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Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Engineering and Architecture is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.7), DOAJ. Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 1658-8150Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 51 / 210 | 75th | Q1 |
| Building and Construction | 127 / 258 | 50th | Q2 |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | 242 / 434 | 44th | Q3 |
| Energy (miscellaneous) | 73 / 106 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.7.
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Engineering and Architecture is Q1 in Architecture (rank 51 of 210), Q2 in Building and Construction (rank 127 of 258) and Q3 in Civil and Structural Engineering (rank 242 of 434), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Engineering and Architecture is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q1, 75th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.368, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 11.
No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Engineering and Architecture is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its ISSN is 1658-8150.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Engineering and Architecture has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 3.36 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #15 of 185 Scopus journals in Architecture.
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Engineering and Architecture published 184 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 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Egypt (23.9%), Saudi Arabia (23.5%) and India (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (3.3 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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