Journal of Green Building

The purpose of the Journal of Green Building is to present the very best peer-reviewed research in green building design, construction, engineering, technological innovation, facilities management, building information modeling, and community and urban planning. The Research section of the Journal of Green Building publishes peer-reviewed articles in the fields of engineering, architecture, construction, construction management, building science, facilities management, landscape architecture, interior design, urban and community planning, and all disciplines related to the built environment. In addition, the Journal of Green Building offers the following sections: Industry Corner that offers applied articles of successfully completed sustainable buildings and landscapes; New Directions in Teaching and Research that offers guidance from teachers and researchers on incorporating innovative sustainable learning into the curriculum or the likely directions of future research; and Campus Sustainability that offers articles from programs dedicated to greening the university campus.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Architecture	2018	Q2
Architecture	2019	Q1
Architecture	2020	Q2
Architecture	2021	Q2
Architecture	2022	Q1
Architecture	2023	Q2
Building and Construction	2018	Q3
Building and Construction	2019	Q3
Building and Construction	2020	Q3
Building and Construction	2021	Q3
Building and Construction	2022	Q3
Building and Construction	2023	Q3
Civil and Structural Engineering	2018	Q3
Civil and Structural Engineering	2019	Q3
Civil and Structural Engineering	2020	Q3
Civil and Structural Engineering	2021	Q3
Civil and Structural Engineering	2022	Q3
Civil and Structural Engineering	2023	Q3
Environmental Engineering	2018	Q3
Environmental Engineering	2019	Q3
Environmental Engineering	2020	Q3
Environmental Engineering	2021	Q3
Environmental Engineering	2022	Q3
Environmental Engineering	2023	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2007	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2008	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2009	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2010	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2011	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2012	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2013	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2014	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2015	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2016	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2017	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2018	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2019	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2020	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2021	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2022	Q3
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2023	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2007	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2008	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2009	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2010	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2011	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2012	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2013	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2014	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2015	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2016	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2017	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2018	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2019	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2020	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2021	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2022	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2023	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2018	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2019	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2020	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2021	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2022	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2023	Q3
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2018	Q3
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2019	Q3
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2020	Q3
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2021	Q3
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2022	Q3
Nature and Landscape Conservation	2023	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2018	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2019	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2020	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2021	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2022	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2023	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2007	0.196
2008	0.146
2009	0.159
2010	0.199
2011	0.170
2012	0.180
2013	0.285
2014	0.271
2015	0.220
2016	0.200
2017	0.230
2018	0.255
2019	0.266
2020	0.248
2021	0.270
2022	0.312
2023	0.281

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2006	53
2007	51
2008	50
2009	49
2010	45
2011	48
2012	47
2013	44
2014	32
2015	55
2016	37
2017	37
2018	41
2019	45
2020	46
2021	47
2022	49
2023	44

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.226
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.154
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.234
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.256
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.267
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.396
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.492
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.522
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.468
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.427
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.720
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.671
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.800
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.006
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.302
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.620
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.283
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.226
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.154
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.234
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.240
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.236
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.387
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.507
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.525
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.398
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.366
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.597
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.674
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.913
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.130
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.242
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.652
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.232
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.226
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.154
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.277
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.162
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.245
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.323
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.453
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.495
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.355
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.253
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.576
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.865
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.026
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.220
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.602
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.979

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	10
Self Cites	2008	3
Self Cites	2009	3
Self Cites	2010	14
Self Cites	2011	4
Self Cites	2012	2
Self Cites	2013	9
Self Cites	2014	2
Self Cites	2015	9
Self Cites	2016	4
Self Cites	2017	15
Self Cites	2018	5
Self Cites	2019	7
Self Cites	2020	10
Self Cites	2021	15
Self Cites	2022	15
Self Cites	2023	13
Total Cites	2006	0
Total Cites	2007	12
Total Cites	2008	16
Total Cites	2009	36
Total Cites	2010	36
Total Cites	2011	34
Total Cites	2012	55
Total Cites	2013	71
Total Cites	2014	73
Total Cites	2015	49
Total Cites	2016	48
Total Cites	2017	74
Total Cites	2018	87
Total Cites	2019	105
Total Cites	2020	139
Total Cites	2021	164
Total Cites	2022	228
Total Cites	2023	175

