PolyU Institutional Research Archive (PIRA) is an open access repository for The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s research, teaching and learning digital materials.
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Article Databases
Recommended Journals (from Course Resource List)
Journal Title in alphabetical order |
Web of Science Indexing* | Impact Factor - 2021 |
Advanced Engineering Informatics | SCIE | 7.862 |
Automation in Construction | SCIE | 10.517 |
Building and Environment | SCIE | 7.093 |
Building Research and Information | SCIE | 4.799 |
Cities | SSCI | 6.077 |
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management | SCIE & SSCI | 3.850 |
Habitat International | SSCI | 5.205 |
International Journal of Project Management | SSCI | 9.037 |
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | SSCI | 3.732 |
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering | SCIE | 5.802 |
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management | SCIE | 5.292 |
Journal of Contemporary China | SSCI | 3.126 |
Journal of Management in Engineering | SCIE | 6.415 |
Journal of Portfolio Management | SSCI | 1.530 |
Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics | SSCI | 1.480 |
Journal of Real Estate Research | SSCI | 1.825 |
Real Estate Economics | SSCI | 3.154 |
Sustainable Cities and Society | SCIE | 10.696 |
Source: These journals are selected from BRE course readings that are indexed in SCIE or SSCI in Journal Citation Reports.
Last updated: Jun 2022.
* SCIE = Science Citation Index Expanded; SSCI = Social Sciences Citation Index.