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European Urban and Regional Studies
ISSN 0969-7764 · eISSN 1461-7145 · SAGE
European Urban and Regional Studies: CAS Zone 2 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.07; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; review about 285 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 25.6% (journal website); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Urban and Regional Studies is published by SAGE and is in Zone 2 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Regional Development and Policy, Urbanization and City Planning and Urban Planning and Governance, together about 28.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
European Urban and Regional Studies is a highly ranked, peer reviewed journal. It provides an original contribution to academic and policy debate related to processes of urban and regional development in Europe. In addition to exploring the ways in which place, space and scale make a difference to the cultural, economic, social and political map of Europe, European Urban and Regional Studies highlights the economic and... View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Nick HenryPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 13, Germany 4, Netherlands 3, Spain 2, Austria 2 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Regional Development and PolicySocial Sciences11%
- Urbanization and City PlanningSocial Sciences9.1%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences8.1%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.1%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.8%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.5%
- Regional Economics and Spatial AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Cross-Border Cooperation and IntegrationSocial Sciences5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 4.07LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 92OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 658OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 51.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,209 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 21 | 24 |
| 2025 | 50 | 30 | 158 |
| 2024 | 23 | 20 | 122 |
| 2023 | 44 | 33 | 541 |
| 2022 | 32 | 19 | 311 |
| 2021 | 36 | 28 | 836 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
285 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25.6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 285 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 51 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare11 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- preprints
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- academic papersEuropean Urban and Regional Studies publishes peer reviewed academic papers of around 8,000 wordsmain text ≤ 8,000 words
- commentaryView our Special Issues currently accepting submissions. Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. E…Length not stated
- euro commentariesshorter 2,000 word ‘Euro Commentaries’ that address key policy developments or political events that affect European urban and regional developmentmain text ≤ 2,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor/Associate Editor/Editorial Office Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer rev…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0969-7764
- Electronic ISSN
- 1461-7145
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Urban and Regional Studies
What CAS zone is European Urban and Regional Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Urban and Regional Studies is in Zone 2 of Economics, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Environmental Studies / Urban Studies / Regional & Urban Planning. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Urban and Regional Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.07; CiteScore 7.7, h-index 92.
How long does peer review take at European Urban and Regional Studies?
The publisher reports about 285 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25.6%. 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 Urban and Regional Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 Urban and Regional Studies based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (13), Germany (4) and Netherlands (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Urban and Regional Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Urban and Regional Studies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is European Urban and Regional Studies open access, and what is the APC?
European Urban and Regional Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .