Journal profile · Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
UCL Open Environment
ISSN 2632-0886 · UCL Press · United Kingdom
UCL Open Environment: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 256 days to acceptance (19 articles, last 24 months); 49 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
UCL Open Environment is published by UCL Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hygrothermal properties of building materials, Building materials and conservation and Building energy efficiency and sustainability, together about 38.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Building and Construction. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hygrothermal properties of building materialsEngineering16.4%
- Building materials and conservationEarth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
- Building energy efficiency and sustainabilityEngineering10.9%
- Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationEngineering6.8%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology6.8%
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Climate Change and Sustainable DevelopmentEnvironmental Science4.1%
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial ExposureEnvironmental Science3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q2 | 260/876 | 70th |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q2 | 246/725 | 66th |
| Environmental Engineering | Q2 | 101/241 | 58th |
| Global and Planetary Change | Q3 | 75/134 | 44th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.95OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 154 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 205 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 188 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 154 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 90 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 109 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 80 |
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 PubMed · to
256 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 184 days – 447 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (19 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 287 days
- Sample
- 19 articles with submission and acceptance dates (0 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open 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 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 750 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 750 | Yes | — |
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
- UCL Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2632-0886
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about UCL Open Environment
How long does peer review take at UCL Open Environment?
Based on the dates recorded on 19 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 256 days (interquartile range 184–447 days); authors report an average review time of about 25 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 UCL Open Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, UCL Open Environment is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is UCL Open Environment open access, and what is the APC?
UCL Open Environment 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; 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: .