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Berkeley Planning Journal

University of California, Berkeley · United States

ISSN1047-5192

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2017-05-16). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal has not published enough articles. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.282

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

534

Total Citationsi

2,351

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 6 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications534

Publisher OrgUniversity of California, Berkeley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of California, Berkeley

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1047-5192

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

101

2013

2014

2016

2017

201

2018

2020

2022

2025

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urbanization and City PlanningUrban Planning and GovernanceUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesUrban Transport and AccessibilityUrban Planning and Landscape Design

Frequently asked questions about Berkeley Planning Journal

Is Berkeley Planning Journal a predatory journal?

Berkeley Planning Journal was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal has not published enough articles" (2017-05-16). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Berkeley Planning Journal?

Berkeley Planning Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.282.

Is Berkeley Planning Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Berkeley Planning Journal is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Berkeley Planning Journal?