Journal profile · ARCHITECTURE
On the Waterfront
ISSN 1139-7365 · Universitat de Barcelona · Spain
On the Waterfront: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
On the Waterfront is published by Universitat de Barcelona and is in Zone 4 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Latin American Urban Studies, Public Spaces through Art and Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies, together about 41% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
On the W@terfront és publicada pel centre de recerca CR POLIS de la Universitat de Barcelona. Creat el juliol de 1999, el CR POLIS és un centre d'investigació interdisciplinari del qual formen part investigadors del món de l'art, la psicologia ambiental, la sociologia i l'arquitectura. Les línies de recerca principals del centre són la sostenibilitat urbana, el disseny urbà i l'art públic.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ARCHITECTURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Latin American Urban StudiesSocial Sciences24.1%
- Public Spaces through ArtSocial Sciences8.8%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences8.1%
- Architecture, Art, EducationArts and Humanities6.5%
- Historical Art and Architecture StudiesArts and Humanities6.5%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities5.8%
- Urban Design and Spatial AnalysisEngineering3.8%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 85.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 4LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 189 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 35 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Catalan, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1139-7365
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about On the Waterfront
What CAS zone is On the Waterfront in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, On the Waterfront is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Architecture. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at On the Waterfront?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 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 On the Waterfront?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, On the Waterfront is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is On the Waterfront open access, and what is the APC?
On the Waterfront is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .