Urban Studies (journal) explained

Urban Studies
Cover:Urban Studies (Journal).jpg
Editor:Andrew Cumbers
Discipline:Urban studies, urban planning
Abbreviation:Urban Stud.
Publisher:SAGE Publications
Frequency:Monthly
History:1964-present
Impact:4.663
Impact-Year:2020
Website:https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/urban-studies
Link1:http://usj.sagepub.com/content/current
Link1-Name:SAGE online access
Link2:https://www.urbanstudiesonline.com/
Link2-Name:Urban Studies Online website
Issn:0042-0980
Eissn:1360-063X
Oclc:465377165
Lccn:64009449

Urban Studies is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of urban studies. The editor-in-chief is Andrew Cumbers (University of Glasgow), and its three managing editors are Jon Bannister, Yingling Fan and Tony O'Sullivan. It was established in 1964 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of Urban Studies Journal Ltd.

The journal is also closely connected with the Urban Studies Foundation, a charity which awards grants to researchers in the wider urban studies field.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its two-year impact factor is 4.663, ranking it 32nd out of 125 journals in the category "Environmental Studies" and 7th out of 43 journals in the category "Urban Studies".[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Journal Indexing and Metrics . SAGE Journals . SAGE Journals . 29 November 2021.