Journal profile · Social Sciences-Urban Studies
Cidades
ISSN 2182-3030 · Instituto Universitario de Lisboa - DINAMIA CET-IUL · Portugal
Cidades: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cidades is published by Instituto Universitario de Lisboa - DINAMIA CET-IUL. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Planning and Governance, Urban Development and Societal Issues and Architecture, Modernity, and Design, together about 34.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Urban Studies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences14.3%
- Urban Development and Societal IssuesSocial Sciences12%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering7.8%
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences7.1%
- Latin American Urban StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences5.7%
- Urban and Rural Development ChallengesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Q3 | 130/210 | 38th |
| Urban Studies | Q3 | 220/295 | 25th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 770 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 59 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 83 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | 89 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | 89 |
| 2022 | 69 | 69 | 91 |
| 2021 | 70 | 70 | 77 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Instituto Universitario de Lisboa - DINAMIA CET-IUL
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2182-3030
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cidades
How long does peer review take at Cidades?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Cidades?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cidades is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Cidades open access, and what is the APC?
Cidades is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .