Journal profile · Social Sciences-Urban Studies
Research in Urbanism Series
ISSN 1875-0192 · eISSN 1879-8217 · TU Delft Open · Netherlands
Research in Urbanism Series: fully open access; no APC; review about 21 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is not accepting submissions at this time. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2021 (Volume 7): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Research in Urbanism Series is published by TU Delft Open. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Planning and Landscape Design, Sustainable Design and Development and Coastal and Marine Dynamics, together about 39.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
RiUS is a scientific series that deals with dynamics, planning, and design in contemporary urban areas. It provides an outlet for investigation, analysis, and exploration in the overlapping fields of urban design, urban planning, regional planning, metropolitan design, spatial planning, housing, urban renewal, urban management, landscape architecture, environmental design, sustainability, urban technology, urban mobility, cultural heritage, geomatics and geodesign. RiUS is aimed at designers, researchers, planners, consultants, decision-makers, and politicians. It pays special attention to design, research, techniques, methodology and theory. RiUS facilitates a dialogue between the community and society at large through high-quality publications focusing on transformation and sustainability.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Urban Studies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Planning and Landscape DesignEnvironmental Science16.7%
- Sustainable Design and DevelopmentEngineering14.6%
- Coastal and Marine DynamicsEarth and Planetary Sciences8.3%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science6.3%
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesEnvironmental Science6.3%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering6.3%
- Urban Stormwater Management SolutionsEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Aeolian processes and effectsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.2%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | Q3 | 144/261 | — |
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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google ScholarPublisher website
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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 16 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 4 |
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 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication ethics
Editors, authors and publisher adopt the guidelines developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
RiUS allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions. RiUS allows the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restrictions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
RiUS is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. You are free to use the work, but you have to attribute (refer to) the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). The easiest way to refer to an article is to use the HOW TO CITE tool that you find alongside each …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
RiUS uses a three-staged review to ensure the quality of its books. The series editors launch a book idea. They approach potential authors and a team of expert reviewers. The series editors ask the team of reviewers to give feedback on the overall set up of the volume. This step has to ensure that the book covers it's field sufficiently. Authors are asked to provide an abstract. Abstracts of the b…
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
- TU Delft Open
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1875-0192
- Electronic ISSN
- 1879-8217
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7 (2021)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Research in Urbanism Series
How long does peer review take at Research in Urbanism Series?
Authors report an average review time of about 21 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 Research in Urbanism Series?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Research in Urbanism Series is indexed in Scopus.
Is Research in Urbanism Series open access, and what is the APC?
Research in Urbanism Series is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .