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Urban Governance

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2017

ISSN2664-3286eISSN2667-3800

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.873

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.255

Total Worksi

218

Total Citationsi

1,709

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Development; Geography, Planning and Development; Public Administration; Sociology and Political Science; Urban Studies; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 47 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications218

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2664-3286 / 2667-3800

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, 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

2017

323

2021

675

2022

442

2023

339

2024

269

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.

DevelopmentQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Public AdministrationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Urban StudiesQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawDevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban and Rural Development ChallengesSmart Cities and TechnologiesInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social DevelopmentUrban Planning and GovernanceUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityDisaster Management and ResilienceE-Government and Public ServicesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsUrban Transport and AccessibilityHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Urban Governance

Is Urban Governance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Urban Governance: it is indexed in 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 Urban Governance?

Urban Governance is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.873.

Is Urban Governance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Urban Governance is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Urban Governance?