Please note, from 2022 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development aims to provide a forum for cutting-edge research and rigorous debate for an in-depth and holistic understanding of the complex inter-related environmental, social, economic, political, spatial, institutional and physical challenges facing urban areas. Its premise is that multi-disciplinary approaches provide the space for the range of disciplines and perspectives related to the full breadth of issues that affect urban sustainable development.
The journal also aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of the two-way interactions between urbanisation processes and patterns and environmental changes at the local, regional, and global scales. In addition to mitigation and adaptation concerns, these interactions also include related social and economic issues, such as the impacts of globalisation and financial crises, evidence-based liveability versus utopian, or purely theoretical, planning principles, restoring dignity to the marginalized beyond, but including, the basic principles of participation, environmental justice and sustainable resource utilisation.
The Journal, thus, seeks to connect theory and practice in ways that are useful to academics, policy makers, community activists and professionals, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 11, which promotes Sustainable Cities and Communities. In addition, the Journal's remit also encompasses other SDGs, in particular those relating to climate action, access to clean water and sanitation, access to affordable and clean energy, decent work, poverty alleviation, equality and health and well being.
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development is fully peer reviewed. It publishes original research and review papers. It also includes important think pieces and position papers by prominent scholars and practitioners in the broader field of urban sustainable environmental, economic, social (political) and cultural development. It has a global reach covering cities and towns of different sizes, cultures and economies in the North and the South. It strives to bring together views and experience from industrially developed, developing and transition countries for mutual learning. Authors from developing and transition economies in particular are encouraged to submit papers.
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Developmentwelcomes proposals for special issues of the journal. Proposals should include:
A short introduction, noting the scope and purpose of the issue (1–2 paragraphs)
Deadline for new submissions
Planned publication date
Details of the guest editors
Short descriptions of the planned contributions (1 paragraph each), including names and short biographies of the contributors, if available
Proposals should be sent by email to the Managing Editor, Ramin Keivani [email protected]
Peer Review Statement
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development is an international, peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge.
All manuscript submissions 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 Submission Portal .
Please note that the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development converted to a fully Open Access journal beginning with Volume 14 (2022). The 2010-2021 volumes will be free to access from 1 January 2022.
Journal metrics
Usage
188K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.5 (2023) Impact Factor
3.0 (2023) 5 year IF
4.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.910 (2023) SNIP
0.728 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
19 days avg. from submission to first
decision
113 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
15 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
26% acceptance rate
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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.
Adriana Allen, DPU, University College London, UK Nuria Benach, University of Barcelona, Spain Michail Fragkias, Boise State University, USA John Glasson, OISD, Oxford Brookes University Emeritus, UK Dina Shehayeb, HBRC Institute of Architecture and Housing Research, Egypt Patrick Wakely, DPU Associates, UK
Editorial Board:
Christine Auclair, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya Christopher Boone, Arizona State University, USA Elizabeth Burton, University of Warwick, UK Georgia Butina-Watson, OISD, Oxford Brookes University, UK Ana Cordova, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico Olivier Coutard, Laboratoire Techniques Territoires Sociétés (LATTS), France Simin Davoudi, IRES, Newcastle University, UK Claudio De-Magalhaes, Bartlett, University College London, UK David Dodman, International Institute for Environment and Development, UK Alain Durand-Lasserve, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France Changchun Feng, Peking University, China Rajat Gupta, OISD, Oxford Brookes University, UK Mark Hallett, Igloo, UK Nigel Harris, DPU Associates, UK Pedro Jacobi, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Miles Keeping, GVA Grimley Ltd, UK Jeroen Klink, University Federal ABC Region, Brazil Wilbard Kombe, Ardhi University, Tanzania Gary Lawrence, ARUP, USA Caren Levy, DPU, University College London, UK Alan Mabin, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Hamid Majedi, Azad University, Iran Dinesh Mehta, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, India Caroline Moser, Univeristy of Manchester, UK Geoff Payne, Geoff Payne and Associates, UK Sue Percy, RTPI, UK Anastassios Perdicoulis, University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Jake Piper, OISD, Oxford Brookes University, UK Nancy Pollock-Ellwand, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Robin Rajack, World Bank, USA Shibu Raman, The University of Nottingham (Ningbo), China Aromar Revi, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India Sue Roaf, Heriot Watt University, UK Debra Roberts, Ethekwini Municipality, South Africa Raquel Rolnik, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Jaime Royo Olid, European Commission, UK Ludek Sykora, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Mateu Turro, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Jan Turkstra, Private Consultant, UK Maartje van Eerd, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies - IHS, The Netherlands Pierre Vanderstraeten, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium Edmundo Werna, International Labour Organisation, Geneva David Westendorff, Urban China Partners, China. Elizabeth Wilson, OISD, Oxford Brookes University, UK Katie Williams, CEP, University of the West of England, UK Gang Wu, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Nicholas You, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya
Abstracting and indexing
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development is abstracted and indexed in the following locations (taken via www.ulrichsweb.com):
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