Journal profile
Metropoles
ISSN 1957-7788 · Métropoles · France
Metropoles: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 53 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Metropoles is published by Métropoles. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Planning and Governance, French Urban and Social Studies and Urban Development and Societal Issues, together about 60.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences30.1%
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences24.4%
- Urban Development and Societal IssuesSocial Sciences6.3%
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences5.7%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences4.2%
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesSocial Sciences3%
- Urban and Rural Development ChallengesSocial Sciences2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 440 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 91 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 183 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 176 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 161 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 228 |
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 53 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
- AI use
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Source ↗Publisher website ·
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Métropoles
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 1957-7788
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Metropoles
How long does peer review take at Metropoles?
Authors report an average review time of about 53 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 Metropoles?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Metropoles is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Metropoles open access, and what is the APC?
Metropoles 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .