Ciudades

Instituto Universitario de Urbanistica de la Universidad de Valladolid · Spain · Est. 1990

ISSN2445-3943

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.232

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.353

Total Worksi

952

Total Citationsi

1,352

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Ciudades is a scientific journal dedicated to urbanism in a broad sense, aimed at academics and citizens interested in urban and territorial issues from diverse disciplines. It covers topics related to urbanism in a broad sense.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageSpanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, English

1st Year Published1990

Frequencyannual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications952

Publisher OrgUniversity of Valladolid

OA Since1992

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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?

Instituto Universitario de Urbanistica de la Universidad de Valladolid

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2445-3943

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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?

Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, 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

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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.

ConservationQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Urban StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Urban Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesGeography, Planning and DevelopmentConservation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Latin American Urban StudiesRegional Development and InnovationUrbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences and PoliciesHistorical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regionsGalician and Iberian cultural studiesEmployment, Labor, and Gender StudiesMexican Socioeconomic and Environmental DynamicsFinance, Taxation, and GovernanceMigration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

Frequently asked questions about Ciudades

Is Ciudades a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ciudades: 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 Ciudades?

Ciudades 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 0.39.

Is Ciudades indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ciudades is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.