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Best Building and Construction journals

238 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Building and Construction. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 65 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Advances in Applied Energy 26.6 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
2 Cement and Concrete Research 25.9 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Cement and Concrete Composites 25.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Automation in Construction 22.7 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Applied Energy 22.1 98th Q1 SCIE A No
6 Energy and Built Environment 20.1 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
7 Energy 17.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Underground Space (new) 15.8 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Journal of Road Engineering 15.4 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
10 Energy Reports 15.3 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Building and Environment 15 95th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 14.4 95th Q1 ESCI C No
13 Construction and Building Materials 14.2 95th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Safety Science 13.7 94th Q1 SCIE A No
15 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology 13.4 94th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Energy and Buildings 13.1 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
17 Journal of Building Engineering 13.1 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
18 International Journal of Construction Management 12.7 93rd Q1 ESCI B No
19 Sustainable Structures 12.5 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
20 Structural Safety 12.4 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
21 Thin-Walled Structures 12 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
22 Developments in the Built Environment 11.9 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
23 Building Simulation 11.6 91st Q1 SCIE – No
24 Georisk 11.1 90th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 10.7 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
26 Journal of Intelligent Construction 10.7 90th Q1 – – Yes
27 Construction Innovation 10.7 89th Q1 ESCI B No
28 Structural Control and Health Monitoring 10.3 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
29 Indoor Air 9.9 88th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Building Research and Information 8.9 88th Q1 SCIE A No
31 Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities 8.9 88th Q1 – – Yes
32 ES Materials and Manufacturing 8.9 87th Q1 – – Yes
33 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 8.8 87th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Structure and Infrastructure Engineering 8.7 87th Q1 SCIE – No
35 Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 8.2 86th Q1 SCIE A* No
36 Journal of Constructional Steel Research 8.1 86th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Journal of Composites for Construction 8.1 85th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Frontiers of Architectural Research 7.8 85th Q1 AHCI – Yes
39 Journal of Earthquake Engineering 7.5 85th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Journal of Structural Engineering 7.5 84th Q1 SCIE – No
41 Civil Engineering Journal (Iran) 7.3 84th Q1 ESCI – No
42 Construction Management and Economics 7.3 83rd Q1 ESCI A No
43 International Journal of Ambient Energy 7.2 83rd Q1 – – No
44 Journal of Bridge Engineering 7.2 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
45 Structures 7.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
46 International Journal of Refrigeration 7 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
47 Journal of Information Technology in Construction 7 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
48 International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation 6.9 81st Q1 ESCI – No
49 Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure 6.8 81st Q1 ESCI – No
50 Fire Safety Journal 6.8 80th Q1 SCIE – No
51 Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control 6.8 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
52 Steel and Composite Structures 6.7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
53 RILEM Technical Letters 6.6 79th Q1 – – Yes
54 Structural Concrete 6.6 79th Q1 SCIE – No
55 AI in Civil Engineering 6.5 78th Q1 – – Yes
56 International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE – No
57 Architectural Engineering and Design Management 6.4 78th Q1 SCIE – No
58 Advances in Building Energy Research 6.3 77th Q1 ESCI – No
59 Journal of Building Performance Simulation 6.3 77th Q1 SCIE – No
60 Journal of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering 6.3 76th Q1 – – Yes
61 Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions 6.2 76th Q1 SCIE – No
62 Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance 6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
63 Infrastructures 5.7 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
64 Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 5.7 75th Q1 SCIE – No
65 Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration 5.6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
66 Buildings 5.6 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
67 Frontiers in Built Environment 5.4 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
68 Built Environment Project and Asset Management 5.4 73rd Q2 ESCI B No
69 Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure 5.3 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
70 International Journal of Architectural Computing 5.3 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
71 Architecture, Structures and Construction 5.2 72nd Q2 – – No
72 Buildings and Cities 5.2 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
73 Advances in Structural Engineering 5.2 71st Q2 SCIE – No
