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Ciudades

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

ISSN2445-3943

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total37

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.173

H-Index

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.353

Total Works

952

Total Citations

1,352

2yr Mean Citedness

0.39

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~28 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

10/12 · 83%

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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?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

ConservationQ3

Urban StudiesQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

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