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Housing Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1986

ISSN1466-1810

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.496

H-Index

118

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.497

Total Works

2,942

Total Citations

77,965

2yr Mean Citedness

1.86

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal examines housing issues including indoor environmental quality in social housing, the gendered impacts of housing subsidies on low-income women, the security and anxieties of rent-controlled tenants, and the role of the state in the financialization of housing through privatization.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencyBimonthly, 1998-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,942

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1466-1810

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Urban StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesRegional & Urban PlanningUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismHousing Market and EconomicsUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesHomelessness and Social IssuesUrbanization and City PlanningUrban Planning and GovernanceUrban and Rural Development ChallengesMigration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesKorean Urban and Social StudiesPolitical and Economic history of UK and US