Journal profile · Construction & Building Technology
Building Services Engineering Research & Technology
ISSN 0143-6244 · eISSN 1477-0849 · SAGE Publications Inc. · ENGLAND · Quarterly
Building Services Engineering Research & Technology: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review about 116 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Building Services Engineering Research & Technology is published by SAGE Publications Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Wind and Air Flow Studies and Urban Heat Island Mitigation, together about 47.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Building and Construction. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Building Services Engineering Research & Technology is one of the foremost, international peer reviewed journals that publishes the highest quality original research relevant to today’s Built Environment. Published in conjunction with CIBSE, this impressive journal reports on the latest research providing you with an invaluable guide to recent developments in the field. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Construction & Building Technology
Editor-in-chief Andrew SheaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 9%); most named United Kingdom 19, Mainland China 3, United States 2, India 2, Hong Kong, China 1 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationEngineering30.9%
- Wind and Air Flow StudiesEnvironmental Science10.2%
- Urban Heat Island MitigationEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Hygrothermal properties of building materialsEngineering4.5%
- Infection Control and VentilationMedicine3.5%
- Sustainable Building Design and AssessmentEngineering3.3%
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning TechnologiesEngineering3.1%
- Facilities and Workplace ManagementPsychology3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.7LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 580OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 38.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,752 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 20 | 8 |
| 2025 | 49 | 31 | 76 |
| 2024 | 60 | 26 | 214 |
| 2023 | 39 | 15 | 346 |
| 2022 | 45 | 19 | 335 |
| 2021 | 50 | 18 | 529 |
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 1 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".
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 52 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 116 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
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 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- case studyBuilding Services Engineering Research and Technology publishes material which is original, a useful extension of knowledge in the subject area and well present…Length not stated
- letter to the editorBuilding Services Engineering Research and Technology publishes material which is original, a useful extension of knowledge in the subject area and well present…Length not stated
- original researchBuilding Services Engineering Research and Technology publishes material which is original, a useful extension of knowledge in the subject area and well present…Length not stated
- research paperBuilding Services Engineering Research and Technology publishes material which is original, a useful extension of knowledge in the subject area and well present…main text ≤ 9,000 words
- research papers, case studies and review papersa) Research papers, case studies and review papers: Papers should normally be between 4,000 – 9,000 words long. Generally, the total number of figures should no…Length not stated
- reviewBuilding Services Engineering Research and Technology publishes material which is original, a useful extension of knowledge in the subject area and well present…Length not stated
- review paperb) Review Paper: A critical review of the state of the art in one or more areas related to the scope of BSER&T.Length not stated
- technical noteBuilding Services Engineering Research and Technology publishes material which is original, a useful extension of knowledge in the subject area and well present…Length not stated
- technical notesc) Technical Notes: These papers need not contain original research but should be of wider interest to the building services industry. These will normally be a …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Email alerts available for latest table of contents and new online articles. Model summary
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools. As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review and publicati…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in colour will be published in colour in the online version of the journal at no cost. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0143-6244
- Electronic ISSN
- 1477-0849
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Building Services Engineering Research & Technology
What CAS zone is Building Services Engineering Research & Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Building Services Engineering Research & Technology is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Construction & Building Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Building Services Engineering Research & Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.7; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at Building Services Engineering Research & Technology?
The publisher reports about 116 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Building Services Engineering Research & Technology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Building Services Engineering Research & Technology based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 9%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (19), Mainland China (3) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Building Services Engineering Research & Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Building Services Engineering Research & Technology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Building Services Engineering Research & Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Building Services Engineering Research & Technology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .