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City and Community

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1800

ISSN1535-6841eISSN1540-6040

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.181

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.355

Total Worksi

1,108

Total Citationsi

23,038

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology; Urban Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1800

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,108

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1535-6841 / 1540-6040

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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

118

2019

645

2020

314

2021

301

2022

134

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

SociologyUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesUrban Planning and GovernanceHomelessness and Social IssuesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismUrbanization and City PlanningHousing Market and EconomicsLegal case studies and regulationsMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy

Frequently asked questions about City and Community

Is City and Community a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for City and Community: 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 City and Community?

City and Community 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 0.79.

Is City and Community indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

City and Community is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of City and Community?