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Frontiers of Architectural Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.8), WoS AHCI, DOAJ. Published by KeAi Communications Co..
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ISSN 2095-2635Verify ISSN ↗2095-2643Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archeology | 2 / 388 | 99th | Q1 |
| Architecture | 9 / 210 | 95th | Q1 |
| Urban Studies | 19 / 295 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Building and Construction | 38 / 258 | 85th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.8.
Frontiers of Architectural Research is Q1 in Archeology (rank 2 of 388), Q1 in Architecture (rank 9 of 210) and Q1 in Urban Studies (rank 19 of 295), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Frontiers of Architectural Research 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 7.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.901, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 53.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,500 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.
Frontiers of Architectural Research is published by KeAi Communications Co. Its print ISSN is 2095-2635 and its online ISSN is 2095-2643.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Frontiers of Architectural Research has an h-index of 61 and a 2-year mean of 4.08 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #1 of 339 Scopus journals in Archeology.
Frontiers of Architectural Research published 141 papers in 2025. 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 93 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (49.1%), Türkiye (7.5%) and Japan (4.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.9 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.
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