About this journal
Aims and scope
Founded at the University of Sydney in 1958 by Professor Henry Cowan to promote continued professional development, Architectural Science Review presents a balanced collection of papers on a wide range of topics. From its first issue over 50 years ago the journal documents the profession’s interest in environmental issues, covering topics such as thermal comfort, lighting, and sustainable architecture, contributing to this extensive field of knowledge by seeking papers from a broad geographical area.
The journal is supported by an international editorial advisory board of the leading international academics and its reputation has increased globally with individual and institutional subscribers and contributors from around the world. As a result, Architectural Science Review continues to be recognised as not only one of the first, but the leading journal devoted to architectural science, technology and the built environment.
Architectural Science Review publishes original research papers, shorter research notes, and abstracts of PhD dissertations and theses in all areas of architectural science including:
- building science and technology
- environmental sustainability
- structures and materials
- audio and acoustics
- illumination
- thermal systems
- building physics
- building services
- building climatology
- building economics
- ergonomics
- history and theory of architectural science
- the social sciences of architecture
All research papers, research notes and review articles are double-anonymized refereed by a distinguished international Editorial Advisory Board and other experts in the field. ASR also publishes occasional refereed special issues, invited review papers and editorials, and extensive book reviews.
ASR is listed in EIRH PLUS, the European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 94K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
- 2.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.030 (2023) SNIP
- 0.513 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 29 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 74 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 26% 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.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor in Chief
Professor Darren Robinson
University of Sheffield, UK
Associate Editors
Associate Professor Densil Cabrera - (Audio and Acoustics)
The University of Sydney, Australia
Professor Michael Christenson - (Architectural Computing)
University of Minnesota, USA
Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
Associate Professor Yasha J. Grobman - (Computer Aided Fabrication, Design Computation)
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Professor Ning Gu - (Design Computing and Cognition)
University of South Australia, Australia
Dr Edward Harkness - (Solar Geometry)
The University of Sydney, Australia
Associate Professor Danny H W Li - (Energy Efficiency)
Department of Building and Construction
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr Upendra Rajapaksha - ( Low energy architecture)
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Professor Marc Aurel Schnabel - (Parametric Design)
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Dr A. Benjamin Spaeth - (Parametric design)
Welsh School of Architecture, UK
Dr David Wadley - (Planning and Urbanism)
The University of Queensland, Australia
Editorial Advisory Board
Professor Guedi Capeluto, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Professor Chew Lit Yin, School of Design, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Professor W K Chow, Department of Building Services Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Professor Robert Gifford, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Canada
Dr Kathryn Janda, Energy Institute, University College London and Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Professor Douglas Noble, Leavitt Graduate Building Science Program, University of Southern California, USA
Professor Deo Prasad, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Australia
Professor Helen Ross, School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, University of Queensland, Australia
Professor Bin Su, School of Architecture, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Dr Ruffina Thilakaratne, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, China
Dr Jennifer Veitch, Institute for Research in Construction, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Dr Semiha Yilmazer, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Bilkent University, Turkey
Professor Zeng Saixing, Antai School of Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Former Editors in Chief
Professor Richard Hyde
Professor of Architectural Science (retired)
The University of Sydney, Australia
Professor Gary Moore
Emeritus Professor of Environment-Behaviour Studies
The University of Sydney, Australia
Founding Editor
Professor Henry Cowan
Late Emeritus Professor of Architectural Science
The University of Sydney, Australia
Open access
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- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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