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2006	0
External Cites per document	2007	0.038
External Cites per document	2008	0.125
External Cites per document	2009	0.214
External Cites per document	2010	0.147
External Cites per document	2011	0.208
External Cites per document	2012	0.373
External Cites per document	2013	0.443
External Cites per document	2014	0.511
External Cites per document	2015	0.325
External Cites per document	2016	0.336
External Cites per document	2017	0.476
External Cites per document	2018	0.636
External Cites per document	2019	0.852
External Cites per document	2020	1.049
External Cites per document	2021	1.129
External Cites per document	2022	1.543
External Cites per document	2023	1.141
Cites per document	2006	0.000
Cites per document	2007	0.226
Cites per document	2008	0.154
Cites per document	2009	0.234
Cites per document	2010	0.240
Cites per document	2011	0.236
Cites per document	2012	0.387
Cites per document	2013	0.507
Cites per document	2014	0.525
Cites per document	2015	0.398
Cites per document	2016	0.366
Cites per document	2017	0.597
Cites per document	2018	0.674
Cites per document	2019	0.913
Cites per document	2020	1.130
Cites per document	2021	1.242
Cites per document	2022	1.652
Cites per document	2023	1.232

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2006	9.43
2007	3.92
2008	8.00
2009	4.08
2010	11.11
2011	12.50
2012	10.64
2013	15.91
2014	12.50
2015	12.73
2016	21.62
2017	16.22
2018	9.76
2019	17.78
2020	26.09
2021	12.77
2022	34.69
2023	25.00

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	0
Non-citable documents	2011	1
Non-citable documents	2012	9
Non-citable documents	2013	9
Non-citable documents	2014	8
Non-citable documents	2015	2
Non-citable documents	2016	7
Non-citable documents	2017	7
Non-citable documents	2018	5
Non-citable documents	2019	1
Non-citable documents	2020	1
Non-citable documents	2021	1
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	2006	0
Citable documents	2007	53
Citable documents	2008	104
Citable documents	2009	154
Citable documents	2010	150
Citable documents	2011	143
Citable documents	2012	133
Citable documents	2013	131
Citable documents	2014	131
Citable documents	2015	121
Citable documents	2016	124
Citable documents	2017	117
Citable documents	2018	124
Citable documents	2019	114
Citable documents	2020	122
Citable documents	2021	131
Citable documents	2022	138
Citable documents	2023	142

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2006	0
Uncited documents	2007	44
Uncited documents	2008	91
Uncited documents	2009	127
Uncited documents	2010	122
Uncited documents	2011	119
Uncited documents	2012	108
Uncited documents	2013	95
Uncited documents	2014	100
Uncited documents	2015	88
Uncited documents	2016	102
Uncited documents	2017	81
Uncited documents	2018	76
Uncited documents	2019	61
Uncited documents	2020	60
Uncited documents	2021	56
Uncited documents	2022	52
Uncited documents	2023	65
Cited documents	2006	0
Cited documents	2007	9
Cited documents	2008	13
Cited documents	2009	27
Cited documents	2010	28
Cited documents	2011	25
Cited documents	2012	34
Cited documents	2013	45
Cited documents	2014	39
Cited documents	2015	35
Cited documents	2016	29
Cited documents	2017	43
Cited documents	2018	53
Cited documents	2019	54
Cited documents	2020	63
Cited documents	2021	76
Cited documents	2022	86
Cited documents	2023	77

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
2006	24.07
2007	34.52
2008	33.77
2009	27.68
2010	31.18
2011	35.90
2012	24.44
2013	21.98
2014	27.63
2015	31.36
2016	30.77
2017	28.92
2018	37.25
2019	43.10
2020	28.81
2021	41.67
2022	48.06
2023	40.00

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	2006	3
Overton	2007	6
Overton	2008	6
Overton	2009	9
Overton	2010	4
Overton	2011	3
Overton	2012	3
Overton	2013	4
Overton	2014	2
Overton	2015	0
Overton	2016	3
Overton	2017	2
Overton	2018	1
Overton	2019	0
Overton	2020	1
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	0