Journal profile · ANTHROPOLOGY
City & Society
ISSN 0893-0465 · eISSN 1548-744X · Wiley-Blackwell
City & Society: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,340; median 264 days to acceptance (37 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 23% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
City & Society is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Planning and Governance, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies and Urban and Rural Development Challenges, together about 25.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
City & Society is a CUAA journal seeking to promote communication and debate in urban anthropology, urban studies, geography, and other related disciplines.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ANTHROPOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences12.9%
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesSocial Sciences6.8%
- Urban and Rural Development ChallengesSocial Sciences6%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences5.7%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences5.7%
- Migration and Labor DynamicsSocial Sciences4.8%
- Water Governance and InfrastructureSocial Sciences4.6%
- Public Spaces through ArtSocial Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 260OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 60.87%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 23Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 60,846Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,049 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 29 | 18 | 7 |
| 2024 | 27 | 17 | 35 |
| 2023 | 31 | 20 | 85 |
| 2022 | 26 | 4 | 27 |
| 2021 | 54 | 10 | 164 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
264 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 169 days – 331 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 31 days (37 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 311 days
- Sample
- 37 articles with submission and acceptance dates (54 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 276 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,340 / EUR 2,790 / GBP 2,220 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0893-0465
- Electronic ISSN
- 1548-744X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about City & Society
What CAS zone is City & Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, City & Society is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anthropology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of City & Society?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at City & Society?
Based on the dates recorded on 37 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 264 days (interquartile range 169–331 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23% (2025). 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 City & Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, City & Society is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is City & Society open access, and what is the APC?
City & Society is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,340.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .