Journal History
| 2011 | Buildings was launched. The inaugural issue was released. Buildings was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2015 | Buildings was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2016 | Buildings was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) — Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2017 | Buildings announced the first edition of the Travel Award. |
| 2018 | Buildings adopted a monthly publication schedule. The Twitter account for Buildings was created. Buildings announced the second edition of the Travel Award. |
| 2019 | Buildings announced the third edition of the Travel Award. Buildings announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. |
| 2020 | Buildings was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) — Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 8 (Issue 1). Buildings became an affiliated journal of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB). Buildings announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award. Buildings published its 1,000th paper. Buildings announced the second edition of the Best Paper Award. |
| 2021 | The year 2021 marked the 10th Anniversary of Buildings. Buildings received its first Impact Factor (2.648), ranked 61/137 (Q2) in "Engineering, Civil", ranked 32/67 (Q2) in "Construction & Building Technology". (keep the other information the same). Buildings established the following sections:
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| 2022 | Buildings received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.324), ranked 58/138 (Q2) in "Engineering, Civil", ranked 28/68 (Q2) in "Construction & Building Technology". |
| 2023 | Buildings received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.8), ranked 46/139 (Q2) in "Engineering, Civil", ranked 23/68 (Q2) in "Construction & Building Technology". Buildings organized The 1st International Online Conference on Buildings (IOC BD2023). |
| 2024 | Buildings received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.1), ranked 51/181 (Q2) in "Engineering, Civil", ranked 28/91 (Q2) in "Construction & Building Technology". Buildings was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier). |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–2017 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chimay J. Anumba |
| 2017–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David Arditi |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Derek Clements-Croome for the section on Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bjorn Birgisson for the section on Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David Arditi for the section on Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Humberto Varum for the section on Building Structures Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shi-Jie Cao for the section on Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems |
