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Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2399-8083eISSN2399-8091

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.018

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.32

Total Worksi

1,371

Total Citationsi

19,867

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.99

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; Geography; Regional & Urban Planning; Urban Studies; Architecture; Geography, Planning and Development; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 163 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,371

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

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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?

2399-8083 / 2399-8091

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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

110

2019

146

3.3k

2020

125

1.9k

2021

191

2.7k

2022

158

1.3k

2023

182

777

2024

149

243

2025

106

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.

ArchitectureQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Urban StudiesQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesGeographyRegional & Urban PlanningUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesNature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentArchitecture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban Transport and AccessibilityLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesUrban Design and Spatial AnalysisHuman Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisUrban Green Space and HealthHousing Market and EconomicsTransportation Planning and OptimizationRegional Economics and Spatial AnalysisUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesImpact of Light on Environment and Health

Frequently asked questions about Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

Is Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science: 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 Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science?

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 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 1.99.

Is Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.