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WoS ESCI N/AScopus Q1SCImago #14,082Hybrid

ACE-Architecture City and Environment

Identifier (ISSN):1886-4805(Print)/1887-7052(Online)
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Publisher:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
0.9↑ +0.1
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
N/A
WoS ESCIJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for ACE-Architecture City and Environment

WoS N/A
01120.620230.720240.820250.92026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):0.9
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.404
#14,082

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
13

13 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIN/A
Self-Citation Rate42.9%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
62articles/year
99.09% Gold OA•100% Original Research

Aims & Scope

"Architecture, City and Environment" is the name, whose three words reflect the open spirit of this journal dedicated to the study, from the broadest perspective of human habitat, both in its macro and micro levels, as well in its technological and social sense. ACE is a window for the diffusion of the different disciplines that carry out the architectural, urbanistic and territorial investigations. It is open to new study approaches and designed to disseminate the results in the languages that are familiar to us and that, without forgetting English, we must strengthen. ACE will be spreaded by especialized media diffusion (Universities, Investigation centers, I+D enterprise departments, etc.) of advanced investigations in the following fields: Architectonic and urban heritage: Restoration, rehabilitation and intervention of architectonic and urban heritage. Urban History: Historical evolution analysis of cities, of its physical, economic, social, cultural transformations. Principles and methods evolution for urban planning and land and urban management. Urban and land studies: Urban and land structure analysis. Cities system and metropolitan areas. Urbanization and building models and morphologies. Planning and land and city management: Land and urban planning, urban management and planning execution. Land politics and housing: Landuse, generation and recovering of plusvalues, housing planning and social integral housing, etc.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Philosophy90.2%Art89.1%Humanities86.1%Political science49.4%Geography43.7%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRESCI2026

ARCHITECTURE

N/A
RankN/A
IndexESCI
JCRESCI2026

URBAN STUDIES

Q4
Rank66/86
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

ARCHITECTURE

Q2
Rank35/100
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

URBAN STUDIES

Q3
Rank44/86
IndexESCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

13 year
2026Latest
IF0.9
Articles / Year—
Total Citations—
2025
IF0.8
Articles / Year39
Total Citations4
2024
IF0.7
Articles / Year45
Total Citations61
2023
IF0.6
Articles / Year40
Total Citations99
2022
IF—
Articles / Year43
Total Citations166

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #14,082Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2011-2025
Scopus Broad Areas:EngineeringSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.404

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
1.05

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,737 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations136
3-Year Documents118
Citable Documents118

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate46.7%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

ArchitectureQ1
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2
Urban StudiesQ2
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 42.9%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Arts & Humanities
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3区ARCHITECTURE
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

ACE-Architecture City and Environment (ISSN: 1886-4805) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Multiple, published by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 0.90, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.404 (Q1), an H-index of 13.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 62 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $2,737 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Publication Language
Spanish, Italian, English, Catalan, Portuguese
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ESCIScopusDOAJPubMed

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