Building Simulation

Aims & Scope

Building Simulation:An International Journal publishes original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with modeling and simulation of buildings including their systems.

Paper submission is solicited on: Theoretical and numerical modeling of building physics including heat and mass (moisture, air pollutants) transfer, air movement, architectural lighting and sound/vibration control systems.

Simulation of performance of energy supply systems including heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems, renewable energy systems, thermal storage, district heating and cooling, combined heating and power systems.

Modeling health, productivity, thermal comfort of humans, fire/smoke and emergency control systems, cold/hot water supply systems, sewage systems.

Simulation of building chemistry.

Advances in modeling including optimization, product modeling, fault detection and diagnostics, inverse models.

Advances in software interoperability, validation and calibration techniques.

Simulation tools for sustainable buildings and experiences on teaching building simulation.

All these topics may be addressed from urban scale to microscopic scale, and for different phases during the building life cycle; from schematic design, to detailed design to construction, commissioning, operation, control and maintenance of new and existing building.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.9
2024	6.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.240

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3366

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2346

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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 Energy 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.

• LES over RANS in building simulation for outdoor and indoor applications: A foregone conclusion?

  Citation: 429

  Authors: Bert

• Association of the infection probability of COVID-19 with ventilation rates in confined spaces

  Citation: 286

  Authors: Hui, Bin

• DeST — An integrated building simulation toolkit Part I: Fundamentals

  Citation: 273

  Authors: Da, Jianjun, Waiyin, Fangting, Xiaoliang, Yi

• A novel approach for building occupancy simulation

  Citation: 215

  Authors: Chuang, Da, Yi

• A real-time model predictive control for building heating and cooling systems based on the occupancy behavior pattern detection and local weather forecasting

  Citation: 205

  Authors: Bing, Khee Poh

• Computational intelligence techniques for HVAC systems: A review

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Muhammad Waseem, Monjur, Baris, Yacine

• Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China’s building sector—Modelling and data

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Shan, Yang, Ziyi, Da, Yi

• Integrating building information modelling with sustainability to design building projects at the conceptual stage

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Ahmad, Farzad

• Building simulation: Ten challenges

  Citation: 159

  Authors: Tianzhen, Jared, Kaiyu

• Advanced data analytics for enhancing building performances: From data-driven to big data-driven approaches

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Cheng, Da, Fu, Ao, Jingjing, Xuyuan

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