Developments in the Built Environment

Developments in the Built Environment is an open access peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier since 2020 under the eISSN 2666-1659, covering the built environment including building design, construction technology, civil engineering and urban infrastructure, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.7 and first quartile standing in construction and building technology and engineering civil《建筑环境进展》（Developments in the Built Environment）是爱思唯尔（Elsevier）自 2020 年起出版的开放获取同行评审期刊，电子刊号 2666-1659，覆盖建筑环境包括建筑设计、施工技术、土木工程与城市基础设施，2025 年影响因子为 8.7，在建筑与施工技术及土木工程两个类别均居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes original research, reviews and case studies on the built environment, including building design and performance, construction materials and technology, structural engineering, and the sustainability and resilience of buildings and urban infrastructure该刊刊载建筑环境的原创研究、综述与案例研究，涉及建筑设计与性能、建筑材料与技术、结构工程以及建筑与城市基础设施的可持续性与韧性。
• It covers smart buildings and digital construction, building information modelling, sensor and control systems for building operation, and the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to design and facility management该刊覆盖智能建筑与数字建造、建筑信息模型、建筑运行的传感器与控制系统，以及人工智能与机器学习在设计与设施管理中的应用。
• The journal addresses energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, carbon footprint and life cycle assessment of buildings, and the adaptation of the built environment to climate change该刊探讨建筑能效、室内环境质量、碳足迹与生命周期评估，以及建筑环境对气候变化的适应。
• As a gold open access journal it applies a Creative Commons attribution licence to accepted articles and levies an article processing charge on the corresponding author, with waivers available for qualifying authors作为金色开放获取期刊，该刊对录用文章采用知识共享署名许可，向通讯作者收取文章处理费，并对符合条件的作者提供减免。
• It is abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus and DOAJ, and it is included in the Journal Citation Reports from the Science Citation Index Expanded edition该刊被（SCIE）、（Scopus）与（DOAJ）收录，并纳入（SCIE）版期刊引证报告。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it ranks 10 of 104 titles in construction and building technology with a 90.9 percentile and 10 of 193 in engineering civil with a 95.1 percentile, and its five year indicator remains in the first quartile在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊在建筑与施工技术类 104 种期刊中列第 10 位、百分位 90.9，在土木工程类 193 种期刊中列第 10 位、百分位 95.1，五年指标同样位于第一四分位。

History

• The journal was launched in 2020 by Elsevier as a gold open access companion to the established built environment titles of the publisher, and the first volume appeared in that year该刊于 2020 年由爱思唯尔创办，作为其既有建筑环境系列期刊的开放获取姊妹刊，第一卷同年出版。
• It was established to provide an open access venue for built environment research at a time of growing interest in sustainable and smart construction, and it has retained the open access model since launch该刊设立的目的是在可持续与智能建造兴趣增长之际提供建筑环境研究的开放获取平台，自创刊起一直沿用开放获取模式。
• The Journal Impact Factor moved from 5.563 in 2022 to 8.2 in 2024 and to 8.7 in 2025, maintaining first quartile standing across its categories throughout该刊影响因子由 2022 年的 5.563 升至 2024 年的 8.2 与 2025 年的 8.7，始终居各类别第一四分位。
• The journal has progressively expanded its scope to address digital twins, artificial intelligence in construction and climate adaptation of the built environment, reflecting the digital and sustainability transitions of the sector该刊逐步扩展学科范围以涵盖数字孪生、人工智能在建造中的应用以及建筑环境的气候适应，反映该领域的数字化与可持续转型。
• The publisher carries the journal on ScienceDirect and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1016, shared with other Elsevier journals出版方将该刊载于（ScienceDirect），其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1016），与爱思唯尔其他期刊一致。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by an international editorial board whose members are drawn from architecture, civil engineering, construction management and building science institutions across the world该刊由一位主编带领，配以由世界各地建筑、土木工程、施工管理与建筑科学机构学者组成的国际编委会。
• The editorial team includes associate editors responsible for subject areas such as building performance, construction technology, structural engineering, smart buildings and sustainability, reflecting the breadth of the journal编辑团队设有副编辑，分别负责建筑性能、施工技术、结构工程、智能建筑与可持续性等方向，对应刊物的广度。
• Editorial handling follows the Elsevier editorial management system, with submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise and competing interest declarations稿件处理依托爱思唯尔的编辑管理系统，依据学科专长与利益冲突声明分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is single-blind and the journal maintains the Elsevier standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management and editorial independence同行评审采用单盲方式，该刊遵循爱思唯尔在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理与编辑独立性方面的标准。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal page at ScienceDirect and updated as new members join or existing members step down编委名单在（ScienceDirect）期刊页公布，并随成员增减而更新。