Journal profile · REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING
Planning Practice and Research
ISSN 0269-7459 · eISSN 1360-0583 · Taylor & Francis
Planning Practice and Research: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.6 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 209 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 40% (journal website); 85 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Planning Practice and Research is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Planning and Governance, Urbanization and City Planning and Rural development and sustainability, together about 36.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Planning Practice & Research (PPR) has established itself as the source for current research on planning practice – city and regional, town and country, urban or spatial planning. It is intended for reflective, critical academics, professionals and students who are concerned to keep abreast of and challenge current thinking. PPR is committed to: bridging perspectives across planning research, planning practice and planning education; and between planning, design, engineering and social disciplines; critical evaluation of the contribution of planning practice to creating more sustainable, resilient and socially just places, in the face of climate change and illiberal politics; providing a forum for an international readership to share and compare research and experiences on planning practice between countries and cultures; presenting research in an accessible, succinct style, not overly theoretical, but analytical; giving opportunities and support to practitioners and those new to publishing to share their work with the academic planning community. PPR has carried articles on many aspects of planning systems around the world. We are especially keen to learn about the varying meanings and impact of 'spatial planning' in different places; about why and how planning policies change and the consequences; about citizen engagement in planning; and about the costs and benefits of new tools, methods and technologies in planning. In all this, we value the international comparative sharing of research and practice that puts all places on an equal footing. We will continue to build PPR into a significant resource for practitioners, researchers, teachers and students. Peer Review Statement All research articles published in Planning Practice & Research have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous double-anonymized refereeing. All practice forum articles and review papers have ungergone rigorous review by members of the editorial board.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING
Editor-in-chief Vincent NadinPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Netherlands 2, Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences17.5%
- Urbanization and City PlanningSocial Sciences11%
- Rural development and sustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.1%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.1%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences4.6%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science3.7%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.4%
- Urban and Rural Development ChallengesSocial Sciences3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: OCLC, Current Abstracts, EBSCOhost, Environment Abstracts, GEOBASE, Gale Group Cengage Learning, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Leisure Recreation and Tourism Abstracts, OCLC Electronic Collections Online, PAIS International, Rural Development Abstracts, SwetsWise, World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts, featuresexec.com
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.61Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.96Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 582OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 210,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 210,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,628 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 89 | 47 | 22 |
| 2025 | 85 | 54 | 156 |
| 2024 | 77 | 39 | 311 |
| 2023 | 37 | 14 | 233 |
| 2022 | 50 | 21 | 462 |
| 2021 | 37 | 22 | 505 |
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
209 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 127 days – 280 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 227 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (196 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)
- 40%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 44 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 98 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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 websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Planning Practice & Research is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverabilit…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review statement: double-anonymized refereeing with initial editor screening for research articles. Model summary
All research articles published in Planning Practice & Research have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous double-anonymized refereeing.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0269-7459
- Electronic ISSN
- 1360-0583
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Planning Practice and Research
What CAS zone is Planning Practice and Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Planning Practice and Research is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Regional & Urban Planning. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Planning Practice and Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 68.
How long does peer review take at Planning Practice and Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 209 days (interquartile range 127–280 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 40%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Planning Practice and Research based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Netherlands (2), Hong Kong, China (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Planning Practice and Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Planning Practice and Research is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Planning Practice and Research open access, and what is the APC?
Planning Practice and Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .