Journal profile · ARCHITECTURE
Change Over Time-An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment
ISSN 2153-053X · eISSN 2153-0548 · University of Pennsylvania Press
Change Over Time-An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment: CAS Zone 3 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 4 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Change Over Time-An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment is published by University of Pennsylvania Press and is in Zone 3 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Conservation Techniques and Studies and Archaeological Research and Protection, together about 39.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Change Over Time is a peer-reviewed, semiannual journal dedicated to the history, theory, and praxis of conservation and the built environment. The journal promotes multidisciplinary critical discourse between scholars and practitioners on contemporary conservation issues. Topics are examined at all scales and from diverse contexts, from the global, regional, and microscopic to the social, environmental, and material. The underlying premise, upon which the journal is founded, asserts that conservation is a complex cultural act of interpretation that has both informed and been informed by its social, cultural, and physical contexts and that to evolve, the field requires robust and challenging dialogue as to its means, methods and goals.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ARCHITECTURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities22.7%
- Conservation Techniques and StudiesArts and Humanities8.6%
- Archaeological Research and ProtectionEarth and Planetary Sciences8%
- Educational Reforms and InnovationsEnvironmental Science6.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.2%
- American Environmental and Regional HistoryEnvironmental Science5.4%
- 3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageEarth and Planetary Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 239 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 2021 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- articlesArticles (5,000 – 7,500 words, maximum 10 images)Length not stated
- case studyrovocations (1,000 – 1,500 words) Short case studies (4,000 – 5,000 words) Articles (5,000 – 7,500 words, maximum 10 images) Photo esmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- interviews/profilesInterviews/Profiles (3,000 – 5,000 words)Length not stated
- photo essaysPhoto essays (15 images and captions)Length not stated
- provocationsProvocations (1,000 – 1,500 words)Length not stated
- short case studiesShort case studies (4,000 – 5,000 words)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship
Word length includes endnotes/references. Model summary
Word length includes endnotes/references.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review Model summary
Change Over Time is a peer-reviewed, semiannual journal
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Submissions require approval of a short abstract before manuscript submission. Model summary
After approval of a short abstract, manuscript submissions can take a variety of forms
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
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- ISSN
- 2153-053X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2153-0548
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Change Over Time-An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment
What CAS zone is Change Over Time-An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Change Over Time-An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment is in Zone 3 of Arts, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Architecture. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Change Over Time-An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Change Over Time-An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Change Over Time-An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Change Over Time-An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment is a fully open-access 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: .