74 Fire 5.1 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
75 Structural Engineering and Mechanics 5.1 71st Q2 SCIE – No
76 Low-Carbon Materials and Green Construction 5 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
77 International Journal of Protective Structures 4.8 70th Q2 ESCI – No
78 ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering 4.7 69th Q2 SCIE – No
79 Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences 4.7 69th Q2 – – No
80 Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 4.7 69th Q2 ESCI – No
81 Intelligent Buildings International 4.6 68th Q2 ESCI – No
82 Journal of Building Physics 4.6 68th Q2 SCIE – No
83 Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering 4.5 68th Q2 AHCI, SCIE – Yes
84 Mesopotamian Journal of Civil Engineering 4.5 67th Q2 – – No
85 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Bridge Engineering 4.5 67th Q2 ESCI – No
86 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement 4.4 66th Q2 ESCI – No
87 Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 4.3 66th Q2 SCIE C No
88 Building Acoustics 4.3 66th Q2 ESCI – No
89 Facilities 4.3 65th Q2 ESCI B No
90 Curved and Layered Structures 4.1 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
91 Building Services Engineering Research and Technology 4.1 64th Q2 SCIE – No
92 Construction Materials and Products 4.1 64th Q2 – – No
93 International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 4.1 64th Q2 ESCI – No
94 Advances in Wind Engineering 4 63rd Q2 – – Yes
95 Magazine of Concrete Research 4 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
96 Infrastructure Asset Management 4 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
97 Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica 3.9 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
98 International Journal of Construction Education and Research 3.9 62nd Q2 – – No
99 Glass Structures and Engineering 3.8 61st Q2 ESCI – No
100 Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation 3.8 61st Q2 – – No
101 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings 3.8 61st Q2 SCIE – No
102 ACI Materials Journal 3.8 60th Q2 SCIE – No
103 Jianzhu Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Building Materials 3.8 60th Q2 – – No
104 Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology 3.7 59th Q2 SCIE – No
105 Structural Engineering International 3.7 59th Q2 SCIE – No
106 Advances in Concrete Construction 3.6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
107 Revista de la Construccion 3.6 58th Q2 SCIE – No
108 Advances in Cement Research 3.5 58th Q2 SCIE – No
109 Agathon - International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design 3.5 57th Q2 – – Yes
110 Journal of Facade Design and Engineering 3.5 57th Q2 – – Yes
111 Science and Technology for the Built Environment 3.3 57th Q2 SCIE – No
112 ACI Structural Journal 3.3 56th Q2 SCIE – No
113 Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A 3.2 56th Q2 – – No
114 Tumu Gongcheng Xuebao/China Civil Engineering Journal 3.2 56th Q2 – – No
115 Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies 3.2 55th Q2 – – Yes
116 Construction Materials 3.1 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
117 Journal of Architectural Engineering 3.1 54th Q2 ESCI – No
118 Organization, Technology and Management in Construction 3 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
119 Steel Construction 3 54th Q2 ESCI – No
120 Jianzhu Jiegou Xuebao/Journal of Building Structures 2.9 53rd Q2 – – No
121 Materiales de Construccion 2.9 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
122 Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings 2.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
123 Wind and Structures, An International Journal 2.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
124 International Journal of Ventilation 2.8 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
125 International Review of Civil Engineering 2.7 51st Q2 – – No
126 Vitruvio 2.7 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
127 Bridge Construction 2.7 50th Q2 – – No
128 Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Engineering and Architecture 2.7 50th Q2 – – Yes
129 International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management 2.6 50th Q2 – – Yes
130 Journal of Thermal Engineering 2.6 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
131 Urban Lifeline 2.6 49th Q3 – – Yes
132 CONSTRUCTION 2.5 49th Q3 – – No
133 RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports 2.5 48th Q3 – – No
134 International Journal of Space Structures 2.4 48th Q3 – – No
135 Beton- und Stahlbetonbau 2.4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
136 Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering 2.3 47th Q3 – – Yes
137 Energy Engineering: Journal of the Association of Energy Engineering 2.3 46th Q3 – – No
138 Open Construction and Building Technology Journal 2.3 46th Q3 – – No
139 International Journal of GEOMATE 2.3 45th Q3 ESCI – No
140 International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development 2.2 45th Q3 – – No
141 Journal of Railway Science and Engineering 2.2 44th Q3 – – No
142 Southern Energy Construction 2.2 44th Q3 – – Yes
143 Journal of Architectural Conservation 2.1 43rd Q3 AHCI – No
144 Magazine of Civil Engineering 2.1 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
145 SDHM Structural Durability and Health Monitoring 2.1 43rd Q3 – – No
146 Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities 2.1 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
147 Journal of Rehabilitation in Civil Engineering 2.1 42nd Q3 – – Yes
148 HBRC Journal 2 42nd Q3 – – Yes
149 Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering 2 41st Q3 SCIE C Yes
150 Advanced Steel Construction 2 41st Q3 SCIE – No
151 Tunnel Construction 2 41st Q3 – – No
152 Turkish Journal of Civil Engineering 1.9 40th Q3 SCIE – No
153 Progress in Engineering Science 1.8 40th Q3 – – No
