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Cities and Health

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2017

ISSN2374-8834eISSN2374-8842

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.555

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.878

Total Worksi

816

Total Citationsi

7,165

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Cities and Health has been established to support human and planetary health by sharing the latest international research and practice for urban health and health equity.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2017

FrequencyTwice A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications816

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

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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?

2374-8834 / 2374-8842

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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?

N/A

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

782

2019

131

3.4k

2020

654

2021

691

2022

551

2023

116

442

2024

185

303

2025

111

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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban Green Space and HealthUrban Transport and AccessibilityHealth disparities and outcomesGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyNoise Effects and ManagementClimate Change and Health ImpactsPlace Attachment and Urban StudiesUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityPublic Health Policies and EducationMigration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

Frequently asked questions about Cities and Health

Is Cities and Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cities and Health: 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 Cities and Health?

Cities and Health 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 1.38.

Is Cities and Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cities and Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.