Journal profile · GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
ISSN 2046-6099 · eISSN 2046-6102 · Emerald
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: CAS Zone 3 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 162 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment is published by Emerald and is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are BIM and Construction Integration, Sustainable Building Design and Assessment and Construction Project Management and Performance, together about 38.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Building and Construction. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- BIM and Construction IntegrationEngineering14.1%
- Sustainable Building Design and AssessmentEngineering13.8%
- Construction Project Management and PerformanceDecision Sciences11%
- Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationEngineering8.5%
- Facilities and Workplace ManagementPsychology6.8%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete PerformanceEngineering4.2%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Construction & Building Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Civil | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 14.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 400OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 29.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 153LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 892 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 156 | 65 | 91 |
| 2025 | 162 | 66 | 796 |
| 2024 | 121 | 35 | 1,544 |
| 2023 | 79 | 29 | 1,621 |
| 2022 | 65 | 23 | 1,851 |
| 2021 | 57 | 12 | 2,141 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 2046-6099
- Electronic ISSN
- 2046-6102
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
What CAS zone is Smart and Sustainable Built Environment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Smart and Sustainable Built Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Smart and Sustainable Built Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment is a hybrid 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .