About this journal
Aims and scope
An international, peer reviewed journal, publishing high-quality, innovative and original empirical, methodological and theoretical research, Urban Geography remains first and foremost a geography journal but has a track record of publishing work from across the social sciences. The Editors of the journal encourage authors to think of the journal for their contributions to understanding the current and future global urban condition.
This journal accepts contributions towards the following sections: Articles, Book Reviews, Critical Reviews, Debates and Interventions and Urban Pulse.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 396K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 4.1 (2023) 5 year IF
- 7.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.870 (2023) SNIP
- 1.591 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 4 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 110 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 20 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 18% 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.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Kevin Ward, University of Manchester
Editors
Anne Bonds, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ayona Datta, University College London
Nathan McClintock, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Special Issue Editor
Yamini Narayanan, Deakin University
Debates and Interventions Editors
Andrew Jonas, University of Hull
David Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Plenary Editor
David Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Urban Pulse Editor
Pablo Shiladitya Bose, University of Vermont
Social Media Editor
Joe Penny, UCL Urban Laboratory
Book Reviews Editor
Julie Ren, University of Amsterdam
Editorial Board
J.P. Addie, Georgia State University
Katrin Anacker, George Mason University
Isabelle Anguelovski, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
David Bassens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Anna Livia Brand, University of California, Berkeley
Shauna Brail, University of Toronto
Tim Bunnell, National University of Singapore
I-Chun Catherine Chang, Macalester College
Eric Chu, University of California, Davis
Julie Ciddell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Meghan S. Cope, University of Vermont
Robert Cowley, Kings College London
Federico Cugurullo, Trinity College Dublin
Diganta Das, Nanyang Technological University
Mark Davidson, Clark University
Ben Derudder, KU Leuven
Geoffrey DeVerteuil, Cardiff University
Mark Ellis, University of Washington
Theresa Enright, University of Toronto
Desiree Fields, University of California-Berkeley
Prince Guma, British Institute in Eastern Africa
Jason Hackworth, University of Toronto
Katherine Hankins, Georgia State University
Phil Hubbard, Kings College London
Wangui Kimari, University of Cape Town
Mary Lawhon, Edinburgh University
Philip Lawton, Trinity College Dublin
Si-ming Li, Hong Kong Baptist University
George Lipsitz, University of California, Santa Barbara
Casey Lynch, Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands
Sophia Maalsen, University of Sydney
Heather MacLean, Athabasca University
Eugene McCann, Simon Fraser University
Colin McFarlane, Durham University
Dillon Mahmoudi, University of Maryland
Julie Miao, University of Melbourne
Sarah Moser, McGill University
Cian O’Callaghan, Trinity College Dublin
Nancy Odendaal, University of Cape Town
Stijn Oosterlynck, University of Antwerp
Linda Peake, York University
Nicholas Phelps, University of Melbourne
Libby Porter, RMIT
Hyun Bang Shin, London School of Economics
Thomas Sigler, The University of Queensland
Wing-Shing Tang, Hong Kong Baptist University
Brandi Thompson Summers, University of California, Berkeley
Dan Trudeau, Macalester College
Junxi Qian, The University of Hong Kong
Alan Walks, University of Toronto
June Wang, City University of Hong Kong
Katie Wells, Georgetown University
Alan Wiig, University of Florida
Max Woodworth, Ohio State University
Ngai Ming Yip, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Abstracting and indexing
Urban Geography is currently indexed in:
Bibliography of Asian Studies; Chadwyck-Healey: PIO – Periodicals Index; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; Communication Abstracts; CSA Sustainability Science Abstracts; FRANCIS; EBSCOhost; GeoRef; International Political Science Abstracts Database; Political Science Complete; Public Affairs Index; SocINDEX; Urban Studies Abstracts; EI (Online) (Excerpta Indonesica); Elsevier BV; GEOBASE; Scopus; Gale; H.W. Wilson; National Library of Medicine; PubMed; Online Computer Library Centre; Wilson Business Abstracts; Ovid; ProQuest; Thomson Reuters: Arts and humanities Search; Social Sciences Citation Index and Web of Science
Open access
Urban Geography 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
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
10 issues per year
Special Issues
Urban Geography welcomes proposals for Special Issues which provide a critical forum for sets of complementary or contrasting articles addressing emergent and topical issues or questions. Proposals for Special Issues will be considered for their relevance to the journal’s readership, their coherence and synthesis, and their contribution to the field of urban geography. Proposals from a global comparative perspective are keenly encouraged.
Special Issues will consist of four to eight papers of 8,000 to 10,000 words, including a standard-length and substantive Guest Introduction that will also be peer-reviewed. All articles must be formatted to author guidelines. Special Issue collections will go through the same level of rigorous peer-review as general submissions to Urban Geography.
Careful consideration will be made by the Special Issues Editor and the Guest Editor(s) to ensure coherence across the submitted and subsequently accepted papers, especially in the case where all originally proposed manuscripts are not accepted for publication.
Instructions for Contributors
Proposals must be submitted using the Special Issue Proposal Form. Special Issue Proposals must not be under review at another journal when submitted to Urban Geography.
Urban Geography will receive Special Issue proposals twice annually, on 1 May and 1 November respectively, and be reviewed by the journal's Editorial collective. All submissions will be notified of the outcome of the selection process by1 June and 1 December respectively
.Interested contributors are encouraged to contact the Special Issues Editor, Yamini Narayanan (Deakin University) at [email protected], to discuss their proposals prior to submission.
Virtual Special Issues
Urban Geography invites you to enjoy the series of Virtual Issues. These are compiled by members of the Journal’s editorial board and editorial team. These issues consist of papers published over the course of the journal’s forty years of publishing papers in urban geography and in cognate disciplines.
Read Virtual Special Issues on key themes in Urban Geography here: https://urbangeographyjournal.org/virtual-special-issues/
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