Explores architecture, building science, urban systems, digital construction and the performance of built environments. The journal welcomes empirical, computational and design-led inquiry that explains its context, methods and implications for people, places or infrastructure.
Journal of Architecture, Built Environment and Urban Science is a journal in the EJSIR Publisher programme, focused on Architecture, Built Environment and Urban Science. Its scope is organized into academic sections covering Architectural Design Research, Building Performance, Urban Analytics, Smart Buildings, Digital Construction & BIM, Sustainable Architecture, Urban Planning, Building Energy, Indoor Environment and Heritage & Adaptive Reuse. This structure helps authors assess disciplinary fit and gives readers a clear route through the journal’s subject coverage.
Read the journal overview →Section scopes describe the topics covered and the contribution expected from submissions.
This section covers architectural design research within architecture, built environment and urban science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers building performance within architecture, built environment and urban science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers urban analytics within architecture, built environment and urban science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers smart buildings within architecture, built environment and urban science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers digital construction & bim within architecture, built environment and urban science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers sustainable architecture within architecture, built environment and urban science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →The journal considers the following types when the manuscript is appropriate to the section and meets the relevant methodological, reporting and ethics requirements.
