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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	116
2	Construction and Building Materials	101
3	Sustainable Cities and Society	93
4	Automation in Construction	91
5	Cement & Concrete Composites	81
6	Building and Environment	76
-	Cement and Concrete Research	76
8	Energy and Buildings	67
9	Buildings	66
10	Cities	65
11	Journal of Building Engineering	63
12	Landscape and Urban Planning	61
-	Sustainable Development	61
14	Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology	58
15	Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering	50
16	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	49
17	Journal of Rural Studies	47
18	Habitat International	44
19	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	40
20	Case Studies in Construction Materials	39
21	Telecommunications Policy	38
22	New Media & Society	37
-	Journal of Constructional Steel Research	37
-	Journal of Structural Engineering	37
25	Journal of Construction Engineering and Management	36
26	Social Media + Society	34
27	Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering	32
28	Structural Control & Health Monitoring	30
-	Building Simulation	30
-	Materials and Structures	30
-	Structural Concrete	30
-	Regional Studies	30
33	Futures	27
-	Urban Studies	27
-	Journal of Cultural Heritage	27
36	International Journal of Advertising	26
-	Digital Journalism	26
-	International Journal of Pavement Engineering	26
39	Journal of Advertising	25
-	Media Culture & Society	25
-	Frontiers of Architectural Research	25
42	Public Relations Review	24
-	Information Communication & Society	24
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	24
-	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	24
-	Indoor Air	24
47	Health Communication	23
48	Journal of Communication	22
-	Journalism Studies	22
50	Political Communication	21

-	European Planning Studies	21
-	Advances in Structural Engineering	21
-	Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering	21
-	Journal of Urban Economics	21
-	Media and Communication	21
56	Journalism	20
-	Road Materials and Pavement Design	20
-	Public Understanding of Science	20
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	20
60	Journalism Practice	19
-	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	19
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	19
-	Local Environment	19
-	Communication Research	19
-	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	19
-	Building Research and Information	19
67	Feminist Media Studies	18
-	Urban Geography	18
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	18
-	Environment and Planning B-Urban Analytics and City Science	18
-	Indoor and Built Environment	18
-	Profesional de la Informacion	18
73	Journal of Health Communication	17
-	Journal of Urban Affairs	17
-	Housing Studies	17
-	Journal of Urban Planning and Development	17
-	Papers in Regional Science	17
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	17
79	International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	16
-	Journal of Regional Science	16
-	Mass Communication and Society	16
-	Science Communication	16
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	16
-	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment	16
-	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy	16
-	Policy and Internet	16
-	International Journal of Architectural Heritage	16
88	Games and Culture	15
-	International Journal of Conflict Management	15
-	Psychology of Popular Media	15
-	Communication Theory	15
-	Comunicar	15
-	Critical Discourse Studies	15
-	International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials	15
-	Journal of Building Performance Simulation	15
-	Media Psychology	15
-	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	15
-	Communication & Sport	15
-	European Urban and Regional Studies	15
-	Advances in Civil Engineering	15
-	Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities	15
-	Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials	15
103	Housing Policy Debate	14
-	Information Society	14
-	Journal of Planning Literature	14
-	Annals of Regional Science	14
-	Personal Relationships	14
-	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	14
-	Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology	14
-	Human Communication Research	14
-	Journal of Advertising Research	14
-	Journal of Children and Media	14
-	Magazine of Concrete Research	14
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	14
115	Housing Theory & Society	13
-	Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning	13
-	Journal of Housing Economics	13
-	Lighting Research & Technology	13
-	Journal of Urban Technology	13
-	Society & Natural Resources	13
-	Open House International	13
-	International Journal of Business Communication	13
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	13
-	Communication Methods and Measures	13
-	Discourse Context & Media	13
-	Discourse Studies	13
-	Urban Affairs Review	13
-	Architectural Science Review	13
129	Mobile Media & Communication	12
-	Planning Theory & Practice	12
-	Communications-European Journal of Communication Research	12
-	Discourse & Communication	12
-	Discourse & Society	12
-	Psychology of Music	12
-	Written Communication	12
-	International Journal of Housing Policy	12
-	International Journal of Urban Sciences	12
-	Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media	12
-	Journal of Planning Education and Research	12
-	Management Communication Quarterly	12
-	Media International Australia	12
-	Real Estate Economics	12
143	Urban Research & Practice	11
-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	11
-	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	11
-	Language & Communication	11
-	Structural Engineering International	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
-	Chinese Journal of Communication	11
-	Research on Language and Social Interaction	11
-	Environment and Urbanization	11
-	International Journal of Steel Structures	11
-	Archnet-IJAR International Journal of Architectural Research	11
-	Growth and Change	11
-	Journal of Environment & Development	11
-	Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	11
-	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Structures and Buildings	11
-	Science and Technology for the Built Environment	11
-	Social Semiotics	11
-	European Journal of Communication	11
-	Codesign-International Journal of Cocreation in Design and the Arts	11
162	Urban Education	10
-	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication	10
-	Journal of Applied Communication Research	10
-	Journal of Business and Technical Communication	10
-	Television & New Media	10
-	Design Journal	10
-	International Journal of Art & Design Education	10
-	Music Perception	10
-	Urban Policy and Research	10
-	Asian Journal of Communication	10
-	Planning Theory	10
-	Digital Creativity	10
-	Urban Design International	10
-	International Journal of Music Education	10

-	Architectural Engineering and Design Management	10
-	Building Services Engineering Research & Technology	10
178	International Communication Gazette	9
-	International Regional Science Review	9
-	Communication Monographs	9
-	Advances in Cement Research	9
-	Leukos	9
-	Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings	9
-	Beton- und Stahlbetonbau	9
-	Journal of Building Physics	9
-	Musicae Scientiae	9
187	International Journal of Mobile Communications	8
-	Materiales de Construccion	8
-	City & Community	8
-	Communication Culture & Critique	8
-	Education and Urban Society	8
-	Translator	8
-	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	8
-	Journal of Research in Music Education	8
-	Music Education Research	8
-	Javnost-The Public	8
-	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	8
-	Research in Dance Education	8
-	Planning Perspectives	8
200	Visual Communication	7

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