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Developments in the Built Environment is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 2666-1659Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 4 / 210 | 98th | Q1 |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | 28 / 434 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | 11 / 131 | 91st | Q1 |
| Building and Construction | 22 / 258 | 91st | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 108 / 1022 | 89th | Q1 |
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | 38 / 256 | 85th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.9.
Developments in the Built Environment is Q1 in Architecture (rank 4 of 210), Q1 in Civil and Structural Engineering (rank 28 of 434) and Q1 in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (rank 11 of 131), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Developments in the Built Environment is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 11.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.695, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 49.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,230 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.
Developments in the Built Environment is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its ISSN is 2666-1659.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Developments in the Built Environment has an h-index of 56 and a 2-year mean of 7.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #1 of 185 Scopus journals in Architecture.
Developments in the Built Environment published 247 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 280. 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 80 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (32.9%), South Korea (13.5%) and United States (7.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1 per 1,000 papers). 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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