Building and Environment
Last updated ISSN 0360-1323
Building and Environment is published by Elsevier BV in engineering. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,280.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Building and Environment concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Wind and Air Flow Studies
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Noise Effects and Management
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Hygrothermal properties of building materials
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0360-1323, 1873-684X |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,280 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 15,306 |
| Publishing since | 1976 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/building-and-environment |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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