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Volume 5,
Issue 4,
27 October 2025

About Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment

Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment is an academic, open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on all aspects of engineering and built environment. Published by Emerald on behalf of King Khalid University.

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Research paper. This category covers papers which report on any type of research undertaken by the author(s). The research may involve the construction or testing of a model or framework — up to 7200 words
  • action research — up to 7200 words
  • testing of data — up to 7200 words
  • market research or surveys — up to 7200 words
  • empirical — up to 7200 words
  • scientific or clinical research.Review Paper: This category covers summarize the existing literature on a topic in an attempt to explain the current state of understanding on the topicTechnical paper. Describes and evaluates technical products — up to 7200 words
  • processes or services.Case study. Case studies describe actual interventions or experiences within organizations. They may well be subjective and will not generally report on research. A description of a legal case or a hypothetical case study used as a teaching exercise would also fit into this category.Literature review. It is expected that all types of paper cite any relevant literature so this category should only be used if the main purpose of the paper is to annotate and/or critique the literature in a particular subject area. It may be a selective bibliography providing advice on information sources or it may be comprehensive in that the paper's aim is to cover the main contributors to the development of a topic and explore their different views. — up to 7200 words

Peer review type

This journal operates a peer review process. Please see the Author Guidelines for full details.

Reference type

Please use the journal's preferred referencing style as outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Keywords

A maximum of 6 appropriate and short keywords can be added to your ScholarOne submission.

Accepted languages

This journal accepts manuscripts in UK/US English.

Open access option

You can publish an open access article in this diamond partnership journal. Authors in this journal are not required to pay an article processing charge (APC).

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Calls for papers

There are currently no open calls for papers for this journal. New calls are posted as they become available.

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