The Journal of Architecture is published by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis, for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Since its launch in 1996, The Journal of Architecture has become widely recognised as one of the foremost peer-reviewed architecture journals internationally.
It is published eight times a year, comprising both guest-edited special issues, as well as open issues.
Original submissions are welcome from all areas of architectural research, including the humanities, social sciences and engineering. The journal seeks work that advances empirical knowledge and theoretical understanding of architecture and architectural design in view of global challenges and their local manifestations – whether it is the reality of the climate emergency, economic scarcity, new technologies or societal upheavals and shifts. It is committed to progressing knowledge of relevance to contemporary and situated architectural practice.
In addition to standard peer-reviewed articles, The Journal of Architecture publishes book reviews, critical commentaries and building reviews. It is open to receiving proposals for guest-edited special issues.
Journal metrics
Usage
161K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.6 (2023) Impact Factor
0.7 (2023) 5 year IF
0.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.000 (2023) SNIP
0.182 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
50 days avg. from submission to first
decision
106 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
48 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
23% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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.
Doreen Bernath - Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, UK
Co-Editors:
Andrew Agapiou – University of Strathclyde, UK Ioanni Delsante - University of Pavia, Italy Joshua Mardell - Royal College of Art, UK Nicholas Temple - London Metropolitan University, UK
Book Review Editor:
Ross Exo Adams- Bard College, New York, USA
Chair of the Editorial Board:
Sunand Prasad -Perkins & Will, London, UK
Members of the Editorial Board:
Gem Barton - Royal College of Art, UK Fredie Flore-Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, Ghent, Belgium Christoph Grafe- Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, Ghent, Belgium Mari Hvattum-The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), Norway Helena Mattsson- KTH School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
International Editors:
Ricardo Agarez - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal Ipek Akpinar - Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey Ammar Azzouz - ARUP, UK Daniel Barber - University of Pennsylvania, USA Tomá Berlanda - University of Cape Town, South Africa Neeraj Bhatia - The Open Workshop, Canada Brian Carter - University of Buffalo, USA Irina Davidovici - ETH Zurich, Switzerland Vittoria Di Palma - University of Southern California, USA Amir Djalali - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Erdem Erten - Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey Peter Ferretto - Chinese University Hong Kong, Hong Kong Hélène Frichot - University of Melbourne, Australia Janina Gosseye - TU Delft, Netherlands Samia Henni - Cornell University, USA Gabu Heindl - Gabu Heindl Architektur, Austria Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi - Columbia University, USA Monica Juneja - University of Heidelberg, Germany Hamed Khosravi - Architectural Association, UK Ana Paula Koury - University São Judas Tadeu, Brazil Maroš Krivý - Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia Hannah le Roux - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Hannah Lewi - University of Melbourne, Australia Manlio Michieletto - University of Rwanda, Rwanda Alona Nitzan-Shiftan - Technion, Israel Ikem Okoye - University of Delaware, USA Alessandra Ponte - University of Montreal, Canada Carmen Popescu - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Bretagne, France Julienna Preston - Massey University, New Zealand Xiang Ren - University of Sheffield, UK Pari Riahi - University of Massachusetts, USA Cole Roskam - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Luciana Saboia - University of Brazilia, Brazil Tania Sengupta - UCL, UK Doug Spencer - Iowa State University, USA Lukasz Stanek - University of Michigan, USA Huda Tayob - University of Manchester, UK
Honorary Members:
Allen Cunningham
- France Peter Gibbs-Kennet - UK
Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of Architecture is abstracted/indexed in Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, IBZ International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (Zeller Verlag), Sage Urban Studies Abstracts, Thomson Reuters Arts and Humanities Citation Index lang="EN"> ® and Web of Science.
Open access
The Journal of Architecture is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)can receive an individual print subscription to The Journal of Architecture at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.
Print ISSN:
1360-2365
Online ISSN:
1466-4410
8 issues per year
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