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Urban Policy and Research

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1982

ISSN1476-7244

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 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

0.561

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.694

Total Worksi

1,681

Total Citationsi

22,484

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Urban Policy and Research aims to bridge theoretical and empirical research with urban policy practice, stimulating informed debate on urban issues. The journal publishes in the areas of Urban planning and Metropolitan area, incorporating elements of Economic history research, Poverty, Face-to-face, Distribution (economics), Rural housing, Public debate, and Renting.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,681

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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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?

1476-7244

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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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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

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

351

2019

545

2020

300

2021

434

2022

211

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.

Urban StudiesQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesGeographyRegional & Urban PlanningUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismUrban Planning and GovernanceHousing Market and EconomicsUrban Transport and AccessibilityRural development and sustainabilityUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesUrban and Rural Development ChallengesUrbanization and City PlanningMigration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesHomelessness and Social Issues

Frequently asked questions about Urban Policy and Research

Is Urban Policy and Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Urban Policy and Research: 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 Policy and Research?

Urban Policy and Research 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 1.17.

Is Urban Policy and Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Urban Policy and Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.