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Urban Policy and Research is an international journal dedicated to the publication of refereed articles in English in the field of urban studies and urban policy for those with an interest in Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia Pacific region.
The scope of the journal is international in two senses: it presents to a worldwide readership a view of the urban policies of particular countries, and it encourages dialogue among researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the Australasian region.
Urban Policy and Research seeks to develop better links between theoretical and empirical research and urban policy practice. It seeks to stimulate informed debate about urban issues by publishing peer-reviewed research articles and practice review papers from a wide range of theoretical, ideological and methodological approaches. We also encourage papers from scholars in the UK, EU and USA/Canada that offer comparative analyses of Australian/New Zealand and Asia-Pacific urban policy issues.
Peer Review Statement All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous double-anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous reviewers. Editorials, Practice Reviews and Book Reviews have undergone editorial screening.
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Urban Policy and Research and Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in its publications. However, the Society and Taylor & Francis and its agents and licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose of the Content and disclaim all such representations and warranties whether express or implied to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and are not necessarily the views of the Editor, the Society or Taylor & Francis.
"As an urban development scholar and practitioner, I have to look for a journal that builds quality and policy relevant work. Urban Policy and Research does this in every issue." Ed Blakely Former Executive Director Of Recovery, City of New Orleans 2009 Jay Chatterjee Award for Service to Policy and the Academy
Journal metrics
Usage
110K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.0 (2023) 5 year IF
3.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.774 (2023) SNIP
0.500 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
0 days avg. from submission to first
decision
129 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
18 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
9% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Carey Curtis (Managing Editor, Chair of Editorial Board),CurtinUniversity Emma Baker (Associate Editor),University of Adelaide Elizabeth Taylor (Practice Reviews Editor),Monash University Patricia Austin (Book Reviews Editor),UniversityofAuckland Anthony Kent (Associate Editor),RMIT University Geoff Binder (Administrator),RMIT University Nicole Gurran (Practice Reviews Editor),University of Sydney
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Kathy Arthurson - Flinders University, Australia Scott Baum - Griffith University, Australia Sue Brownill - Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom Trevor Budge -LaTrobe University, Australia Rebecca Chiu - University of Hong Kong, China Jago Dodson - RMIT University, Australia David W. Edgington - University of British Columbia, Canada Brendan Gleeson - Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia John T. Jackson - RMIT University, Australia Roger Keil - York University, Canada Crystal Legacy -University of Melbourne Paul Maginn - University of Western Australia Hyung Min Kim - University of Melbourne, Australia Laurence Murphy - University of Auckland, New Zealand Kris Olds - University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Hai Xiao Pan - Tongji University, China Glen Searle -University of Queensland, Australia Dominic Stead - Aalto University, Finland Wendy Steele - RMIT University, Australia Susan Thompson - University of New South Wales, Australia Carolyn Whitzman - University of Ottawa, Canada Fulong Wu -University College London, United Kingdom Wendy Guan Zhen Tan - Western Norway University of Applied Sciences/Wageningen University and Research, Norway
Updated 26-06-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Urban Policy and Research is currently noted in:
A P A I S: Australian Public Affairs Information Service (Online Edition), C S A Human Population & Natural Resource Management, Criminal Justice Abstracts, EBSCOhost, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Pollution Abstracts, OCLC, Swets Information Services and Thomson Gale (Gale Group).
Open access
Urban Policy and Research is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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