41 Building and Construction journals (Engineering) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Engineering by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy and Buildings | 0378-7788 | 1,498 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Building and Environment | 0360-1323 | 1,441 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Automation in Construction | 0926-5805 | 714 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Fibers and Polymers | 1229-9197 | 474 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering | 1346-7581 | 468 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,27,478 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| The Extractive Industries and Society | 2214-790X | 204 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Smart and Sustainable Built Environment | 2046-6099 | 162 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Building Simulation | 1996-3599 | 155 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Frontiers of Architectural Research | 2095-2635 | 141 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,44,493 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Green Technologies and Sustainability | 2949-7361 | 129 | 1 | ≈ ₹77,063 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Wood Science and Technology | 0043-7719 | 114 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Indoor and Built Environment | 1420-326X | 100 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Mineral Economics | 2191-2203 | 97 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Architectural Engineering and Design Management | 1745-2007 | 93 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Information Technology in Construction | 1400-6529 | 79 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of Wood Science | 1435-0211 | 75 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,90,456 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Journal of Building Performance Simulation | 1940-1493 | 73 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Energy and Built Environment | 2666-1233 | 71 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| Journal of Architectural Engineering | 1076-0431 | 69 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Urban Design | 1357-4809 | 67 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Architectural Science Review | 0003-8628 | 63 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Buildings and Cities | 2632-6655 | 63 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,78,470 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Building Research & Information | 0961-3218 | 60 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Architectural Computing | 1478-0771 | 56 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Building Services Engineering Research and Technology | 0143-6244 | 49 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology | 1017-0715 | 49 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| Journal of Building Physics | 1097-1963 | 48 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| AATCC Journal of Research | 2330-5517 | 44 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| City Territory and Architecture | 2195-2701 | 43 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,860 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Open House International | 0168-2601 | 40 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Advances in Building Energy Research | 1751-2549 | 34 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering | 2062-0810 | 34 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,19,715 to publish | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Construction Robotics | 2509-811X | 33 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Journal of Daylighting | 2383-8701 | 32 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Methane | 2674-0389 | 31 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Data Science for Transportation | 2948-135X | 30 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,07,288 to publish | No | No | |
| Architectural Intelligence | 2731-6726 | 29 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Urbanization, sustainability and society. | 2976-8993 | 29 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,59,348 to publish | Yes | Yes | ENK |
| Recent Progress in Materials | 2689-5846 | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Smart Design Policies | 3062-1607 | 12 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| Tsabit | 3062-8504 | 12 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | British Indian Ocean Territory |