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Housing Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1986

ISSN1466-1810

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

343

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 341d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.476

H-Indexi

118

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.497

Total Worksi

2,942

Total Citationsi

77,965

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.86

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; Regional & Urban Planning; Urban Studies; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

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

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

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?

WoS, 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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

139

3.6k

2019

125

2.5k

2020

131

2.7k

2021

123

1.9k

2022

712

2023

108

441

2024

106

116

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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Housing Studies

Is Housing Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Housing Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Housing Studies?

Housing Studies 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 1.86.

Is Housing Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Housing Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Housing Studies?