First issue, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January–June 2026), will be published in April 2026.
The Article Processing Charge (APC) is waived for submissions until 31 May 2026.
Journal Insights
Aims & Scope
Journal of Built Environment, Urbanism, and Smart Cities (JBUS) is a half-yearly, double blind peer-reviewed, gold open access journal promoting the dissemination of original research and technological implementation experiences in the areas of Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Systems.
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ISSN: XXXX-XXXX (Print) XXXX-XXXX (Online)
Frequency: Half Yearly
DOAJ Subject Classification
Ø Architecture
Ø Civil Engineering
Ø Urban Studies and Planning
Ø Environmental Studies
Ø Computer Science and Smart Technologies
Scopus ASJC Codes:
Ø 3312 – Building and Construction
Ø 3313 – Architecture
Ø 2205 – Civil and Structural Engineering
Ø 2308 – Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Environmental)
Ø 3310 – Transportation
Ø 1712 – Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (for smart city technology)
Ø 1702 – Artificial Intelligence (for smart city AI applications)
Web of Science Categories:
Ø Construction & Building Technology
Ø Architecture
Ø Urban Studies
Ø Engineering, Civil
Ø Environmental Studies
Ø Transportation Science & Technology
Ø Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Subject Areas
General Computer Science, Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems, Software, Computational Theory and Mathematics
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Build Environment, Urbanism, and Smart Cities is indexed in J-Gate, Google Scholar, Scilit, Cross Ref and WorldCat.
Article publishing charge
Open Access Publication Fee (APC): Indian Authors: Rs. 3000/- Foreign Authors: $50.
This journal provides authors with the opportunity to publish their research through open access. To make an article open access, the author or the funding body is required to cover the publication fee (APC).
