Built Environment
ISSN 0263-7960 · Alexandrine Press · United Kingdom · active 1973–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q2
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 1.2
- SJR
- 0.281
- h-index
- 62
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 15 November 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Built Environment is Q2 in 1 of its 2 subject categories and Q3 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q2.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | Q2 | #132 of 283 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q3 | #489 of 853 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 0.73
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 31
OpenAlex counts about 1.2 citations per paper over two years; Scopus, through Scimago, counts 0.73 per document. The two databases index different journals, documents and citations, so the figures differ. Neither is a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Built Environment is Q2 in 1 of its 2 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Urban Studies: Q2, #132 of 283), with SJR 0.281 (Scimago) and an h-index of 62 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, PubMed.
Is this the right journal for your paper?
The AI Journal Finder ranks the best-matched journals for your paper’s topic — with tier, open access, citation rate and predatory flags. Free to start.
Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusPubMed
- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Built Environment a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Built Environment. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Built Environment indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Built Environment appears in: Scopus, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Built Environment?
Papers in Built Environment are cited about 1.2 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 62. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Built Environment (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Built Environment is Q2 in 1 of its 2 subject categories and Q3 in the other 1. By category: Urban Studies: Q2, #132 of 283; Geography, Planning and Development: Q3, #489 of 853. Its best category quartile is Q2. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Built Environment is cited about 1.2 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 62.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Built Environment?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Built Environment. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q2 in Urban Studies, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Built Environment open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
Ready to submit? Tools for your next paper
Similar venues
Compare it with its peers: Ranked Transportation journals — ranked by Scimago quartile and cites per paper, predatory venues excluded.