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Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis

Bucharest University Press · Romania · Est. 2011

ISSN2067-4082eISSN2068-9969

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.3

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.566

Total Worksi

287

Total Citationsi

1,356

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Human ecology. Anthropogeography: Settlements: Cities. Urban geography; Communities. Classes. Races: Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology. Topics: urban geography, city planning, regions, regional planning, space in economics, sociology

General Information

Country / RegionRomania

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications287

Publisher OrgUniversity of Bucharest

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bucharest University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2067-4082 / 2068-9969

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

136

2019

165

955

2020

138

2021

2022

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 StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Urban Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regional Development and PolicyGlobal Trade and CompetitivenessUrbanization and City PlanningUrban Transport and AccessibilityRural development and sustainabilityLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesRegional resilience and developmentCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchPolish socio-economic development

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis

Is Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis?

Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis 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 0.48.

Is Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.