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Journal of Design and Built Environment

MalaysiaArchitecture (Q2); Building and Construction (Q3); Nature and Landscape Conservation (Q3); Urban Studies (Q3)ISSN-matched source record
Q2Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
14H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.25SJR (2025)
2015-2025Coverage

About Journal of Design and Built Environment

Journal of Design and Built Environment is a scholarly journal published by University of Malaya. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.25 and H-index of 14.

Coverage: 2015-2025. Research categories: Architecture (Q2); Building and Construction (Q3); Nature and Landscape Conservation (Q3); Urban Studies (Q3).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2020-09-17. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish, Malay (macrolanguage)
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCNo APC reported in the DOAJ snapshot
Waiver policy reportedNo
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Reported submission-to-publication time16 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2012 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1823-4208, 2232-1500
ISSN-L1823-4208
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationUniversity of Malaya
Publisher country codeMY
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex294
Citations recorded in OpenAlex1,346
OpenAlex H-index17
Years represented in OpenAlex2005–2025 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Architecture and Cultural Influences; Architectural and Urban Studies; Building Energy and Comfort Optimization; Sustainable Building Design and Assessment; Urban and Rural Development Challenges; BIM and Construction Integration.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-09-30. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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