Journal profile · Engineering-Architecture
HBRC Journal
ISSN 1687-4048 · Taylor & Francis Group · United Kingdom
HBRC Journal: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 147 days to acceptance (20 articles, last 24 months); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
HBRC Journal is published by Taylor & Francis Group. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete, Concrete and Cement Materials Research and Structural Load-Bearing Analysis, together about 25.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering and Building and Construction. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
HBRC Journal publishes open access research on building materials, material science and architecture, housing and urban development. HBRC Journal is the official journal of the Housing and Building National Research Center (HBRC). HBRC Journal aims to publish high-quality original research internationally and accepts research on the following topics: Environmental engineering and building physics Structural engineering Geotechnical engineering Construction engineering and management Nanotechnology Engineering Materials Materials Science Architecture, Housing and Urban Development HBRC Journal publishes original articles. The journal operates a double anonymized peer review policy. Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Architecture
Editor-in-chief Hanan AbdelazizPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced ConcreteEngineering10.9%
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering8.3%
- Structural Load-Bearing AnalysisEngineering6.1%
- Seismic Performance and AnalysisEngineering5.9%
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materialsEngineering5.9%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationEngineering5.9%
- Materials Engineering and ProcessingEngineering4.8%
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil MechanicsEngineering4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Q2 | 61/210 | 71st |
| Urban Studies | Q2 | 117/295 | 60th |
| Building and Construction | Q3 | 150/258 | 42nd |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | Q3 | 147/244 | 39th |
| Environmental Engineering | Q3 | 151/241 | 37th |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | Q3 | 277/434 | 36th |
| Materials Science (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 166/256 | 35th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Naver, OCLC, Portico, DTU Findit, E-lib Breman, EZB - Electronic Journals Library, Journal TOC, Microsoft Academic, NHN - Naver Academic, Zetoc, Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), Publons, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, WorldCat Local (OCLC)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 226OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.83OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 501 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 39 | 793 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 1,167 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | 1,245 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 1,338 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 1,317 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 1,387 |
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 Crossref · to
131 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 119 days – 184 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (18 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 158 days
- Sample
- 18 articles with submission and acceptance dates (23 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EGP 1,250 | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | EGP 1,250 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EGP 1,250 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted2
- original articlesHBRC Journal publishes original articles.Length not stated
- research articleResearch ArticleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
HBRC Journal is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
double anonymized peer review policy Model summary
The journal operates a double anonymized peer review policy.
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
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1687-4048
- Society / sponsor
- Housing and Building National Research Center
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 1 (2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about HBRC Journal
How long does peer review take at HBRC Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 20 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 147 days (interquartile range 120–182 days); authors report an average review time of about 52 weeks. 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.
Which databases index HBRC Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, HBRC Journal is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is HBRC Journal open access, and what is the APC?
HBRC Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .