About this journal

Aims and scope

International Journal of Urban Sciences ( IJUS) is an interdisciplinary journal for scientific research and analytical methods on urban and regional studies. IJUS welcomes submissions in the areas of planning, transportation, economics, environment and geography, particularly those that consider the spatial context and focus on issues of theory, method, and public policy.

In addition to research articles, IJUS accepts insight papers that are expressed in non-traditional formats such as commentaries on urban policy, extended book reviews, interventions to current academic debates, descriptions of major consultancy works, short case studies, and others.

IJUS uses double anonymized peer review, and the time from submission to decision is normally within 90 days.


Peer Review Integrity
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

STAR
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Journal metrics

Usage

  • 79K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 2.9 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 2.6 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 5.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.123 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.697 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 40 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 92 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 11 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 6% acceptance rate

Editorial board

EDITORS

DongJoo Park Department of Transportation Engineering, The University of Seoul, South Korea

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Jung Won Sonn Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK

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Dong Keun Yoon Department of Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea

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ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Jae Hong Kim
Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California, Irvine, USA

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Joonho Ko Graduate School of Urban Studies, Hanyang University

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Dongmin Lee  Department of Transportation Engineering, University of Seoul, Korea

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Kwan Ok Lee National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Yingcheng Li  School of Architecture, Southeast University, China 

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Shin Hyoung Park Department of Transportation Engineering, College of Urban Science, University of Seoul, South Korea

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In Kwon Park Department of City and Regional Planning, Seoul National University, South Korea

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Myungje Woo  College of Urban Sciences, The University of Seoul, South Korea 

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Meng Xu State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

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EDITORIAL BOARD

Marlon Boarnet
Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Matthew Carmona
Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK

John I. Carruthers

College of Professional Studies, The George Washington University, USA

Robert Cervero
Department of City & Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Edward Feser
College of Liberal Arts, Oregon State University,USA

Ian Gordon
Department of Geography & Environment, London School of Economics, UK

Shinya Hanaoka
Department of International Development Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

R. Jayakrishnan
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, USA

Koo Hong Jung
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), USA

Seungmo Kang
School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University

Jeongseob Kim
School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

Bumsoo Lee
Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Hyojung Lee
Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management, Virginia Tech, USA

Sugie Lee
Department of Urban Science, Hanyang University, South Korea

Julie Le Gallo
CESAER UMR1041, AgrosupDijon, Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Raul P. Lejano
Department of Teaching and Learning, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development,New York University, USA

Yingcheng Li
School of Architecture, Southeast University, China

Jaewon Lim
School of Environmental and Public Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

Kyung-Min Nam
Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Kali Prasad Nepal
School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Australia

JiYoung Park
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA


Joon Park
International School of Urban Sciences, The University of Seoul, Korea

Soora Rasouli
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands

Catherine L. Ross
Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Agachai Sumalee
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Tim Schwanen
Transport Geography, University of Oxford, UK

Mark Tewdwr-Jones
School of Architecture Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK

Jean-Claude Thill
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA

Fulong Wu
Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK


Anthony G.O. Yeh
Department of Urban Planning and Design and Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Abstracting and indexing

IJUS is indexed in Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Aqualine; Sustainability Science Abstracts; Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management), European Regional Science Association, OCLC (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management), Scopus, the Social Sciences Citation Index, RePEc, and the Norwegian Publication Indicator.

Open access

International Journal of Urban Sciences 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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  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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