Journal profile · ARCHITECTURE
arq-Architectural Research Quarterly
ISSN 1359-1355 · eISSN 1474-0516 · Cambridge University Press
arq-Architectural Research Quarterly: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,550; 31 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus; the journal's website says it has ceased publication; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has ceased publication: Cambridge University Press will cease publication of arq: Architectural Research Quarterly on completion of Volume 29 / 2025. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: No longer published by Cambridge University Press Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
arq-Architectural Research Quarterly is published by Cambridge University Press 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, Modernity, and Design, Architecture and Computational Design and Architecture and Art History Studies, together about 34.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
arq publishes cutting-edge work covering all aspects of architectural endeavour. Contents include building design, urbanism, history, theory, environmental design, construction, materials, information technology, and practice. Other features include interviews, occasional reports, lively letters pages, book reviews and an end feature, Insight. Reviews of significant buildings are published at length and in a detail matched today by few other architectural journals. Elegantly designed, inspirational and often provocative, arq is essential reading for practitioners in industry and consultancy as well as for academic researchers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ARCHITECTURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering15.1%
- Architecture and Computational DesignEngineering11%
- Architecture and Art History StudiesArts and Humanities8.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine5.8%
- Architecture and Cultural InfluencesArts and Humanities5.3%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities5.1%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences4.4%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 3 |
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 58.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,583 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| 2024 | 51 | 33 | 1 |
| 2023 | 42 | 38 | 30 |
| 2022 | 46 | 33 | 31 |
| 2021 | 41 | 26 | 48 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Cambridge University Press
- ISSN
- 1359-1355
- Electronic ISSN
- 1474-0516
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about arq-Architectural Research Quarterly
What CAS zone is arq-Architectural Research Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, arq-Architectural Research Quarterly is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 3 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 arq-Architectural Research Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, arq-Architectural Research Quarterly is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is arq-Architectural Research Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
arq-Architectural Research Quarterly is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,550.
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: .