In addition to the change in quartile, the journal's SJR score rose from 0.105 in 2023 to 0.116 in 2024 and 0.136 in 2025.
Annals of Architectural Research, Q3 in SCImago
The profile, updated on Thursday, April 16, also shows an improvement in citation metrics: Total Cites rose from 7 to 13, Cites per document from 0.109 to 0.181 and External Cites per document from 0.109 to 0.167 between 2024 and 2025. SCImago also notes that the metrics presented in this report are based on Scopus data as of March 2026.
Published by the School of Architecture at Universidad ORT Uruguay, Anales de Investigación en Arquitectura is a peer-reviewed, open-access Ibero-American scientific journal whose purpose is to disseminate research advances in the fields of architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, and sustainability.
In keeping with its international scope, it publishes research articles, essays, literature reviews, catalogs of works, and original case studies. It is open to schools of architecture and to the community of researchers, professionals, academics, and interested members of the public, and accepts contributions written in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a public portal that provides scientific indicators for journals and countries based on data from Scopus. Its main indicator, the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), measures the visibility and influence of journals using an algorithm that, according to the platform itself, is similar to PageRank and weights the prestige of the citing sources; therefore, it is not limited to simply counting citations, but also considers the relative weight of where they come from.
The logic behind quartiles is equally important. SCImago explains that journals are ranked by their SJR and then divided into four equal groups: Q1 contains the quartile with the highest values, Q2 the second, Q3 the third, and Q4 the lowest.
In this context, which Annals of Architectural Research has moved from Q4 to Q3 in Architecture specifically means that it improved its relative ranking within that category in the SJR 2025.