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NATURE CITIES

SPRINGERNATURE · GB · Est. 2023

ISSN2731-9997eISSN2731-9997

✓ WOS ESCI

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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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

424

Total Citationsi

3,082

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Nature Cities aims to deepen and integrate basic and applied understanding of the nature of cities, including their roles, impacts and influences. The journal covers the full scope of research, opinion, and ideas relevant to understanding cities broadly, transcending divides among disciplines, regions, and stakeholders.

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General Information

Country / RegionGB

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2023

Annual Volume~ 119 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications424

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SPRINGERNATURE

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2731-9997 / 2731-9997

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

2023

174

3.1k

2024

183

1.2k

2025

147

115

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesRegional & Urban PlanningUrban Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban Green Space and HealthUrban Transport and AccessibilityLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesUrban Heat Island MitigationUrban Planning and GovernanceUrban and Rural Development ChallengesUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityClimate Change and Health ImpactsUrbanization and City PlanningAir Quality and Health Impacts

Frequently asked questions about NATURE CITIES

Is NATURE CITIES a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for NATURE CITIES: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 NATURE CITIES?

NATURE 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 7.14.

Is NATURE CITIES indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

NATURE CITIES is indexed in Web of Science.