Buildings

Buildings is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on building science, building engineering and architecture published monthly online by MDPI. The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) is affiliated with Buildings and their members receive a discount on the article processing charges.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Inspec, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Engineering, Civil) / CiteScore - Q1 (Architecture)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 17.2 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 3.6 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2024).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
  • Companion Journal: Architecture.
Impact Factor: 3.1 (2023); 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.2 (2023)
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Topic in Atmosphere, Buildings, Architecture, IJERPH, Sustainability
Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality, 2nd Volume Topic Editors: Ashok Kumar, Alejandro Moreno-Rangel, M. Amirul I. Khan, Michał Piasecki
Deadline: 30 October 2024
Topic in Architecture, Buildings, Energies, IJERPH, Sustainability
Interior Design towards the Sustainable Environment: People, Environment, Design, Technology Topic Editors: Oleg Kapliński, Agata Bonenberg, Jan Słyk, Wojciech Bonenberg
Deadline: 30 November 2024
Topic in Atmosphere, Buildings, Energies, Sustainability, Toxics
Indoor Air Quality and Built Environment Topic Editors: Shen Yang, Grzegorz Majewski, Delia D'Agostino, Jianbang Xiang
Deadline: 31 December 2024
Topic in Buildings, Infrastructures, Materials, Smart Cities, Sustainability
Smart Material and Smart Construction Technologies for Urban Development Topic Editors: Sathees Nava, Kate Nguyen
Deadline: 14 February 2025
Special Issue in Buildings
Study on Durability of Building Structure in Civil Engineering Guest Editors: Huimei Zhang, Yugen Li, Xiaoyu Liu, Shaojie Chen, Chao Yuan
Deadline: 7 October 2024
Special Issue in Buildings
Performance Evaluation, Testing and Design of Composite Structures Guest Editor: Eric Lui
Deadline: 10 October 2024
Special Issue in Buildings
The State-of-the-Art Technologies for Zero-Energy Buildings Guest Editors: Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak, Beata Sadowska
Deadline: 10 October 2024
Special Issue in Buildings
The Application of New Nano/Micron Bio-Originated Supplementary Materials in Construction Guest Editors: Yilin Su, Qiwei Zhan, Mostafa Seifan, Fulin Qu, Xuan Zhang
Deadline: 10 October 2024
Topical Collection in Buildings
Building's Vulnerability Assessment against Natural Hazards by Using Modern Computational Techniques Collection Editors: Tom Lahmer, Ehsan Harirchian, Viviana Novelli
Topical Collection in Buildings
Buildings and Fire Safety Collection Editors: Marina Gravit, Olga Zybina
Topical Collection in Buildings
Utilization of Waste Materials in Building Engineering Collection Editor: Łukasz Sadowski
Topical Collection in Buildings
Buildings, Infrastructure and SDGs 2030 Collection Editors: Tao Wang, Jian Zuo, Hanliang Fu, Zezhou Wu
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