Journal of Building Engineering

The Journal of Building Engineering (JOBE) is an interdisciplinary journal that covers all aspects of science and technology concerned with the whole life cycle of buildings. from the design phase through to construction, operation, performance, maintenance and its deterioration. JOBE only publishes papers that clearly demonstrate significant scientific novelty in building engineering.

The journal will cover, but is not limited to, the following three Themes and related topics:

Building Energy and Environment

Building simulation, data-driven modelling for energy demand

Energy-efficient building and system design (new and retrofitting)

Building indoor environmental quality (acoustic, visual, thermal, moisture, air quality)

Fire prediction and evacuation in a building

HVAC system intelligent operation and control

People-oriented building design and system operation for wellbeing and workplace productivity

Renewable energy technologies and their applications in buildings

Building Structure

Design, testing and health monitoring for building structure and components

Experimental and numerical assessment of components (new and existing buildings)

Effects of hazards on building structures (seismic, wind, gravity, blast, load, fire, etc.)

Innovative building structural components and systems

Physics and data-driven methods for building structural analysis and assessment

Structural damage and failure mechanisms and building performance under extreme loads and hazards

Structural retrofit, strengthening, and rehabilitation of existing buildings and their components

Building Materials

Building coatings and claddings

Sustainable materials for buildings

Building materials for rehabilitation and strengthening

Building material durability and maintenance

Building facade/envelope materials

Innovative/advanced /smart materials in building engineering

Technical notes, codes and standards are also welcome. Manuscripts about materials, structures, energy and other applications to non-building infrastructure (roads, bridges, tunnels, transportation, agriculture greenhouses, etc.) are unfortunately outside the scope of this journal. Manuscripts about urban environment, renewable energy and their technologies development, power plant, construction/project management, and construction site safety are unfortunately outside the scope of this journal.

Please do not resubmit a rejected manuscript (unless the Editors have invited you to resubmit) as it will not be considered and will be rejected without review.

Please do not contact the Editors for a status check of your manuscript as they handle a large number of submissions and unfortunately cannot answer all status requests. Please use the Track your submission option for this purpose. If your paper has been sent out for review, the Editors have to wait for the invited reviewers to agree to review the paper. Once the reviewers have kindly agreed to review the paper, they are requested to deliver their reviews within 21 days; delays do occur, unfortunately, and this is not always possible. The Editors are aware of delayed manuscripts, and reminders are sent to the reviewers of delayed papers to ask them to please upload their reviews at their earliest convenience. Once the Editors receive the required number of reviews, they are then able to swiftly make their decision on a manuscript.

Authors can rest assured that Editors are using all their resources to make the revision and publication process as swift as possible.

Author duties: Acceptance of a manuscript for publication in the journal carries with it an understanding that the author, when requested, will fulfil an obligation to contribute their expertise to the review of others' manuscripts.