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Journal of Green Building
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Journal of Green Building

1552-6100

Published by: Allen Press

https://meridian.allenpress.com/jgb

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 1202 15 16 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 26
Documents by Best Scientists*: 25
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 32
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.271
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Green Building?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Architectural engineering, Sustainability, Civil engineering, Efficient energy use and Green building. It holds forums on Architectural engineering that merges themes from other disciplines such as Energy performance, Certification, Architecture and Operations management. Discussions in Journal of Green Building are anchored in the subject of Certification and the similar topic of Environmental design.

Journal of Green Building addresses concerns in Sustainability which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Sustainable development, Process (engineering), Environmental resource management and Environmental planning. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Environmental resource management and Environmental economics. The journal connects research in Efficient energy use with the related topic of Renewable energy.

  • Architectural engineering (24.27%)
  • Sustainability (20.53%)
  • Civil engineering (13.45%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • From Low-Energy to Net Zero-Energy Buildings: Status and Perspectives (107 citations)
  • Green Construction: Contractor Experiences, Expectations, and Perceptions (81 citations)
  • Building Integrated Agriculture: Utilising Rooftops for Sustainable Food Crop Cultivation in Singapore (81 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Green Building:

The most cited papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Green building, Architectural engineering, Sustainability, Environmental resource management and Environmental planning. In addition to Architectural engineering research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Quality (business), Production (economics), Commerce, Architecture and Systems engineering. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Sustainability that incorporate concepts from other fields like Building design and Public health.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Sustainability
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Architectural engineering, Energy (signal processing), Energy consumption, Green building and Environmental economics. Journal of Green Building blends together research topics in Architectural engineering and Zero (linguistics). While it focused on Energy (signal processing), it was also able to explore topics like Production (economics), Architecture, Process engineering and Civil engineering.

The studies on Energy consumption discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Apartment, Efficient energy use, Generalized linear mixed model and Building design. Topics in Green building were tackled in line with various other fields like Construction engineering, Visualization, Identification (biology) and Sustainable development. While the primary focus in the journal is Environmental economics, it also dissects topics surrounding Environmental quality and Environmental design, Water efficiency, Certification and Quality (business) as a whole.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD: IMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19 FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND FOR ADAPTING HERITAGE BUILDINGS (9 citations)
  • ASSESSMENT OF AIR CHANGE EFFECTIVENESS AND THERMAL COMFORT IN A NATURALLY VENTILATED KITCHEN WITH INSECT-PROOF SCREEN USING CFD (1 citations)
  • DELTA WINGLETS FOR ENHANCING SOLAR ENERGY: TURBULENT STRAIN RATE-HEAT CONVECTION RELATIONSHIP (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Green Building (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Steffen Lehmann (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Annie R. Pearce (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Svetlana Pushkar (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Ali Mardani-Aghabaglou (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Colin MacDougall (7 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Green Building (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pennsylvania State University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Virginia Tech (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Newcastle (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (6 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Sustainability of off-site construction : a bibliometric review and visualized analysis of trending topics and themes

    Ibrahim Yahaya Wuni;Geoffrey Qiping Shen;Robert Osei-Kyei

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIES IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY USING THE HYBRID SWARA-BIM MODEL

    (2023)
    13 Citations
  • ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS USING ELECTROCHROMIC SMART WINDOWS WITH DIFFERENT WINDOW-WALL RATIOS

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • EFFECTS OF COLLABORATION NETWORKS ON TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION IN THE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) SECTOR: A CASE STUDY OF CHINA

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • THE POST-OCCUPANCY DILEMMA IN GREEN-RATED BUILDINGS: A PERFORMANCE GAP ANALYSIS

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • SIMULATING COOLING STREET STRATEGIES ON URBAN HEAT ISLANDS EFFECTS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY FOR BLACKTOWN CITY, AUSTRALIA

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • ENERGY AND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF APPLYING BIO-BASED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS TO BUILDINGS IN EAST ASIA

    Abdo Abdullah Ahmed Gassar;Geun Young Yun;Sumin Kim;Choong Hee Han

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING THE USE OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT—A CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS APPROACH

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • ENERGY AND WATER PERFORMANCE OF AN OFF-GRID TINY HOUSE IN CALIFORNIA

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • DELTA WINGLETS FOR ENHANCING SOLAR ENERGY: TURBULENT STRAIN RATE-HEAT CONVECTION RELATIONSHIP

    Yang Yang;Siddharth Koushik Mohanakrishnan;David S-K. Ting;Steve Ray

    (2021)
    1 Citations

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