Journal profile · Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
ISSN 2612-0496 · University of Bologna · Italy
European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 13 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2024 (Volume 7, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes is published by University of Bologna. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Development and Cultural Heritage, Urban Planning and Governance and Architecture, Modernity, and Design, together about 31.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes (CPCL) is a biannual open-access peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish innovative and original papers on cultural heritage in the built environment as a set of creative practices. The focus will be the European city, with a particular attention to its transformations within the global metropolis and its flows of people, capitals, goods and ideas. Cultural heritage is considered as a set of practices able to produce economic and social changes within cities rather than a static repository of listed objects to be preserved. Through a series of call for papers and thematic sections, the journal provides a space of reflection on the ideas, the technologies, the actors and the practices that continuously produce and re-negotiate cultural heritage as a common good - a space for democracy, participation and citizenship. The journal’s ambition is to constitute a practice-oriented platform for knowledge exchange bringing together academics from various disciplinary backgrounds, policy makers and NGOs. Topics will include, but will not be limited to: Politics of cultural heritage Historic cities and global culture: citizenship, migrations and the postcolonial city Urban History as politics/urban history for policies Economies and management of collective values Culture and cities in the Anthropocene Aesthetics and philosophy of the city Technologies for cultural heritage and digital humanities Heritage and digital democracy Cultural heritage as urban commons Culture, cities and social innovation The European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes is scientific journal recognized by ANVUR (Italian National Agency for Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes) for disciplinary areas 08 (civil engineering and architecture) and 11 (history, philosophy, pedagogy and psychology).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
Editor-in-chief Giovanni LeoniPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Italy 34, Netherlands 11, Germany 3, Belgium 3, Portugal 3 (61 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences12.9%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences10%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering9%
- Public Spaces through ArtSocial Sciences6.4%
- Spatial and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Urban Planning and Landscape DesignEnvironmental Science5.8%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities5.1%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences4.8%
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
Not covered by this edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | Q2 | 620/1434 | 56th |
| Architecture | Q3 | 119/210 | 43rd |
| Urban Studies | Q3 | 209/295 | 29th |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 534/744 | 28th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 158 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 33 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 42 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 33 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 29 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 15 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | |
| 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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyrights and publishing rights of all the texts on this journal belong to the respective authors without restrictions. This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (full legal code). See also our Open Access Policy. Metadata All the metadata of the published material is released in the public domain and may be used by anyone free of charge. This include…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Copyright belongs to authors; CC BY 4.0 license; Open Access Policy. Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It releases its articles under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This license allows anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute and/or copy the contributions. The works must b…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
CPCL releases two thematic call for papers a year for the main section, and accepts open submissions for permanent thematic sections. Submitted papers will be first assessed for quality and suitability by the CPCL Editors-in-chief and Editors. Papers are returned as unsuitable for review when they do not conform to the preferences discussed above. Papers that are considered for review will be subm…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Bologna
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2612-0496
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 1 (2024)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes
How long does peer review take at European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Chicago. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes based?
Of the 61 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (34), Netherlands (11) and Germany (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes open access, and what is the APC?
European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes 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, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .