Journal profile · Multiple
Urban Policy and Research
ISSN 0811-1146 · eISSN 1476-7244 · Taylor & Francis
Urban Policy and Research: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.11; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 388 days to acceptance (42 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 6% (journal website); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Urban Policy and Research is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism, Urban Planning and Governance and Housing Market and Economics, together about 37.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Urban Policy and Research is an international journal dedicated to the publication of refereed articles in English in the field of urban studies and urban policy for those with an interest in Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia Pacific region. The scope of the journal is international in two senses: it presents to a worldwide readership a view of the urban policies of particular countries, and it encourages dialogue among researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the Australasian region. Urban Policy and Research seeks to develop better links between theoretical and empirical research and urban policy practice. It seeks to stimulate informed debate about urban issues by publishing peer-reviewed research articles and practice review papers from a wide range of theoretical, ideological and methodological approaches. We also encourage papers from scholars in the UK, EU and USA/Canada that offer comparative analyses of Australian/New Zealand and Asia-Pacific urban policy issues. Peer Review Statement: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous double-anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous reviewers. Editorials, Comments and Book Reviews have undergone editorial screening. "As an urban development scholar and practitioner, I have to look for a journal that builds quality and policy relevant work. Urban Policy and Research does this in every issue." Ed Blakely Former Executive Director Of Recovery, City of New Orleans 2009 Jay Chatterjee Award for Service to Policy and the Academy Disclaimer
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Carey CurtisPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named New Zealand 2, Australia 1, Norway 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance16.5%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences14.2%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.8%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences6.6%
- Rural development and sustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.6%
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesSocial Sciences6.2%
- Urban and Rural Development ChallengesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Urbanization and City PlanningSocial Sciences5.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Regional & Urban Planning | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
OCLC, C S A Human Population & Natural Resource Management, Criminal Justice Abstracts, EBSCOhost, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Pollution Abstracts, Swets Information Services, Thomson Gale (Gale Group)Publisher 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
- Impact factor
- 1.11LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.56Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.72Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 597OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.43%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 112,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,693 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 12 | 6 |
| 2025 | 32 | 10 | 56 |
| 2024 | 48 | 22 | 104 |
| 2023 | 30 | 14 | 214 |
| 2022 | 61 | 16 | 441 |
| 2021 | 33 | 6 | 304 |
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
388 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 249 days – 509 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (42 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 404 days
- Sample
- 42 articles with submission and acceptance dates (66 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)
- 6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 143 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 146 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 21 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
Urban Policy and 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 discoverability a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles undergo double-anonymized peer review with initial editor screening and at least two anonymous reviewers; Editorials, Comments and Book Reviews undergo editorial screening. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous double-anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous reviewers. Editorials, Comments and Book Reviews have undergone editorial screening.
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
- 0811-1146
- Electronic ISSN
- 1476-7244
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 44, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Urban Policy and Research
What CAS zone is Urban Policy and Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Urban Policy and Research is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Studies / Geography / Regional & Urban Planning / Urban Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Urban Policy and Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.11; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at Urban Policy and Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 42 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 388 days (interquartile range 249–509 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 6%. 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 Urban Policy 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 New Zealand (2), Australia (1) and Norway (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Urban Policy and Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Urban Policy and Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Urban Policy and Research open access, and what is the APC?
Urban Policy 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: .