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About the journal

Developments in the Built Environment (DIBE) is a new peer-reviewed gold open access (OA) journal whereby upon acceptance all articles are permanently and freely available. DIBE publishes original papers and short communications resulting from research in civil engineering and the built …

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Article publishing charge
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3 days
Time to first decision
60 days
Review time
75 days
Submission to acceptance

Articles

Xiaoning Zhang, ... George G.Q. Huang
April 2024View PDF
Stylianos Karatzas, ... Athanasios Chassiakos
April 2024View PDF
Mohammad Fahimizadeh, ... Peng Yuan
April 2024View PDF
Youzhi Yang, ... Jinrui Zhang
April 2024View PDF
Wang Yang, ... Lu Yang
April 2024View PDF
Yangyue Su, ... Qun Gao
April 2024View PDF

Calls for papers

Human-Centric Emergency Responses in Modern Built Environments

Guest editors: Pingbo TangSubmission deadline: 30 September 2024

Innovations in Materials and Structures for Net-Zero Built Environment

Guest editors: Behrouz Shafei - Submission deadline: 15 March 2024
With an overarching goal of moving toward minimizing the built environment’s carbon footprint, this Special Issue will offer original insights in a set of interrelated domains, including (i) material preparation processes for zero (or negative) …

Development of advanced cement-based materials with improved performances

Guest editors: Shengwen Tang - Submission deadline: 10 April 2024
This special issue focuses on the advanced cement-based materials/composites in the development of advanced building materials, to address the challenges on high/super high buildings and on buildings that undergo with harsh external environment. In …

Special issues and article collections

Development of advanced cement-based materials with improved performances

Edited by Dr. Shengwen Tang (Wuhan University, Wuhan, , China), Dr. Lei (L.) Wang (Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xian, , China), Dr. Lingling (L.L.) Hu (Jianghan University, Wuhan, , China), Dr. E Chen (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
20 November 2023

Sustainable Development of the Built Environment: Technology, Assessment and Management

Edited by Long Chen, Zhiqian Zhang, Wei Pan, Yan Ning
20 November 2023

Secured Digital Twins for Responsible Decision-Making and Operation in the Built Environment

Edited by Jiansong Zhang, Pingbo Tang, Yongkui Li, Borja Garcia de Soto, Žiga Turk
3 July 2023

Self-Healing, Multifunctional and Advanced Repair Technologies in Cementitious Systems

Edited by Tim Van Mullem, Ir. Elke Gruyaert, Kim Van Tittelboom, Nele De Belie
3 July 2023