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Urban, Planning and Transport Research

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2165-0020eISSN2165-0020

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.484

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.667

Total Worksi

324

Total Citationsi

2,706

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Urban, Planning and Transport Research is a multi-disciplinary journal publishing theoretical and empirical contributions across urban studies, planning, and transport studies. It covers research related to urban design, community development, urban planning, transport, and housing.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications324

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2165-0020 / 2165-0020

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

146

2019

191

2020

237

2021

290

2022

397

2023

338

2024

109

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Urban StudiesQ2

TransportationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Regional & Urban PlanningTransportationUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesTransportationGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban Transport and AccessibilityTransportation Planning and OptimizationTraffic and Road SafetyTransportation and Mobility InnovationsUrban and Rural Development ChallengesUrban and Freight Transport LogisticsUrban Planning and GovernanceUrban Design and Spatial AnalysisLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Urban, Planning and Transport Research

Is Urban, Planning and Transport Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Urban, Planning and Transport Research: 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 Urban, Planning and Transport Research?

Urban, Planning and Transport 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 2.49.

Is Urban, Planning and Transport Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Urban, Planning and Transport Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.