Journal profile
Urban Transcripts
ISSN 2514-5339 · Urban Transcripts · United Kingdom
Urban Transcripts: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
The Urban Transcripts Journal is an independent, not-for-profit, open-access publication. And we want to keep it this way. We want readers from around the world to have free access to all of our published content. We want authors from around the world to be able to submit their work without being limited by submission fees. The journal is made possible by the pro-bono work of a committed team of editors, editorial board members, and reviewers. We cherish our independence and take pride in the quality of our content and the rigour of our editorial processes. To ensure such quality and rigour, and enable us to efficiently manage the workload for each issue’s publishing, we rely on essential services, such as content management and IT systems. We ask for your support to enable us to cover our service costs and help us keep the journal an independent and accessible platform publishing...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Yiorgos Papamanousakis TrainedPublisher website
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
UK Web Archive of the British LibraryPublisher 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
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial 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-NC-ND | |
| 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)
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- activism and community initiativesActivism and Community Initiatives text up to 3000 words visual material up to 8 images/videosLength not stated
- articlesArticles text up to 5000 words visual material up to 8 images/videosLength not stated
- book reviewsBook Reviews text up to 800 words book cover imageLength not stated
- design and policy proposalsDesign and Policy Proposals text up to 3000 words visual material up to 8 images/videosLength not stated
- drawing photography and creative mediaSections Articles Design and Policy Proposals Activism and Community Initiatives Reportage Drawing Photography and Creative Media Letters from the City Book Rev…Length not stated
- drawing, photography, and creative mediaDrawing, Photography, and Creative Media text up to 1000 words visual material up to 24 images/videosLength not stated
- interviewsSections Articles Design and Policy Proposals Activism and Community Initiatives Reportage Drawing Photography and Creative Media Letters from the City Book Rev…Length not stated
- lettervisual material up to 24 images/videos Letters From the City text up to 1000 words 1 image Book Reviews text up to 800 words book cover imagemain text ≤ 1,000 words
- letters from the cityLetters From the City text up to 1000 words 1 imageLength not stated
- notesSections Articles Design and Policy Proposals Activism and Community Initiatives Reportage Drawing Photography and Creative Media Letters from the City Book Rev…Length not stated
- reportageReportage text up to 3000 words visual material up to 8 images/videosLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship
No submission fees Model summary
We want authors from around the world to be able to submit their work without being limited by submission fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license for all content Model summary
ALL CONTENT IS PUBLISHED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-NODERIVATIVES 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
We want readers from around the world to have free access to all of our published content.
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
- Urban Transcripts
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2514-5339
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Urban Transcripts
How long does peer review take at Urban Transcripts?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Urban Transcripts?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Urban Transcripts is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Urban Transcripts open access, and what is the APC?
Urban Transcripts 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, 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: .