154 Journal of Green Building 1.8 39th Q3 AHCI – No
155 Micro and Nanosystems 1.8 39th Q3 – – No
156 Structural Integrity 1.8 39th Q3 – – No
157 Indoor Environments 1.8 38th Q3 – – Yes
158 Journal of Construction in Developing Countries 1.7 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
159 Chang'an Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of Chang'an University (Natural Science Edition) 1.7 37th Q3 – – No
160 Nanotechnologies in Construction 1.7 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
161 Tumu yu Huanjing Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering 1.7 37th Q3 – – No
162 Indian Concrete Journal 1.6 36th Q3 – – No
163 Lean Construction Journal 1.6 36th Q3 – – Yes
164 International Journal of Sustainable Construction Engineering and Technology 1.6 35th Q3 ESCI – No
165 Contemporary Urban Design Thinking 1.5 34th Q3 – – No
166 International Journal of Masonry Research and Innovation 1.5 34th Q3 ESCI – No
167 Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences 1.5 34th Q3 – – Yes
168 Bridge Structures 1.5 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
169 Smart Construction 1.5 33rd Q3 – – No
170 WIT Transactions on the Built Environment 1.5 33rd Q3 – – No
171 Ingenieria e Investigacion 1.5 32nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
172 Bautechnik 1.4 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
173 Railway Standard Design 1.4 31st Q3 – – Yes
174 Cement, Wapno, Beton 1.3 31st Q3 SCIE – No
175 Urbanism. Architecture. Constructions 1.3 31st Q3 – – Yes
176 Architecture and Engineering 1.3 30th Q3 – – Yes
177 Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures 1.3 30th Q3 ESCI – No
178 Roads and Bridges - Drogi i Mosty 1.3 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
179 Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly 1.3 29th Q3 – – Yes
180 Journal of Islamic Architecture 1.3 28th Q3 – – No
181 Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC 1.2 28th Q3 – – No
182 Journal of Architecture and Civil Engineering 1.2 28th Q3 – – No
183 Hormigon y Acero 1.2 27th Q3 ESCI – No
184 Journal of Design and Built Environment 1.2 27th Q3 – – Yes
185 Revista Ingenieria de Construccion 1.2 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
186 Journal of Accessibility and Design for All 1.1 26th Q3 – – Yes
187 Journal of China and Foreign Highway 1.1 26th Q3 – – Yes
188 Chinese Journal of Underground Space and Engineering 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
189 Civil Engineering Dimension 1.1 25th Q3 – – Yes
190 Habitat Sustentable 1.1 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
191 Progress in Steel Building Structures 1 24th Q4 – – Yes
192 Budownictwo i Architektura 1 23rd Q4 – – Yes
193 Noise Control Engineering Journal 1 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
194 Engineering Journal 1 22nd Q4 SCIE – No
195 International Journal for Computational Civil and Structural Engineering 1 22nd Q4 – – Yes
196 Informes de la Construccion 0.9 21st Q4 SCIE – Yes
197 International Journal of High-Rise Buildings 0.9 21st Q4 – – No
198 TECHNE 0.9 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
199 RILEM Bookseries 0.9 20th Q4 – – No
200 Stahlbau 0.9 20th Q4 SCIE – No
201 SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
202 Xi'an Jianzhu Keji Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
203 SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology 0.8 19th Q4 – – No
204 Engineering Project Organization Journal 0.8 18th Q4 – – No
205 Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering 0.8 18th Q4 – – No
206 Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum 0.8 18th Q4 – – Yes
207 Bauingenieur 0.8 17th Q4 SCIE – No
208 Journal of Building Material Science 0.7 17th Q4 – – No
209 Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute 0.7 16th Q4 – – No
210 Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering 0.7 16th Q4 – – Yes
211 Bauphysik 0.7 15th Q4 SCIE – No
212 Estoa 0.7 15th Q4 ESCI – Yes
213 DFI Journal 0.6 14th Q4 – – No
214 ASHRAE Journal 0.5 13th Q4 SCIE – No
215 Challenge Journal of Structural Mechanics 0.5 12th Q4 – – No
216 Research for Development 0.5 12th Q4 – – No
217 Amirkabir Journal of Civil Engineering 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
218 Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning 0.5 11th Q4 – – Yes
219 Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
220 Structural Engineer 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
221 Malaysian Construction Research Journal 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
222 Port and Waterway Engineering 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
223 Sustainable Mediterranean Construction 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
224 Heron 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
225 AIJ Journal of Technology and Design 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
226 Masonry International 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
227 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering proceedings 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
228 Staleta Praha 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
229 Vytapeni, Vetrani, Instalace 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
230 Construction History 0.2 3rd Q4 AHCI – No
231 Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
232 A+BE Architecture and the Built Environment 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
233 Congreso Internacional de Innovacion y Tendencias en Ingenieria, CONIITI 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
234 Veredes, Arquitectura y Divulgacion 0.1 2nd Q4 – – Yes
235 In_Bo 0.1 1st Q4 ESCI – Yes
236 Betonwerk und Fertigteil-Technik/Concrete Plant and Precast Technology 0 0th Q4 – – No
237 Building Engineer 0 0th Q4 – – No
238 Highways 0 0th Q4 – – No

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