Visual & Performing Arts: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	124
2	Construction and Building Materials	101
3	Sustainable Cities and Society	97
4	Automation in Construction	85
5	Cement & Concrete Composites	79
6	Building and Environment	76
7	Cement and Concrete Research	73
8	Energy and Buildings	72
9	Journal of Building Engineering	59
10	Cities	57
11	Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology	56
12	Landscape and Urban Planning	55
13	Sustainable Development	54
14	Buildings	53
15	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	49
16	Journal of Rural Studies	44
17	Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering	42
-	Habitat International	42
19	Telecommunications Policy	40
20	Journal of Constructional Steel Research	38
21	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	37
22	Journal of Structural Engineering	36
23	Case Studies in Construction Materials	35
24	New Media & Society	34
25	Journal of Construction Engineering and Management	33
26	Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering	32
-	Structural Control & Health Monitoring	32
28	Regional Studies	30
29	Digital Journalism	29
-	International Journal of Advertising	29
31	Structural Concrete	28
-	Indoor Air	28
-	Journal of Urban Economics	28
34	Futures	27
-	Materials and Structures	27
-	Social Media + Society	27
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	27
-	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	27
39	Public Relations Review	26
-	Urban Studies	26
41	Health Communication	25
-	Information Communication & Society	25
-	Journal of Advertising	25
44	Building Simulation	24
-	Media Culture & Society	24
46	International Journal of Pavement Engineering	23
-	European Planning Studies	23
48	Frontiers of Architectural Research	22
-	Advances in Civil Engineering	22
50	Indoor and Built Environment	21

-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	21
-	Media and Communication	21
53	Advances in Structural Engineering	20
-	Journal of Communication	20
-	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	20
-	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	20
-	Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities	20
-	Journalism Studies	20
-	Road Materials and Pavement Design	20
-	Local Environment	20
61	Housing Studies	19
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	19
-	Political Communication	19
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	19
66	Journalism	18
-	Building Research and Information	18
-	Public Understanding of Science	18
69	International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials	17
-	Journalism Practice	17
-	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	17
-	Annals of Regional Science	17
-	Profesional de la Informacion	17
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	17
-	Comunicar	17
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	17
77	Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering	16
-	Urban Geography	16
-	Growth and Change	16
-	Journal of Health Communication	16
-	Journal of Urban Technology	16
-	Discourse Context & Media	16
-	Science Communication	16
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	16
-	Papers in Regional Science	16
-	Policy and Internet	16
87	Human Communication Research	15
-	Journal of Planning Literature	15
-	Mass Communication and Society	15
-	Communication Research	15
-	Psychology of Popular Media	15
-	International Journal of Architectural Heritage	15
-	Feminist Media Studies	15
-	Housing Policy Debate	15
-	International Journal of Conflict Management	15
96	Journal of Building Performance Simulation	14
-	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	14
-	Magazine of Concrete Research	14
-	Journal of Regional Science	14
-	Journal of Urban Affairs	14
-	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials	14
-	Games and Culture	14
104	Media Psychology	13
-	Psychology of Music	13
-	European Journal of Communication	13
-	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	13
-	Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings	13
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	13
-	Communication & Sport	13
-	Urban Affairs Review	13
-	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	13
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	13
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	13
-	Media International Australia	13
-	Communication Theory	13
-	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	13
-	Discourse & Society	13
119	Television & New Media	12
-	International Journal of Steel Structures	12
-	Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology	12
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	12
-	International Journal of Business Communication	12
-	Journal of Housing Economics	12
-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	12
-	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	12
-	Language & Communication	12
-	Mobile Media & Communication	12
-	Planning Theory & Practice	12
-	Building Services Engineering Research & Technology	12
-	Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media	12
-	Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	12
-	Management Communication Quarterly	12
-	Critical Discourse Studies	12
-	Real Estate Economics	12
136	Open House International	11
-	Archnet-IJAR International Journal of Architectural Research	11
-	Urban Education	11
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	11
-	Science and Technology for the Built Environment	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
-	Personal Relationships	11
-	Communication Methods and Measures	11
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication	11
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	11
-	Journal of Children and Media	11
-	Journal of Environment & Development	11
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	11
-	Lighting Research & Technology	11
-	Discourse & Communication	11
152	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	10
-	Urban Research & Practice	10
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Structures and Buildings	10
-	Asian Journal of Communication	10
-	Research on Language and Social Interaction	10
-	Discourse Studies	10
-	Beton- und Stahlbetonbau	10
-	Musicae Scientiae	10
-	Architectural Science Review	10
-	Codesign-International Journal of Cocreation in Design and the Arts	10
-	Written Communication	10
-	Housing Theory & Society	10
-	Information Society	10
-	Journal of Advertising Research	10
-	Structural Engineering International	10
-	Chinese Journal of Communication	10
-	Communication Culture & Critique	10
-	Planning Theory	10
-	Education and Urban Society	10
171	Advances in Cement Research	9
-	Journal of Applied Communication Research	9
-	Journal of Business and Technical Communication	9
-	Leukos	9
-	African Journalism Studies	9

-	Economic Development Quarterly	9
-	Urban Design International	9
-	Architectural Engineering and Design Management	9
-	City & Community	9
-	Communications-European Journal of Communication Research	9
-	Social Semiotics	9
-	Environment and Urbanization	9
183	Design Journal	8
-	International Journal of Art & Design Education	8
-	Journal of Green Building	8
-	Music Education Research	8
-	Music Perception	8
-	Interaction Studies	8
-	International Regional Science Review	8
-	Digital Creativity	8
-	International Journal of Music Education	8
-	Journal of Building Physics	8
-	Planning Perspectives	8
-	Research in Dance Education	8
-	Urban Policy and Research	8
-	Javnost-The Public	8
-	Argumentation	8
-	Communication Monographs	8
199	Urban Morphology	7
-	ACI Materials Journal	7

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