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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.3), WoS AHCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Liverpool University Press.
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ISSN 1359-1355Verify ISSN ↗1474-0516Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Cost to publish: About US$3,550 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | 319 / 697 | 54th | Q2 |
| Architecture | 162 / 210 | 23rd | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1999–2025 (also 1995–1997), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.3.
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly is Q2 in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (rank 319 of 697) and Q4 in Architecture (rank 162 of 210), by CiteScore 2025.
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.130, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 20.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly is published by Liverpool University Press. Its print ISSN is 1359-1355 and its online ISSN is 1474-0516.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #485 of 630 Scopus journals in Visual Arts and Performing Arts.
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 63. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 29 research articles (2023–2025), authors are most often from United Kingdom (20.7%), United States (20.7%) and Australia (8.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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