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Smart Cities

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2011

ISSN2624-6511eISSN2624-6511

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.193

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.347

Total Worksi

1,067

Total Citationsi

21,593

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Urban Studies; Artificial Intelligence; Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 188 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,067

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2624-6511 / 2624-6511

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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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?

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

1.2k

2019

2.9k

2020

6.6k

2021

131

3.8k

2022

170

3.8k

2023

181

3.3k

2024

213

1.8k

2025

134

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.

Artificial IntelligenceQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Urban StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & ElectronicUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesElectrical and Electronic EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Smart Cities and TechnologiesHuman Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisTransportation and Mobility InnovationsIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingTransportation Planning and OptimizationUrban Transport and AccessibilitySmart Grid Energy ManagementInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social DevelopmentTraffic Prediction and Management TechniquesBlockchain Technology Applications and Security

Frequently asked questions about Smart Cities

Is Smart Cities a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Smart Cities: 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 Smart Cities?

Smart Cities 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 7.29.

Is Smart Cities indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Smart Cities is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Smart Cities?