Journal profile · Social Sciences-Urban Studies
Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning
ISSN 2566-2147 · AESOP Association of the European Schools of Planning · Belgium
Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning is published by AESOP Association of the European Schools of Planning. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Planning and Governance, Local Governance and Planning and Regional Development and Policy, together about 55.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Urban Studies
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences30.1%
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences19.1%
- Regional Development and PolicySocial Sciences6.4%
- Urban Development and Societal IssuesSocial Sciences3.4%
- Sport and Mega-Event ImpactsSocial Sciences3%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities3%
- Urban Planning and Landscape DesignEnvironmental Science3%
- Architecture, Art, EducationArts and Humanities3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 | 195/295 | 34th |
| Education | Q4 | 1306/1698 | 23rd |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q4 | 687/876 | 21st |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 116 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 42 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 46 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 47 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 26 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | |
| 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
- AESOP Association of the European Schools of Planning
- Country or region
- Belgium
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2566-2147
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning
How long does peer review take at Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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 Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning open access, and what is the APC?
Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning 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: .