Journal profile
Sketch Journal of City and Regional Planning
ISSN 2687-5101 · Mersin University · Turkey
Sketch Journal of City and Regional Planning: fully open access; no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sketch Journal of City and Regional Planning is published by Mersin University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Planning and Governance, Turkish Urban and Social Issues and Urban Design and Spatial Analysis, together about 28.9% 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 Sciences11.8%
- Turkish Urban and Social IssuesSocial Sciences9.2%
- Urban Design and Spatial AnalysisEngineering7.9%
- Smart Cities and TechnologiesEngineering6.6%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering6.6%
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences6.6%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities5.3%
- Sustainable Urban and Rural DevelopmentSocial Sciences5.3%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 38 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
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 10 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Mersin University
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- English, Turkish
- ISSN
- 2687-5101
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sketch Journal of City and Regional Planning
How long does peer review take at Sketch Journal of City and Regional Planning?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Is Sketch Journal of City and Regional Planning open access, and what is the APC?
Sketch Journal of City and Regional Planning is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .