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Urban Studies
ISSN 0042-0980 · eISSN 1360-063X · SAGE
Urban Studies: CAS Zone 1 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 4.22; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; 219 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Urban Studies is published by SAGE and is in Zone 1 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism, Housing Market and Economics and Urban Planning and Governance, together about 30% of its articles. Its main subfields are Urban Studies and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences9.8%
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesSocial Sciences8.4%
- Urbanization and City PlanningSocial Sciences8.2%
- Regional Economics and Spatial AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Urban and Rural Development ChallengesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Regional Economic and Spatial AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urban Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 4.22LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.81LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 227OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,708OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.77OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 51.31%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 199LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,933 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 249 | 156 | 78 |
| 2025 | 219 | 137 | 615 |
| 2024 | 187 | 118 | 1,121 |
| 2023 | 203 | 127 | 2,846 |
| 2022 | 174 | 96 | 2,958 |
| 2021 | 198 | 102 | 5,382 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0042-0980
- Electronic ISSN
- 1360-063X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Urban Studies
What CAS zone is Urban Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Urban Studies is in Zone 1 of Economics, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Environmental Studies / Urban Studies; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Urban Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.22; CiteScore 9.9, h-index 227.
Which databases index Urban Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Urban Studies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Urban Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Urban Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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: .