Over four decades, Urban Geography has been at the forefront of urban scholarship. As the urbanization of our planet has deepened and extended, and as some of the older assumptions over the geographies of urban theory generation have been questioned, so the intellectual remit of the journal has evolved and expanded. This is reflected in the work we publish and in the editors of the journal.
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.
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.
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.
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 by
1 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.
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