arq: Architectural Research Quarterly

Aims & Scope

Arq publishes cutting-edge work covering all aspects of architectural endeavour.

Contents include building design, urbanism, history, theory, environmental design, construction, materials, information technology, and practice.

Other features include interviews, occasional reports, lively letters pages, book reviews and an end feature, Insight.

Reviews of significant buildings are published at length and in a detail matched today by few other architectural journals.

Elegantly designed, inspirational and often provocative, arq is essential reading for practitioners in industry and consultancy as well as for academic researchers.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.121

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27191

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	21

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Engineering, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Flexible housing: opportunities and limits

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Tatjana, Jeremy

• The structure of pattern languages

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Nikos A.

• Why are most buildings rectangular?

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Philip

• Flexible housing: the means to the end

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Jeremy, Tatjana

• Architectural research and disciplinarity

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Jane

• Classical and non-classical computation

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Terry, George

• The irritable occupant: recent developments in thermal comfort theory

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Nick

• The evolution of architectural computing: from Building Modelling to Design Computation

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Robert, Nathalie

• Passive downdraught evaporative cooling: principles and practice

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Brian

• Bioreceptive design: a novel approach to biodigital materiality

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Marcos, Richard

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