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Best Architecture journals

201 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Architecture. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 53 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 14.4 99th Q1 ESCI C No
2 Journal of Building Engineering 13.1 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 International Journal of Construction Management 12.7 98th Q1 ESCI B No
4 Developments in the Built Environment 11.9 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
5 Design Studies 11.8 97th Q1 SCIE A No
6 Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 10.7 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
7 Construction Innovation 10.7 96th Q1 ESCI B No
8 Journal of Intelligent Construction 10.7 96th Q1 Yes
9 Frontiers of Architectural Research 7.8 95th Q1 AHCI Yes
10 Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 7.5 95th Q1 SSCI No
11 Structures 7.1 95th Q1 SCIE No
12 Architectural Engineering and Design Management 6.4 94th Q1 SCIE No
13 Journal of Building Performance Simulation 6.3 94th Q1 SCIE No
14 Journal of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering 6.3 93th Q1 Yes
15 Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering 6.2 93th Q1 SCIE No
16 Architectural Science Review 6.1 92th Q1 AHCI No
17 Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management 5.8 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
18 Buildings 5.6 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 International Journal of Architectural Heritage 5.6 91th Q1 AHCI, SCIE No
20 CoDesign 5.6 90th Q1 AHCI No
21 ENGINEERING Structure and Civil Engineering 5.5 90th Q1 SCIE No
22 Built Environment Project and Asset Management 5.4 89th Q1 ESCI B No
23 International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation 5.4 89th Q1 ESCI No
24 Architecture, Structures and Construction 5.2 88th Q1 No
25 Buildings and Cities 5.2 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
26 Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 5.1 87th Q1 AHCI No
27 Open House International 5 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
28 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning 5 86th Q1 ESCI No
29 International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies 4.7 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering 4.5 85th Q1 AHCI, SCIE Yes
31 Mesopotamian Journal of Civil Engineering 4.5 85th Q1 No
32 Facilities 4.3 85th Q1 ESCI B No
33 Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 4.3 84th Q1 ESCI No
34 International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering 4.2 84th Q1 Yes
35 City, Territory and Architecture 4.2 83th Q1 Yes
36 Curved and Layered Structures 4.1 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
37 Construction Materials and Products 4.1 82th Q1 No
38 Glass Structures and Engineering 3.8 82th Q1 ESCI No
39 Agathon - International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design 3.5 81th Q1 Yes
40 Journal of Facade Design and Engineering 3.5 81th Q1 Yes
41 Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A 3.2 80th Q1 No
42 Tumu Gongcheng Xuebao/China Civil Engineering Journal 3.2 80th Q1 No
43 Journal of Architectural Engineering 3.1 79th Q1 ESCI No
44 International Journal on Engineering Applications 3 79th Q1 No
45 Interiority 2.9 78th Q1 Yes
46 Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings 2.9 78th Q1 SCIE No
47 Design Journal 2.8 77th Q1 AHCI No
48 Periodicals of Engineering and Natural Sciences 2.8 77th Q1 No
49 International Review of Civil Engineering 2.7 76th Q1 No
50 Vitruvio 2.7 76th Q1 ESCI Yes
51 Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Engineering and Architecture 2.7 75th Q1 Yes
52 Architecture 2.5 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
53 International Journal of Space Structures 2.4 75th Q1 No
54 Heritage and Sustainable Development 2.4 74th Q2 Yes
55 Interaction Design and Architecture(s) 2.4 74th Q2 ESCI Yes
56 Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering 2.3 73th Q2 Yes
57 Nakhara: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning 2.2 73th Q2 No
58 Future Cities and Environment 2.1 72th Q2 Yes
59 Sustainable Engineering and Innovation 2.1 72th Q2 Yes
60 Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities 2.1 71th Q2 ESCI No
61 HBRC Journal 2 71th Q2 Yes
62 Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi University 2 70th Q2 SCIE No
63 Temes de Disseny 2 70th Q2 Yes
64 Journal of Architecture and Urbanism 1.9 69th Q2 ESCI Yes
65 Journal of Green Building 1.8 69th Q2 AHCI No
66 Architecture, City and Environment 1.8 68th Q2 ESCI Yes
67 Revista INVI 1.8 68th Q2 ESCI Yes
68 Journal of Studies in Science and Engineering 1.8 67th Q2 Yes
69 Journal of Construction in Developing Countries 1.7 67th Q2 ESCI Yes
70 Architecture_MPS 1.7 66th Q2 ESCI Yes
71 Tumu yu Huanjing Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering 1.7 66th Q2 No
72 International Review of Mechanical Engineering 1.7 65th Q2 No
73 Nexus Network Journal 1.7 65th Q2 AHCI, SCIE No
74 Japan Architectural Review 1.6 65th Q2 ESCI Yes
75 Civil Engineering and Architecture 1.6 64th Q2 No
76 Urbani Izziv 1.6 64th Q2 ESCI Yes
77 WIT Transactions on the Built Environment 1.5 63th Q2 No
78 Urbanism. Architecture. Constructions 1.3 63th Q2 Yes
79 Architecture and Engineering 1.3 62th Q2 Yes
80 Journal of Architecture 1.3 62th Q2 AHCI No
81 Journal of Islamic Architecture 1.3 61th Q2 No
82 Journal of Architecture and Civil Engineering 1.2 61th Q2 No
83 Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture 1.2 60th Q2 Yes
84 Technology Architecture and Design 1.2 60th Q2 ESCI No
85 Journal of Design and Built Environment 1.2 59th Q2 Yes
86 Journal of Accessibility and Design for All 1.1 59th Q2 Yes
87 Habitat Sustentable 1.1 58th Q2 ESCI Yes
88 Architecture and Urban Planning 1.1 57th Q2 No
89 Spatium 1.1 57th Q2 Yes
90 Chinese Journal of Underground Space and Engineering 1.1 56th Q2 No
91 Journal of Architectural/Planning Research and Studies 1.1 56th Q2 No
92 Archives of Design Research 1 55th Q2 No
93 Budownictwo i Architektura 1 55th Q2 Yes
94 Architecture and Culture 1 54th Q2 ESCI No
95 International Journal of Design Management and Professional Practice 1 54th Q2 No
96 An-Najah University Journal for Research - A (Natural Sciences) 1 53th Q2 Yes
97 International Journal of Visual Design 1 53th Q2 No
98 International Journal of High-Rise Buildings 0.9 52th Q2 No
99 Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism 0.9 52th Q2 No
100 International Journal of Designed Objects 0.9 51th Q2 No

Rank and percentile are within the Architecture Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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