Journal profile · Engineering-Architecture
ZARCH
ISSN 2341-0531 · eISSN 2387-0346 · Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza · Spain
ZARCH: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 22 weeks (community reports); 62 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ZARCH is published by Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture, Modernity, and Design, Architecture and Art History Studies and Architecture, Art, Education, together about 48.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ZARCH. Journal of interdisciplinary studies in Architecture and Urbanism is a biannual scientific publication, published in digital and paper versions, which presents, around successive monographic themes, original research work not previously published in other journals, books, congresses, seminars and other similar formats. It is aimed at a wide academic and professional public: architects and engineers, students and researchers of Architecture, Urban Planning and Engineering, and those interested in their projects and constructions. ISSN 2341-0531ISSNe 2387-0346DOI: 10.26754/ojs_zarch/23410531
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Architecture
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 2, Chile 2, Argentina 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering33.1%
- Architecture and Art History StudiesArts and Humanities7.9%
- Architecture, Art, EducationArts and Humanities7.5%
- Historical Architecture and UrbanismArts and Humanities6%
- Urban Planning and Landscape DesignEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences4.8%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.6%
- Urban Design and Spatial AnalysisEngineering3.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Q3 | 148/210 | 29th |
| Urban Studies | Q4 | 232/295 | 21st |
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.12OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 827 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 29 |
| 2025 | 62 | 62 | 40 |
| 2024 | 60 | 60 | 87 |
| 2023 | 59 | 59 | 72 |
| 2022 | 84 | 84 | 65 |
| 2021 | 55 | 55 | 66 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 22 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 44 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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-NC-ND | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY NC ND) license Model summary
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY NC ND) license
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
- Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 2341-0531
- Electronic ISSN
- 2387-0346
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ZARCH
How long does peer review take at ZARCH?
Authors report an average review time of about 22 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.
Where are the editorial board members of ZARCH based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (2), Chile (2) and Argentina (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index ZARCH?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ZARCH is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is ZARCH open access, and what is the APC?
ZARCH 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: .