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City, Culture and Society

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN1877-9174

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.587

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.266

Total Worksi

552

Total Citationsi

11,063

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Urban Studies; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications552

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1877-9174

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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?

N/A

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

675

2019

172

2020

671

2021

354

2022

195

2023

128

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Urban StudiesQ1

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentUrban Planning and GovernanceEducational Robotics and EngineeringCultural Heritage Management and PreservationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchScientific Measurement and Uncertainty EvaluationMechatronics Education and ApplicationsSport and Mega-Event Impacts

Frequently asked questions about City, Culture and Society

Is City, Culture and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for City, Culture and Society: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of City, Culture and Society?

City, Culture and Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.587.

Is City, Culture and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

City, Culture and Society is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of City, Culture and Society?