About this journal
Aims and scope
Focusing on urban research and policy analysis, the Journal of Urban Affairs is among the most widely cited journals in the field. Published for the Urban Affairs Association, the journal provides a multidisciplinary perspective on issues of relevance to both scholars and practitioners, including:
- Interdisciplinary analyses of metropolitan and community problems
- Cutting edge quantitative and qualitative methodologies
- Global and comparative urban research
- Empirical research that advances the understanding for urban society
- Assessments of policies, programs, and strategies for change in the urban milieu
Varied perspectives and depth of analysis have made the Journal of Urban Affairs one of the fastest growing journals in urban studies.
Peer Review Policy: All Articles, including those in Special Issues, submitted to this journal undergo a "double-anonymous" peer review by two to three referees, and the editor or designate. Book Reviews are reviewed by the Book Review Editors. Questions about Book Reviews should be directed to Professor David Varady, University of Cincinnati, [email protected].
Journal metrics
Usage
- 265K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.5 (2023) 5 year IF
- 5.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.253 (2023) SNIP
- 0.775 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 12 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 85 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 22 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 21% 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
Editor-in-Chief
Bernadette Hanlon - Ohio State University
Managing Editor
Casey Wagner - Urban Affairs Association
Senior Associate Editors
Katrin Anacker - George Mason University
Patrick Cobbinah - University of Melbourne
Valeria Fedeli - Politechnic University of Milan
Clarissa Freitas - Federal University of Ceará
Andrew Kirby - Arizona State University
Cathy Yang Liu - Georgia State University
Deirdre Pfeiffer - Arizona State University
Igor Vojnovic - Michigan State University
June Wang - City University of Hong Kong
Associate Editors
Jonathan Davies - De Montfort University
James DeFilippis - Rutgers University
Pierre Filion - University of Waterloo
Jason Luger - Northumbria University
Michael Leo Owens - Emory University
Elena Vesselinov - Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Lin Ye - Sun Yat-sen University
Book Review Editors
David Varady - University of Cincinnati
Leah Hollstein - University of Cincinnati
Scholar Development Editors
Santina Contreras - University of Southern California
Davia Downey - University of Memphis
Michael Glass - University of Pittsburgh
Brenda Parker - University of Illinois, Chicago
Jason Reece - Ohio State University
Jocelyn Taliaferro - North Carolina State University
International Editorial Board
Manuel Aalbers - KU Leuven
Yasminah Beebeejaun - University College London
Jennifer Clark - Ohio State University
Prentiss Dantzler - University of Toronto
Sabina Deitrick - University of Pittsburgh
Ben Derudder - KU Leuven
Susan Fainstein - Harvard University
Arturo Flores - Anahuac University
Katherine Hankins - Georgia State University
Paul Jargowsky - Rutgers University
Sue-Ching Jou - National Taiwan University
Roger Keil - York University
Loraine Kennedy - French National Center for Scientific Research, Paris
Rachel Kleit - Ohio State University
Ernesto Lopez-Morales - University of Chile
Brij Maharaj - University of KwaZulu-Natal
David Merriman - University of Illinois Chicago
Don Mitchell - Uppsala University
Ali Modarres - University of Washington Tacoma
Deirdre Oakley - Georgia State University
Nicholas Phelps - University of Melbourne
Gordana Rabrenovic - Northeastern University
Akira Drake Rodriguez - University of Pennsylvania
William Rohe - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paula Russell - University College Dublin
John Rennie Short - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ashima Sood - Anant National University
Paul Speer - Vanderbilt University
Elizabeth Strom - University of South Florida
Rui Wang - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Weiping Wu - Columbia University
Elvin Wyly - University of British Columbia
Zhumin Xu - Laboratory Technology, Territories and Societies
Past Journal of Urban Affairs Editors
Patricia Klobus Edwards (1981-1984)
John R. Gist (1984-1987)
Scott Cummings & Knowlton W. Johnson (1987-1989)
Scott Cummings & C. Theodore Koebel (1989-1992)
Scott Cummings & Hank Savitch (1993-1998)
Scott Cummings (1998-2005)
Victoria Basolo (2005-2010)
Laura Reese (2010-2015)
Igor Vojnovic (2015-2021)
Abstracting and indexing
Open access
Journal of Urban Affairs 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)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
Calls for papers
Association information
The Urban Affairs Association (UAA) is the international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and public service professionals.
Mission
The Urban Affairs Association is dedicated to creating interdisciplinary spaces for engaging in intellectual and practical discussions about urban life. Through theoretical, empirical, and action-oriented research, the UAA fosters diverse activities to understand and shape a more just and equitable urban world. (Adopted March 12, 2010)
History
UAA is the successor organization to the Council of University Institutes for Urban Affairs, formed in Boston in 1969 by a group of directors of university urban programs. Today, UAA includes over 700 institutional, individual, and student members from colleges and universities throughout North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia. All UAA members receive the Journal of Urban Affairs as part of their dues.
Conference
The Urban Affairs Association hosts a conference each spring in an urban center. These yearly conferences are an integral part of UAA's efforts to increase knowledge about urban places and promote the development of research activities. Formal research papers and organized discussions by recognized experts spanning a wide range of topics are presented. The conference format also provides professional development workshops and roundtables, as well as informal social activities designed to foster professional networking and open discussion. The sponsoring Association of the Journal of Urban Affairs and the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City, the Urban Affairs Association, is the international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and nonprofit/public service practitioners. The UAA research community is highly interdisciplinary encompassing researchers from all social sciences, planning, education, health, law, social work, and other interdisciplinary fields. The conference content reflects this dynamic community.
10 issues per year
Associated with:
- Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City (2020 - current)
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