The Journal of Urbanism is a multi-disciplinary journal that focuses on human settlement and its relation to the idea of sustainability, social justice and cultural understanding. It is concerned with the relative impact of design on environmental perception, urban livability and the experience of space.
The journal addresses a wide range of urban concerns, and aims, by publishing research from a variety of theoretical, methodological and conceptual perspectives, to create an attitude of sustainability toward urban form.
Journal of Urbanism is particularly interested in:
• The rural-urban transect in theory and practice • Policies designed to promote urbanism and assessments of outcome • Studies of living preferences • Urban regeneration • New urbanism • Smart growth • Livable communities • Transit-oriented development • The role of historical preservation in the urban sustainability movement • Theories of urban architecture and urbanism • Walkable communities • Urban morphology
Peer Review Statement
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by at least two, but usually three, independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized.
"This journal fills a gaping intellectual hole -- the intersection of place-making, community building, and green urbanism. JoU is a much welcomed addition to the scholarly literature on how to put neighborboods and cities of the future on more sustainable pathways." Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Journal metrics
Usage
104K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
4.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.702 (2023) SNIP
0.405 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
118 days avg. from submission to first
decision
154 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
16 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
37% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
Editors: Matthew Hardy -Biography-Prince's Foundation, UK Susan Parham -Biography-University of Hertfordshire, UK
Associate Editor: Verónica Saud Casanova,University College London, UK
Reviews Editor: Dr Sydney Ayers Mercer,The Prince's Foundation, UK
Social Media Editor: Israa Mahmoud,Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
Editorial Board: Eran Ben-Joseph,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Harald Bodenschatz,Technische Universität Berlin, Germany David Brain,New College of Florida, USA Matthew Carmona,University College London, UK Patrick Condon,University of British Columbia, Canada Ellen Dunham-Jones,Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Nan Ellin,University of Texas at Arlington, USA Robert Fishman,University of Michigan, USA Jan Gehl,Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark Tigran Haas,Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Besim S. Hakim,Albuquerque, USA Jeff Kenworthy,Curtin University, Australia Gerrit Knaap,University of Maryland, USA Michael Mehaffy,KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Taner Oc,University of Nottingham, UK; University College London, UK Pedro Paulo Palazzo,University of Brasilia, Brazil Attilio Petruccioli,Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy Yodan Rofè,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Wolfgang Sonne,University of Dortmund, Germany Michelle Thompson-Fawcett,University of Otago, New Zealand Anne Vernez Moudon,University of Washington, USA
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Core
ProQuest SciTech Collection, 03/01/2009-
Open access
Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability 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.
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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
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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Members of the following groups can receive an individual print subscription to Journal of Urbanismat a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.
Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)
International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU)
Members of the Regional Studies Association may choose to select a subscription to this title as part of their Regional Studies Association membership benefits which will enable full text access.
Print ISSN:
1754-9175
Online ISSN:
1754-9183
4 issues per year. 4 issues will be print.
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