Journal profile · ARCHITECTURE
Journal of Green Building
ISSN 1552-6100 · eISSN 1943-4618 · College Publications
Journal of Green Building: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 63 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Green Building is published by College Publications 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 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization and Building energy efficiency and sustainability, together about 52.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Building and Construction and Environmental Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ARCHITECTURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sustainable Building Design and AssessmentEngineering20.5%
- Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationEngineering16%
- Building energy efficiency and sustainabilityEngineering16%
- BIM and Construction IntegrationEngineering4.3%
- Solar Energy Systems and TechnologiesEngineering4.1%
- Construction Management and SustainabilityEngineering4%
- Sustainable Design and DevelopmentEngineering3.9%
- Urban Heat Island MitigationEnvironmental Science3.2%
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 | Architecture | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 4 |
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
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 286OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 999 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 2 | 664 |
| 2025 | 63 | 0 | 1,037 |
| 2024 | 52 | 3 | 1,011 |
| 2023 | 45 | 9 | 1,003 |
| 2022 | 49 | 6 | 960 |
| 2021 | 50 | 49 | 904 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- College Publications
- ISSN
- 1552-6100
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-4618
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Green Building
What CAS zone is Journal of Green Building in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Green Building is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Architecture. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Green Building?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Green Building is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Green Building open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Green Building is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .