Aims & Scope
Journal of Daylighting is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to investigations of daylighting in buildings. It is the leading journal that publishes original research on all aspects of Energy, Buildings, and Lighting. Areas of special interest for this journal include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Energy
- Energy sources
- Energy systems
- Energy-efficient technologies
- Energy and environment
- Energy storage
- Artificial intelligence in energy systems
- Photovoltaic cells and systems
- Building-integrated photovoltaics
- Solar thermal
- Solar energy applications
- Buildings
- Architectural/Building engineering
- Smart buildings
- Building energy modeling
- Building physics
- Building envelopes
- Building Materials
- Indoor environment quality
- Lighting
- Illumination optics
- Daylighting
- Artificial lighting
- Lighting simulation
- Lighting designs
- Luminaires
- Lighting metrology and light quality
- Lighting control
To submit a manuscript to Journal of Daylighting, please read journal guidelines for authors.
Details
Title: Journal of Daylighting
ISSN: 2383-8701
Publisher: Solarlits Limited
Frequency: Bi-annual (2 issues/year) (articles are published continuously throughout the year)
Year launched: 2014
Format: Online only
Full-text formats available: PDF, HTML
Publication timeline
| 3 days
Submission to first decision |
50 days
Submission to acceptance |
70 days
Submission to publication |
Journal Metrics
Tracked for Impact Factor
Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) 2025: 1.88
CiteScoreTM 2025: 4.0
H-Index: 21
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 2025: 0.575
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 2025: 1.124
Joural Rank
Quartile Ranking JCR: Q2
Energy (miscellaneous): #57/106
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: #186/345
Abstracting & Indexing
Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
Scopus (Elsevier)
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Architectural Periodicals Avery Index
EBSCO
CrossRef
Article Processing Charge (APC)
At Solarlits, we are committed to making high-quality research widely accessible. We firmly believe that financial constraints should never become a barrier to sharing impactful scientific discoveries with the global community.
To support our diverse network of researchers, we have designed an equitable, transparent, and author-friendly APC policy.
For full details regarding our APC, please visit: https://solarlits.com/apc.
Features
- Fast reviews
- Rapid times to publication
- Open Access
- Distinguished editorial board
Peer Review Roles
- The journal checks the basic quality of the original submission.
- Submissions that fail are rejected, and successful ones are passed to the Editor.
- External referees from the journal's database and the research community provide peer-review recommendations.
- The Editor reviews all recommendations and makes the final decision to accept, revise, or reject the manuscript.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Yuehong Su
University of Nottingham, UK
Journal Office
Editorial Office
For inquiries regarding Special Issues, editorial policies, and discounts, please contact the journal’s Editorial Office.