Journal profile · CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
Intelligent Buildings International
ISSN 1750-8975 · eISSN 1756-6932 · Taylor & Francis
Intelligent Buildings International: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 213 days to acceptance (63 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 22% (journal website); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Intelligent Buildings International is published by Taylor & Francis 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, Facilities and Workplace Management and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment, together about 37.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Building and Construction. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Intelligent buildings and cities can be defined by the following four pillars of knowledge: People: health and well-being of individuals and communities. Balance between Low and High Technologies: discrete use of smart enabling technologies but with consideration to the use of natural passive systems. Sustainability: the design and management for net zero energy consumption, water saving, minimum waste and pollution. Connection with Nature: research and applications of biomimetics and biophilia have shown that Nature is not only vital for health and well-being but offers ways of being sustainable in the minimum use of energy and materials. Buildings and cities are planned, designed and managed for the long term by a multidisciplinary supply and demand chain of stakeholders so collaboration and effective leadership are essential. Setting long term visions and effective connectivity processes based on improving social value are key. This is true for designing new or regenerating old buildings and cities. Submissions are welcomed on topics related to: Intelligent Buildings and Cities: Visions and Strategies Innovation and Technology Transdisciplinary approach using knowledge from across sectors People: Health and Wellbeing User sensory design Social Value Economics Design and Management Biomimetics and Biophilia Designing and Managing for Sustainability Assessing and rating measures for sustainability, health and wellbeing These are broad headings only and you may propose other topics. Your approach may be from a review or your own research, a case study, an opinion essay, or simply a technical note. The journal wants to encompass how we deal with the disruption arising from change, new ways of thinking, strategic planning with an emphasis on value rather than just capital short-term costs. The journal welcomes contributions from a wide variety of disciplines, including medicine, psychology, sociology, ecology, ergonomics, as well as architecture, engineering and project management. One can also learn a lot from cross sector approaches. The car, aerospace and fashion worlds for example share a common knowledge on design. The journal is open to ideas and collective thinking not bound by tradition but remembering that lessons from history as well as the present lead us into the future. The emphasis is on the big picture and joining up the various fields of knowledge to make an effective contribution to advancing the field of intelligent buildings and cities. In
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Derek Clements-CroomePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 7%); most named United Kingdom 21, United States 7, Mainland China 5, Canada 5, Netherlands 5 (74 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationEngineering19.4%
- Facilities and Workplace ManagementPsychology9.7%
- Sustainable Building Design and AssessmentEngineering8.3%
- Urban Green Space and HealthEnvironmental Science7.9%
- BIM and Construction IntegrationEngineering6.3%
- Noise Effects and ManagementHealth Professions5.7%
- Architecture and Computational DesignEngineering4.3%
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition SystemsComputer Science3.4%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, CNKI, CNKI China National Knowledge Infrastructure, EBSCO Databases, Engineering Village, IBSEDEX International Building Services Abstracts, International Civil Engineering Abstracts
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.61Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 173OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.82%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 59,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 468 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 42 | 10 | 50 |
| 2024 | 20 | 8 | 64 |
| 2023 | 28 | 8 | 90 |
| 2022 | 12 | 9 | 47 |
| 2021 | 43 | 18 | 407 |
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
213 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 135 days – 411 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (63 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 259 days
- Sample
- 63 articles with submission and acceptance dates (67 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 22%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 107 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 23 daysPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Intelligent Buildings International is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. 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 discove…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Rigorous peer review for every open access article Model summary
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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
- ISSN
- 1750-8975
- Electronic ISSN
- 1756-6932
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Intelligent Buildings International
What CAS zone is Intelligent Buildings International in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Intelligent Buildings International 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 Intelligent Buildings International?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Intelligent Buildings International?
Based on the dates recorded on 63 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 213 days (interquartile range 135–411 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 22%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Intelligent Buildings International based?
Of the 74 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (21), United States (7) and Mainland China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Intelligent Buildings International?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Intelligent Buildings International is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Intelligent Buildings International open access, and what is the APC?
Intelligent Buildings International is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .