New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Visual & Performing Arts

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Cement & Concrete Composites ca. 14.4
2 Cement and Concrete Research ca. 14
3 Technological Forecasting and Social Change ca. 13.5
4 Sustainable Cities and Society ca. 13.3
5 Automation in Construction ca. 12.6
6 Landscape and Urban Planning ca. 11.4
7 Sustainable Development ca. 9.3
8 Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering ca. 9.2
9 Construction and Building Materials ca. 8.9
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems ca. 8.9
11 Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology ca. 8.7
12 Habitat International ca. 8.5
13 Building and Environment ca. 8.4
14 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening ca. 8.2
15 Journal of Building Engineering ca. 8.1
16 Energy and Buildings ca. 8
17 Journal of Advertising ca. 7.7
18 Communication Theory ca. 7.5
19 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication ca. 7.4
20 International Journal of Advertising ca. 7.3
21 Cities ca. 7
22 Building Simulation ca. 6.9
- Case Studies in Construction Materials ca. 6.9
24 Telecommunications Policy ca. 6.5
25 Journal of Planning Literature ca. 6.2
26 Political Communication ca. 5.9
- Regional Studies ca. 5.9
28 Social Media + Society ca. 5.8
- Communication Methods and Measures ca. 5.8
30 Journal of Rural Studies ca. 5.7
31 Journal of Construction Engineering and Management ca. 5.5
32 Journal of Communication ca. 5.3
33 Digital Journalism ca. 5.1
34 Structural Control & Health Monitoring ca. 5
35 Communication Research ca. 4.9
36 International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials ca. 4.6
- Journal of Constructional Steel Research ca. 4.6
- New Media & Society ca. 4.6
- Public Opinion Quarterly ca. 4.6
40 Public Relations Review ca. 4.4
- Frontiers of Architectural Research ca. 4.4
- Urban Studies ca. 4.4
43 Digital Creativity ca. 4.3
- Planning Theory & Practice ca. 4.3
- Public Understanding of Science ca. 4.3
46 Journal of the American Planning Association ca. 4.2
- Science Communication ca. 4.2
- Journal of Urban Technology ca. 4.2
49 European Urban and Regional Studies ca. 4.1
50 Journal of Urban Economics ca. 4
- Papers in Regional Science ca. 4
52 Journal of Environmental Planning and Management ca. 3.9
- Materials and Structures ca. 3.9
- International Journal of Press-Politics ca. 3.9
- Futures ca. 3.9
56 Journal of Structural Engineering ca. 3.8
- Journalism Studies ca. 3.8
- Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture ca. 3.8
59 Journal of Cultural Heritage ca. 3.7
- Information Society ca. 3.7
- International Journal of Pavement Engineering ca. 3.7
62 Road Materials and Pavement Design ca. 3.6
- Policy and Internet ca. 3.6
- Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials ca. 3.6
- Information Communication & Society ca. 3.6
66 Building Research and Information ca. 3.5
67 Buildings ca. 3.4
- Journal of Housing and the Built Environment ca. 3.4
- Human Communication Research ca. 3.4
- Structural Concrete ca. 3.4
71 Journal of Advertising Research ca. 3.3
- Planning Theory ca. 3.3
- Journal of Business and Technical Communication ca. 3.3
74 Journal of Building Performance Simulation ca. 3.2
- Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering ca. 3.2
- International Journal of Conflict Management ca. 3.2
- European Planning Studies ca. 3.2
- International Journal of Business Communication ca. 3.2
- Media Culture & Society ca. 3.2
- European Journal of Communication ca. 3.2
81 Media and Communication ca. 3.1
- Urban Geography ca. 3.1
- Journal of Housing Economics ca. 3.1
- Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy ca. 3.1
85 Media Psychology ca. 3
- Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning ca. 3
- Mass Communication and Society ca. 3
88 Health Communication ca. 2.9
- Journal of Health Communication ca. 2.9
- Critical Discourse Studies ca. 2.9
- Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science ca. 2.9
92 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly ca. 2.8
- Local Environment ca. 2.8
- Research on Language and Social Interaction ca. 2.8
- Architectural Engineering and Design Management ca. 2.8
96 Indoor and Built Environment ca. 2.7
- Housing Theory & Society ca. 2.7
- Journal of Planning Education and Research ca. 2.7
- Management Communication Quarterly ca. 2.7
- City & Community ca. 2.7
- Indoor Air ca. 2.7
- Housing Studies ca. 2.7
- Journal of Urban Affairs ca. 2.7
104 Journal of Urban Planning and Development ca. 2.6
- Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies ca. 2.6
- Regional Science and Urban Economics ca. 2.6
- International Journal of Architectural Heritage ca. 2.6
- Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering ca. 2.6
- Journalism ca. 2.6
- Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace ca. 2.6
111 Architectural Science Review ca. 2.5
- Advances in Structural Engineering ca. 2.5
- Journal of Environment & Development ca. 2.5
- Discourse Context & Media ca. 2.5
- Open House International ca. 2.5
- Written Communication ca. 2.5
- International Journal of Housing Policy ca. 2.5
- Journal of Language and Social Psychology ca. 2.5
- Communication & Sport ca. 2.5
- Real Estate Economics ca. 2.5
121 Codesign-International Journal of Cocreation in Design and the Arts ca. 2.4
- Annals of Regional Science ca. 2.4
- International Development Planning Review ca. 2.4
- International Journal of Urban and Regional Research ca. 2.4
- International Regional Science Review ca. 2.4
- Journal of Regional Science ca. 2.4
- Mobile Media & Communication ca. 2.4
- Social Semiotics ca. 2.4
129 Advances in Cement Research ca. 2.3
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media ca. 2.3
- Journal of Children and Media ca. 2.3
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics ca. 2.3
- Communications-European Journal of Communication Research ca. 2.3
- Journal of Building Physics ca. 2.3
- Magazine of Concrete Research ca. 2.3
- Journalism Practice ca. 2.3
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ca. 2.3
138 Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology ca. 2.2
- Urban Design International ca. 2.2
- Urban Research & Practice ca. 2.2
- Housing Policy Debate ca. 2.2
- International Journal of Urban Sciences ca. 2.2
- Argumentation ca. 2.2
- Psychology of Popular Media ca. 2.2
- Growth and Change ca. 2.2
- Urban Affairs Review ca. 2.2
147 International Journal of Public Opinion Research ca. 2.1
- Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics ca. 2.1
- Society & Natural Resources ca. 2.1
- Feminist Media Studies ca. 2.1
- Games and Culture ca. 2.1
- Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities ca. 2.1
- Asian Journal of Communication ca. 2.1
- Environment and Urbanization ca. 2.1
155 International Communication Gazette ca. 2
- Chinese Journal of Communication ca. 2
- Communication Monographs ca. 2
- Personal Relationships ca. 2
- Signs and Society ca. 2
160 Discourse Studies ca. 1.9
- Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space ca. 1.9
- Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications ca. 1.9
- Revista de la Construccion ca. 1.9
- Discourse & Communication ca. 1.9
- Discourse & Society ca. 1.9
166 Music Perception ca. 1.8
- Urban Education ca. 1.8
- Advances in Civil Engineering ca. 1.8
- Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings ca. 1.8
- Language & Communication ca. 1.8
- Local Government Studies ca. 1.8
172 Leukos ca. 1.7
- Design Journal ca. 1.7
- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication ca. 1.7
- Javnost-The Public ca. 1.7
- Archnet-IJAR International Journal of Architectural Research ca. 1.7
- Building Services Engineering Research & Technology ca. 1.7
- Journal of Applied Communication Research ca. 1.7
- Science and Technology for the Built Environment ca. 1.7
180 Journal of Architectural Conservation ca. 1.6
- Media International Australia ca. 1.6
- Urban Morphology ca. 1.6
- Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies ca. 1.6
- Education and Urban Society ca. 1.6
185 Journal of Interior Design ca. 1.5
- Psychology of Music ca. 1.5
- ACI Materials Journal ca. 1.5
- Journal of Media Ethics ca. 1.5
- Musicae Scientiae ca. 1.5
190 International Journal of Art & Design Education ca. 1.4
- Communication Culture & Critique ca. 1.4
- Economic Development Quarterly ca. 1.4
- Journal of New Music Research ca. 1.4
194 International Journal of Steel Structures ca. 1.3
- Materiales de Construccion ca. 1.3
- Visual Communication ca. 1.3
- International Journal of Mobile Communications ca. 1.3
- Structural Engineering International ca. 1.3
- Quarterly Journal of Speech ca. 1.3
- Journal of Green Building ca. 1.3
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