an Open Access Journal by MDPI
buildings
Impact Factor 3.1
CiteScore 3.4
Buildings
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Message from
the Editor-in-Chief
Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309) is an
international, peer-reviewed, open Aims
access (free for readers) journal that
Buildings is dedicated to publishing leading
publishes original articles, critical
edge papers on all aspects of buildings —
reviews, research notes, and short
including design, materials, construction,
communications on architecture,
operation, and maintenance. Papers on
building science, building engineering,
theoretical, industrial, economic, and other
building design and building
developments, which have a bearing on
construction. It presents research
the design, construction and operation of
papers as well as practice-oriented
buildings, are also published. Buildings
papers on all aspects of buildings.
is “practitioner-friendly” and encourages
As a journal that covers the full spectrum
contributions from industry practitioners.
of building disciplines, it facilitates
This aims to facilitate a cross-fertilization of
cross-disciplinary learning and
ideas between research and practice.
promotes efforts to advance the design
and construction of buildings.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Associate Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Humberto Varum
Prof. Dr. Derek Clements-Croome
Prof. Dr. Bjorn Birgisson
Prof. Dr. Shi-Jie Cao
Prof. Dr. Lucio Soibelman
Scope Author Benefits
-- Architecture and building design Open Access
-- Architectural/building engineering
Unlimited and free access for readers
-- Building construction and construction
management No Copyright Constraints
-- Building materials
Retain copyright of your work and free use
-- Energy and buildings
of your article
-- Building operations
-- Building physics and structures Thorough Peer-Review
-- Building mechanical and lighting systems
-- Building/facility management 2023 Impact Factor: 3.1
-- Philosophy, art and science of (Journal Citation Reports - Clarivate, 2024)
architecture designing
-- Linkages and interactions between the Discounts on Article Processing Charges
built environment and ecology, natural (APC)
resources, climate, local communities, If you belong to an institute that participates
public policy, and economic development with the MDPI Institutional Open Access
Program
No Space Constraints, No Extra Space or
Color Charges
No restriction on the maximum length of the
papers, number of figures or colors
Coverage by Leading Indexing Services
Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Inspec, and
other databases
Rapid Publication
A first decision is provided to authors
approximately 17.2 days after submission;
acceptance to publication is undertaken
in 3.6 days (median values for papers
published in this journal in the first half of
2024)
MDPI is a member of
Affiliated Society:
International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB)
Editorial Office
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July 2024
