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Urban History

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0963-9268eISSN1469-8706

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.338

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.029

Total Worksi

3,784

Total Citationsi

9,687

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Urban History is a leading international journal dedicated to the study of urban history. It publishes original research articles on all aspects of urban history, from antiquity to the present day, and from all regions of the world. The journal is particularly interested in interdisciplinary approaches and in comparative studies. It aims to provide a forum for debate and discussion among historians, geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, and other scholars interested in the history of cities.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyThree No. A Year, 1995-

StatusActive

Total Publications3,784

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0963-9268 / 1469-8706

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

258

2019

103

227

2020

107

136

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HistoryQ1

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

Urban StudiesQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesHistoryArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Economic and Social StudiesScottish History and National IdentityUrbanization and City PlanningDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesFinancial Crisis of the 21st Century

Frequently asked questions about Urban History

Is Urban History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Urban History: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Urban History?

Urban History is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.07.

Is Urban History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Urban History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.