Journal profile · ARCHITECTURE
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
ISSN 0037-9808 · eISSN 2150-5926 · University of California Press
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 93 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians is published by University of California Press and is in Zone 2 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture, Modernity, and Design, Architecture and Art History Studies and Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, together about 36.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded at Harvard University in 1940, the Society of Architectural Historians is a nonprofit membership organization that serves an international network of institutions and individuals who, by profession or interest, focus on the history of the built environment and its role in shaping contemporary life.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ARCHITECTURE
Editor-in-chief Claire ZimmermanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering14.6%
- Architecture and Art History StudiesArts and Humanities11.4%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities10.3%
- Financial Crisis of the 21st CenturyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Architecture, Design, and Social HistoryArts and Humanities6%
- Historical and Architectural StudiesArts and Humanities4.6%
- Historical and Religious Studies of RomeArts and Humanities4.3%
- Urbanization and City PlanningSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 2 |
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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 316OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,965 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 93 | 2 | 11 |
| 2024 | 87 | 3 | 15 |
| 2023 | 74 | 4 | 10 |
| 2022 | 78 | 3 | 49 |
| 2021 | 85 | 11 | 51 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use
- AI use
The journal has guidelines on the use of AI tools by authors, peer reviewers, and freelancers. Model summary
Guidelines on the Use of AI Tools by Authors, Peer Reviewers, and Freelancers
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 California Press
- ISSN
- 0037-9808
- Electronic ISSN
- 2150-5926
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 85, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
What CAS zone is Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Architecture. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .