Urban, Planning and Transport Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal covering all areas of urban, planning, and transport research.
The journal aims to provide a multi-disciplinary platform of theoretical and empirical contributions across urban studies, planning, and transport studies. It seeks to disseminate this new research to a global audience.
This Journal has 5 Sections:
1. Transportation Policy & Planning
2.Mobilities & Geographies
The Mobilities and Geographies section publishes theoretical well-informed original research, which can be purely theoretical, empirically informed, or both. The section welcomes different methodological approaches which are both qualitative and quantitative. The focus is on planning for sustainable mobilities, social and geographical aspects of mobilities and their impact on societies through time and space, ranging from everyday practices to broader societal consequences/effects. The section emphasises theoretical aspects of planning, mobilities and geographies, but also planning practices and its various effects on peoples’ (different) mobilities. Moreover, this section seeks to develop an in-depth understanding of how different social and political issues are connected to developing sustainable mobilities systems and how geographies are intertwined with these processes.
The idea is to publish original research articles, review papers and theoretically informed debate articles.
Articles
The section publishes original research of international scope and interest. For publishing in this section articles could, but are not limited to, relate to one or several of the following topics:
- Mobilities research
- Planning for sustainable mobilities systems
- Geographies of mobilities
- Spatial planning
- Interdisciplinary research on planning, mobilities and/or geographies
Articles should not exceed 10,000 words.
Reviews
This section publishes book reviews that are the focus of this section and theoretically informed literature review papers in the field that reflect upon current issues and topics within planning, mobilities and geographies research.
Book reviews should not exceed 1,000 words and review articles should not exceed 5,000 words.
Debate articles(Rapid Communication)
This section publishes theoretically informed debate articles on current topic of interest to the international scientific community in the field of mobilities and geographies. Debate articles should critically reflect on theoretical aspects and practices in planning, mobilities and geographies research.
Debate articles should not exceed 3,000 words.
3. Social & Economic Development
4. Urban Planning & Development Recognizing the pivotal role urban planning and governance play in shaping communities, this section seeks to provide a forum for research and policy analysis into current approaches, strategies, and best practices contributing to the realization of socially sustainable cities.
The Section on Urban Planning & Development welcomes theoretical and empirical research that is novel and contributes to advancing current debates on how to pursue more inclusive, equitable, and socially sustainable urban environments. We invite contributions elaborating on theoretical frameworks, empirical studies, literature reviews, case analyses, and debate pieces with a distinct focus on social sustainability in urban contexts. Also of interest are articles analyzing socially sustainable urban practices and introducing innovative methodologies with practical applications in the context of urban planning and development.
By bringing together academic inquiry and practical insight, this section aims to serve as a platform for scholarly debate and as a resource for urban planners, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in making urban areas not only economically and environmentally sustainable but also socially vibrant and just.
Scope and Key Focus Areas:
The Section on Urban Planning & Development welcomes original research of international scope and interest under one or more of the above focus areas:
· Participatory Spatial Planning Practice, Policy, and Theory
· Placemaking and Place activation for Socially Vibrant and Just Cities
· More Sustainable Urban Living Environments
· Planning for Socio - Cultural Diversity in Cities
· Planning for Improved Public Health and Well-being
Type of Research Articles
For more detailed information on the different type of research article and the formatting of these please refer to the journal Guide for Authors.
Conflict of interest
Authors submitting research articles to this section need to disclose conflicts of interests, if any. When research reports on work done in relation to less represented groups or vulnerable communities a statement on research ethics needs to be included in the methods section.
Peer Review Statement
All articles submitted to this section will undergo a peer review process, conditional to the initial editor screening. Peer review is anonymized and done by two external referees.
5. Comunity Development
Jane Jacobs noted in her classic book, Death and Life of Great American Cities, “The kind of problem a city is…”, which she described as one of organized complexity. A city is a specific place on a map which is influenced by its climate, topography, geology, and ecology, but it is also a habitat constructed by and for humans full of life, energy, activity, encounters, culture, history, and people. How we live on the land impacts both our immediate well-being and the long-term relation we have with that place, i.e., its sustainability. The topic of Community Development is critical for identifying, planning, constructing, and maintaining quality places for the relations people have with themselves, with each other, and with nature. A systems perspective will help keep the focus on the root causes and underlying currents that shape these relations. In this section of Urban, Planning, and Transport Research, authors are encouraged to submit high-quality papers in all aspects of Community Development from studies of infrastructure, housing, public services, livability, equity and fairness, urban metabolism, resource use, economic development, ecosystem services, design and resilience. The journal is open access and considers the following article types: original research, reviews, perspectives, and letters to the editor.
Urban, Planning and Transport Research invites research on topics including, but not limited to:
Urban design
Urban development
Urban regeneration
Community development
Local and regional economic development
Planning theory
Human geography
Housing
Transport
Water research
Urban, Planning and Transport Research publishes original research articles, letters, discussions of new research data, and case studies.
The journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy.
Journal metrics
Usage
129K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.632 (2023) SNIP
0.376 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
18 days avg. from submission to first
decision
24 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
9 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
75% 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.
Mee Kam - Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Michael Leary-Owhin - London South Bank University, UK
Greg Lloyd - University of Ulster, UK
Raul Pacheco-Vega - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE, A.C.), Mexico
Oliver Sykes - University of Liverpool, UK
Cecilia Tortajada - Third World Centre for Water Management, Atizapan, Mexico
Daniyal Zuberi - University of Toronto, Canada
Abstracting and indexing
Urban, Planning and Transport Research is abstracted/indexed:
Scopus
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