143 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Urban Studies. 70 of them are fully open access, and at least 2 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 1 200 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Nature Cities, Habitat International, Cities.
143 journals
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| CitiesElsevier BV | 39 % | 647 | 7.22 | 187 | Subscription; open access option 3 000 USD |
| Habitat InternationalElsevier BV | 45 % | 194 | 8.44 | 162 | Subscription; open access option 3 560 USD |
| International Journal of Urban and Regional ResearchWiley | 65 % | 116 | 2.03 | 175 | Subscription; open access option 4 150 USD |
| Urban GeographyTaylor & Francis | 53 % | 108 | 3.06 | 117 | Subscription |
| CityTaylor & Francis | 67 % | 67 | 2.09 | 87 | Subscription |
| City Culture and SocietyElsevier BV | 70 % | 34 | 2.41 | 57 | Subscription; open access option 3 470 USD |
| Urban StudiesSAGE Publishing | 44 % | 196 | 2.87 | 227 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| Urban PlanningCogitatio | 46 % | 145 | 2.33 | 47 | 1 132 USD |
| Journal of Urban AffairsTaylor & Francis | 48 % | 200 | 1.39 | 92 | Subscription |
| Nature CitiesSpringer Science+Business Media | 30 % | 72 | 9.28 | 36 | Subscription; open access option 12 690 USD |
| Journal of the American Planning AssociationTaylor & Francis | 39 % | 90 | 2.91 | 164 | Subscription |
| Environment and UrbanizationSAGE Publishing | 56 % | 34 | 2.03 | 121 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Urban Research & PracticeTaylor & Francis | 56 % | 43 | 1.75 | 45 | Subscription |
| Bitácora Urbano TerritorialNational University of Colombia | 66 % | 47 | 0.99 | 17 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Planning Education and ResearchSAGE Publishing | 42 % | 69 | 1.90 | 114 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| Dialogues in Urban ResearchSAGE Publishing | 55 % | 39 | 1.32 | 11 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Journal of Planning LiteratureSAGE Publishing | 38 % | 48 | 2.87 | 93 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| Planning Theory & PracticeRoutledge | 44 % | 47 | 1.94 | 74 | Subscription |
| International Journal of Urban Sustainable DevelopmentTaylor & Francis | 41 % | 25 | 3.71 | 40 | 1 270 USD |
| Planning TheorySAGE Publishing | 46 % | 26 | 2.34 | 78 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Journal of Urban DesignTaylor & Francis | 37 % | 58 | 2.28 | 82 | Subscription |
| Urban GovernanceElsevier BV | 30 % | 39 | 5.83 | 23 | 1 500 USD |
| HERD Health Environments Research & Design JournalSAGE Publishing | 32 % | 89 | 2.46 | 58 | Subscription; open access option 4 150 USD |
| International Journal of Cultural PolicyRoutledge | 36 % | 75 | 2.00 | 78 | Subscription |
| Journal of Housing and the Built EnvironmentSpringer Science+Business Media | 30 % | 92 | 2.97 | 79 | Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD |
| Journal of Urban ManagementElsevier BV | 27 % | 66 | 4.31 | 53 | 1 200 USD |
| International Development Planning ReviewLiverpool University Press | 54 % | 27 | 1.28 | 48 | Subscription |
| Planning Practice and ResearchTaylor & Francis | 36 % | 57 | 2.03 | 68 | Subscription |
| Progress in PlanningElsevier BV | 38 % | 21 | 3.37 | 80 | Subscription; open access option 4 250 USD |
| International Planning StudiesTaylor & Francis | 50 % | 24 | 1.50 | 65 | Subscription |
| Environment and Urbanization AsiaSAGE Publishing | 49 % | 25 | 1.50 | 33 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Journal of Urbanism International Research on Placemaking and Urban SustainabilityTaylor & Francis | 44 % | 49 | 1.32 | 43 | Subscription |
| Urban Policy and ResearchTaylor & Francis | 42 % | 41 | 1.61 | 64 | Subscription |
| Housing StudiesTaylor & Francis | 27 % | 111 | 2.38 | 120 | Subscription |
| Planning PerspectivesTaylor & Francis | 43 % | 96 | 0.85 | 51 | Subscription |
| Transactions in Planning and Urban ResearchSAGE Publishing | 38 % | 19 | 2.92 | 14 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Urban Affairs ReviewSAGE Publishing | 33 % | 62 | 1.84 | 104 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Housing Theory and SocietyTaylor & Francis | 32 % | 40 | 2.27 | 74 | Subscription |
| Environment and Planning A Economy and SpaceSAGE Publishing | 20 % | 106 | 4.26 | 200 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| AntipodeWiley | 21 % | 117 | 3.33 | 157 | Subscription; open access option 3 520 USD |
| Built EnvironmentAlexandrine Press | 42 % | 35 | 1.24 | 62 | Subscription |
| Cadernos MetrópoleEditora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo | 68 % | 82 | 0.35 | 22 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Town Planning ReviewLiverpool University Press | 35 % | 61 | 1.28 | 66 | Subscription |
| Environment and Planning C Politics and SpaceSAGE Publishing | 28 % | 89 | 1.84 | 57 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Journal of Urban TechnologyTaylor & Francis | 23 % | 34 | 5.79 | 74 | Subscription |
