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.
Aims and scope
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The aim of Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment (FEBE) is to: disseminate original, scientific, theoretical or applied research in the field of Engineering and Built Environment.

FEBE is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed international research journal published online with four issues per year by King Khalid University. The journal considers the following types of original contributions for peer review and publication: original articles, and critical reviews, in the interdisciplinary area of engineering and built environment. It links several scientific and engineering disciplines including: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, geoinformatics, environment, and Architecture and planning to ensure representation in all fields.

Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment operates a double-anonymous peer review model. All articles undergo an initial assessment by the journal editor. If they are considered suitable for peer review, articles will then be reviewed by a minimum of two external reviewers to assess their suitability for publication. Final responsibility for editorial decisions rests with the journal editor.

All articles published in Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment are published Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 licence. For further information on licencing please see the author guidelines.

Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment is published by Emerald on behalf of King Khalid University. The journal is owned by King Khalid University and is published under a diamond OA arrangement, in that all charges for publishing an OA article in the journal are funded by King Khalid University. There is no charge to the author.