Journal profile · ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Design
ISSN 0003-8504 · eISSN 1554-2769 · Wiley-Blackwell
Architectural Design: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 16 articles a year; indexed in AHCI and Scopus; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: As of January 2025, Architectural Design is no longer published by Wiley. More information can be found on the new publisher’s website: https://architecturaldesign-ad.com or from subscriptions@architecturaldesign-ad.com Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Architectural Design is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture and Computational Design, Architecture, Modernity, and Design and Urban Design and Spatial Analysis, together about 43.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Architectural Design is published bi-monthly as a themed publication, purchasable as a subscription and as a book. It commissions individual articles rather than academic papers. Each issue of Architectural Design is guest-edited and the editorial office does not accept unsolicited articles.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ARCHITECTURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture and Computational DesignEngineering23.5%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering10.7%
- Urban Design and Spatial AnalysisEngineering9.4%
- Architecture and Cultural InfluencesArts and Humanities6.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.7%
- Architecture and Art History StudiesArts and Humanities5%
- Architecture, Design, and Social HistoryArts and Humanities3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 260OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.02%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,485 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 125 | 51 | 48 |
| 2023 | 124 | 64 | 33 |
| 2022 | 127 | 5 | 193 |
| 2021 | 127 | 7 | 57 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 4 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0003-8504
- Electronic ISSN
- 1554-2769
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Architectural Design
What CAS zone is Architectural Design in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Architectural Design is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Architecture. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Architectural Design?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Architectural Design is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Architectural Design open access, and what is the APC?
Architectural Design is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .