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Journal of Green Building

Journal of Green Building is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.8), WoS AHCI. Published by College Publishing.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 1552-6100Verify ISSN ↗1943-4618Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: College Publishing

Scopus · Q2WoS · AHCI

1.8

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 65 of 210 · 69th pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2006–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

1.8

SJR · SCImago

0.293

Q2 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q2 · 69th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Architecture	65 / 210	69th	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	466 / 876	46th	Q3
Nature and Landscape Conservation	133 / 231	42nd	Q3
Building and Construction	156 / 258	39th	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	464 / 725	36th	Q3
Environmental Science (all)	163 / 249	34th	Q3
Environmental Engineering	158 / 241	34th	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	289 / 432	33rd	Q3
Civil and Structural Engineering	293 / 434	32nd	Q3

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Collections

AHCI

Quick answers

Is Journal of Green Building indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.8.

What quartile is Journal of Green Building in Scopus?

Journal of Green Building is Q2 in Architecture (rank 65 of 210), Q3 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 466 of 876) and Q3 in Nature and Landscape Conservation (rank 133 of 231), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 9 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Green Building?

Journal of Green Building 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 1.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.293, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 35.

Who publishes Journal of Green Building and what is its ISSN?

Journal of Green Building is published by College Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1552-6100 and its online ISSN is 1943-4618.

Is Journal of Green Building in Web of Science?

Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

Is Journal of Green Building open access?

No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

How well cited is Journal of Green Building? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Journal of Green Building has an h-index of 41 and a 2-year mean of 1.07 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #56 of 185 Scopus journals in Architecture.

h-index

1.07

2-yr mean citations

287

i10-index

1,015

works indexed

9,420

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#56 of 185 Top 31% Architecture

#423 of 825 Bottom 49% Geography, Planning and Development

#107 of 216 Top 50% Nature and Landscape Conservation

Papers published per year

Journal of Green Building published 63 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Sustainable Building Design and AssessmentBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationUrban Heat Island MitigationNoise Effects and Management

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.

Who publishes in Journal of Green Building? — latest 96 articles, 2025–2026

In its latest 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (40.7%), United States (9.3%) and Türkiye (6.8%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Journal of Green Building? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

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.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers None recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged

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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ Web of Science ↗ ISSN Portal · 1552-6100 ↗ISSN Portal · 1943-4618 ↗

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