology and the structural behavior of the construction and to characterize its repair needs. Modern requirements for an intervention include reversibility, unobtrusiveness, minimum repair, and respect of the original construction, as well as the obvious functional and structural requirements. Restoration operations complying with these principles require a scientific, multidisciplinary approach that comprehends historical understanding, modern non-destructive inspection techniques, and advanced experimental and computer methods of analysis.
Therefore, International Journal of Architectural Heritage covers the main aspects related to the study and repair of existing buildings, including:
- Issues on the history of construction and architectural technology
- General criteria and methodology for study and intervention
- Historical and traditional building techniques
- Survey techniques
- Non-destructive testing, inspection, and monitoring
- Experimental results and laboratory testing
- Analytical and numerical approaches
- Innovative and traditional materials for repair and restoration
- Innovative strategies and techniques for repair and restoration
- General remedial measures
- Repair and strengthening of structures
- Seismic behavior and retrofitting
- Detailed and state-of-the-art case studies, including truly novel developments
The main objective is to provide an overview of existing resources useful for the rigorous and scientifically based study of the state of ancient structures and to present state-of-the-art novel research in the field. The journal will publish review papers, research papers, and detailed case studies. Interdisciplinary contributions will be highly appreciated.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial evaluation by the Editors and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert reviewers. All peer review is single anonymized. Submissions are made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 95K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.3 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 7.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.547 (2023) SNIP
- 0.698 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 5 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 55 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 9 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 22% acceptance rate
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
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*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editors:
Professor Paulo B. Lourenço - Universidade do Minho, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, P-4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Professor Pere Roca - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Departament d’Enginyeria de la Construcció, Campus Nord UPC, C/ Jordi Girona, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Editorial Board:
Rafael Aguilar - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru
Rubén Boroschek - University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Tor Broström - Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Chiara Calderini - Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
Gianmarco de Felice - Università Degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Matthew Dejong - University of California, Berkeley, USA
Eliane Aparecida Del Lama - University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Amélia Dionísio - University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Khalid El Harrouni - École Nationale d'Architecture, Rabat, Morocco
Massimo Fragiacomo - Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany - International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Tehran, Iran
Giorgia Giardina - University of Bath, Bath, UK
Toshikazu Hanazato - Mie University, Tsu, Japan
Jason Ingham - The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Salvador Ivorra - University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Nicola Masini - Italian National Research Council, Rome, Italy
Arun Menon - Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Gabriele Milani - Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Carlos Rodrigues Navarro - University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Daniel V. Oliveira - University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal
Sara Pavia - Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Luca Pelà - Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Fernando Peña - National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico-City, Mexico
Mariapaola Riggio - Oregon State University, Oregon, USA
Ana Pereira Roders - Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Mario Santana - Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Anastasios Sextos - University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Enrico Spacone - University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Italy
Xiaobin Song - Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Maria Rosário Veiga - National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal
Jan Valek - ITAM Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Elisabeth Vintzileou - National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
David Wendland - BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Germany
Abstracting and indexing
Open access
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- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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