Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE) is a CIB-encouraged journal published by Emerald Publishing since 2012, informing research and industry practice on integrated approaches to smart and sustainable built environments across architecture, engineering and construction, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.7.《智能与可持续建筑环境》（Smart and Sustainable Built Environment）是一本（CIB）支持刊物，2012 年创刊，（Emerald Publishing）出版，聚焦建筑、工程与建造领域智能与可持续发展整合路径的研究与产业实践，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.7。

Scope

• The stated aim is to inform research and industry practice on integrated approaches to developing smart and sustainable built environments.官方宗旨为就智能与可持续建筑环境的整合发展路径，为研究与产业实践提供参考。
• The journal frames its territory through the Industry 4.0 revolution and the nine supporting pillars, from eXtended Reality and digital twins to building information models, and through the human-centric Industry 5.0 agenda of the European Commission.刊物以工业 4.0 革命及其九大支柱（自扩展现实、数字孪生到建筑信息模型）与欧盟以人为本的工业 5.0 议程为叙事框架。
• Advanced simulation, computer vision, the Internet of Things, blockchain, machine learning, deep learning, linked data, large language models and natural language processing are named as the enabling technologies.先进仿真、计算机视觉、物联网、区块链、机器学习、深度学习、关联数据、大语言模型与自然语言处理被列为其使能技术。
• Coverage runs from sustainable buildings, infrastructure, districts and cities to climate-responsive architecture, net-zero infrastructure, regenerative planning, adaptive reuse, circular economy and material passports.收录范围自可持续建筑、基础设施、城区与城市，延伸至气候响应式建筑、净零基础设施、再生性规划、适应性再利用、循环经济与材料护照。
• Lifecycle impact assessment, environmental product declarations, disaster-resilient planning, nature-based solutions, green finance and participatory design complete the sustainability remit.生命周期影响评价、环境产品声明、防灾减灾规划、基于自然的解决方案、绿色金融与参与式设计构成其可持续性版图。
• Papers are welcome across the whole development cycle, from conceptualisation and design through construction and facility management to deconstruction, recycling and reuse.论文覆盖从构想、设计、建造、设施管理到解构、回收与再利用的完整发展周期。
• Accepted types include original research papers of up to ten thousand words, reviews of twelve thousand, case studies, technical notes, commentaries, viewpoints, editorials and conference news.接受的稿件类型包括上限一万词的原创论文、一万二千词的综述，以及案例研究、技术札记、评论、观点、社论与会议报道。

History

• Emerald launched the title in 2012 and the inaugural issue appeared in June, with Jay Yang of Queensland University of Technology as founding editor.（Emerald）于 2012 年创办本刊，同年 6 月推出创刊号，（Queensland University of Technology）的（Jay Yang）任创刊编辑。
• The founding editorial set out the case for a dedicated forum on integrated approaches to sustainability problems in the built environment, in cooperation with bodies such as CIB, UNEP and iiSBE.创刊社论阐述了为建筑环境可持续性问题设立整合方法专门论坛的必要性，并述及与（CIB）、（UNEP）及（iiSBE）等机构的合作。
• Volume 1 carried three issues and fifteen papers in its first year under a rigorous double-blind review process, and the journal has been CIB-encouraged from the start.第一卷年出三期，在严格双盲评审下全年发表 15 篇论文，本刊自始即获（CIB）支持。
• Publication has since expanded to six issues a year, with volume 14 appearing in 2025 and volume 15 in 2026.其后刊期扩至每年 6 期，2025 年已出第 14 卷，2026 年出版第 15 卷。
• The publishing model is hybrid, with a gold open-access charge of 3,222 pounds, 4,351 dollars or 3,710 euros under a CC BY 4.0 licence and a green self-archiving route with no embargo and no fee.出版模式为混合式，金色开放获取收费 3,222 英镑、4,351 美元或 3,710 欧元并采用（CC BY 4.0）许可，绿色自存档路径免费且无禁运期。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.7, up from 4.6 in 2024, and the journal holds a Q1 place in construction and building technology and in civil engineering in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.7，高于 2024 年的 4.6，在（ESCI）建造与建筑技术及土木工程类别均居一区。

Editors

• Farzad Rahimian, professor at Loughborough University, serves as editor-in-chief.（Loughborough University）教授（Farzad Rahimian）任主编。
• Mina Najafi of Teesside University is managing editor, and the founding editor Jay Yang remains associated with the title's Queensland University of Technology origins.（Teesside University）的（Mina Najafi）任管理编辑，创刊编辑（Jay Yang）的事业渊源仍系于（Queensland University of Technology）。
• Sixteen associate editors span the United Kingdom, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Turkey, Australia, Hong Kong, Italy and South Korea.十六位副主编覆盖英国、美国、阿联酋、西班牙、荷兰、新西兰、土耳其、澳大利亚、香港、意大利与韩国。
• Among them are Abiola Akanmu of Virginia Tech, Svetlana Besklubova of the University of Cambridge, Faris Elghaish of Queen's University Belfast and Chansik Park of Chung-Ang University.其中包括（Virginia Tech）的（Abiola Akanmu）、（University of Cambridge）的（Svetlana Besklubova）、（Queen's University Belfast）的（Faris Elghaish）与（Chung-Ang University）的（Chansik Park）。
• An editorial advisory board of more than twenty members counts Chimay Anumba of the University of Florida, Ioannis Brilakis of the University of Cambridge, Jack Cheng of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Miroslaw Skibniewski of the University of Maryland.逾二十人的编辑顾问委员会包括（University of Florida）的（Chimay Anumba）、（University of Cambridge）的（Ioannis Brilakis）、（Hong Kong University of Science and Technology）的（Jack Cheng）与（University of Maryland）的（Miroslaw Skibniewski）。
• A large editorial review board of roughly one hundred and forty researchers stretches across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Oceania.约一百四十人的编辑评审委员会遍及亚洲、非洲、中东、欧洲、美洲与大洋洲。
• Review is double anonymous with at least two independent referees per paper, and Emerald asks editors to reach a first decision within eighty days.评审采用双匿名方式，每篇至少送两位独立审稿人，（Emerald）要求编辑在 80 天内作出首次决定。