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Journal of Regional and City Planning

ITB Journal Publisher · Indonesia · Est. 1995

ISSN2502-6429eISSN2502-6429

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2019-02-25). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 1.5. 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

0.261

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

1.5

SNIPi

0.537

Total Worksi

280

Total Citationsi

1,818

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Regional and City Planning (JRCP) is a tri-annual open access journal mainly focusing on urban and regional studies and planning in transitional, developing and emerging economies. JRCP covers topics related to the sciences, analytics, development, intervention, and design of communities, cities, and regions including their physical, spatial, technological, economic, social and political environments. The journal is committed to create a multidisciplinary forum in the field by seeking original paper submissions from planners, architects, geographers, economists, sociologists, humanists, political scientists, environmentalists, engineers and other who are interested in the past, present, and future transformation of cities and regions in transitional, developing and emerging economies.

General Information

Country / RegionIndonesia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Frequencytri-annual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications280

Publisher OrgBandung Institute of Technology

Region🌍 Global South

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ITB Journal Publisher

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2502-6429 / 2502-6429

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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)?

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

156

2019

185

2020

121

2021

2022

113

2023

2024

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.

Urban StudiesQ2

DevelopmentQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Regional & Urban Planning

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesDevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Community-based Tourism Development and SustainabilityCoastal Management and DevelopmentUrban and Rural Development ChallengesEconomic Growth and Fiscal PoliciesArchitectural and Urban StudiesSMEs Development and Digital MarketingLocal Governance and DevelopmentUrban Transport Systems AnalysisPublic Administration in Developing NationsUrban Transport and Accessibility

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Regional and City Planning

Is Journal of Regional and City Planning a predatory journal?

Journal of Regional and City Planning was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2019-02-25). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Regional and City Planning?

Journal of Regional and City Planning 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5.

Is Journal of Regional and City Planning indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Regional and City Planning is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.