| URBAN DESIGN InternationalPalgrave Macmillan | 35 % | 32 | 1.79 | 57 | Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD |
| Creative Industries JournalTaylor & Francis | 34 % | 32 | 1.81 | 30 | Subscription |
| International Journal of Housing PolicyTaylor & Francis | 31 % | 50 | 1.71 | 60 | Subscription |
| Environment and Planning D Society and SpaceSAGE Publishing | 24 % | 69 | 2.74 | 163 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| European Planning StudiesTaylor & Francis | 23 % | 131 | 2.06 | 135 | Subscription |
| City & SocietyWiley | 57 % | 33 | 0.60 | 48 | Subscription; open access option 3 340 USD |
| The Journal of Public SpaceCity Space Architecture | 55 % | 26 | 0.72 | 17 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Current Urban StudiesScientific Research Publishing | 43 % | 38 | 0.92 | 24 | Open access, fee unknown |
| City and CommunitySAGE Publishing | 44 % | 24 | 1.16 | 79 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| European Urban and Regional StudiesSAGE Publishing | 26 % | 37 | 3.01 | 92 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| Cultural TrendsTaylor & Francis | 35 % | 55 | 1.14 | 60 | Subscription |
| Radical Housing JournalPublisher unknown | 57 % | 33 | 0.59 | 16 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Frontiers of Urban and Rural Planningdiamond OASpringer Science+Business Media | 30 % | 14 | 4.40 | 10 | None (diamond OA) |
| Journal of Cultural EconomicsSpringer Science+Business Media | 32 % | 33 | 1.90 | 80 | Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD |
| City Territory and ArchitectureSpringer Science+Business Media | 28 % | 32 | 2.58 | 28 | 1 140 USD |
| Housing Policy DebateTaylor & Francis | 23 % | 58 | 2.86 | 99 | Subscription |
| Geography CompassWiley | 21 % | 65 | 3.14 | 116 | Subscription; open access option 3 700 USD |
| UrbanisationSAGE Publishing | 61 % | 22 | 0.57 | 16 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Journal of Contemporary Urban AffairsPublisher unknown | 28 % | 27 | 2.68 | 18 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and PlanningThomas Telford Ltd. | 28 % | 19 | 3.31 | 32 | Subscription |
| Urban TransformationsBioMed Central | 31 % | 14 | 3.19 | 22 | 1 140 USD |
| EídosUTE University | 33 % | 20 | 1.81 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| European Journal of Cultural Management and PolicyFrontiers Media | 29 % | 14 | 3.51 | 11 | 1 413 USD |
| Critical Housing AnalysisPublisher unknown | 30 % | 17 | 2.04 | 20 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale GeografieWiley | 21 % | 57 | 2.19 | 86 | Subscription; open access option 3 730 USD |
| Australian PlannerTaylor & Francis | 39 % | 22 | 1.00 | 49 | Subscription |
| International Journal of Urban SciencesTaylor & Francis | 20 % | 50 | 2.56 | 44 | Subscription |
| Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable DevelopmentEmerald Publishing Limited | 20 % | 69 | 2.07 | 35 | Subscription |
| Nordic Journal of Urban StudiesScandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget | 40 % | 13 | 1.31 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Built Heritagediamond OASpringer Nature | 21 % | 43 | 2.39 | 22 | None (diamond OA) |
| Open House InternationalEmerald Publishing Limited | 21 % | 45 | 2.12 | 27 | Subscription |
| Journal of Place Management and DevelopmentEmerald Publishing Limited | 22 % | 27 | 3.00 | 53 | Subscription |
| International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable DevelopmentPublisher unknown | 21 % | 54 | 1.74 | 20 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Space and PolityTaylor & Francis | 28 % | 27 | 1.40 | 55 | Subscription |
| Area Development and PolicyTaylor & Francis | 20 % | 28 | 2.88 | 34 | Subscription |
| Space and CultureSAGE Publishing | 35 % | 41 | 0.59 | 57 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| disP - The Planning ReviewTaylor & Francis | 37 % | 45 | 0.49 | 39 | Subscription |
| Canadian Journal of Urban ResearchUniversity of Winnipeg | 40 % | 16 | 0.67 | 20 | Open access, fee unknown |
| European Spatial Research and PolicyUniversity of Lodz Press | 22 % | 23 | 1.60 | 22 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Town and Regional PlanningUniversity of Pretoria | 36 % | 27 | 0.54 | 17 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Revista Ciudades Estados y PolíticaNational University of Colombia | 67 % | 22 | 0.21 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES – Journal of Studies and Research in Human GeographyUniversity of Bucharest | 24 % | 14 | 1.66 | 20 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Articulo – revue de sciences humainesPublisher unknown | 48 % | 6 | 0.65 | 21 | Open access, fee unknown |
| The Journal of Arts Management Law and SocietyRoutledge | 27 % | 39 | 0.58 | 39 | Subscription |
| Architecture_MPSUCL Press | 29 % | 13 | 0.89 | 10 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Urbani izzivSlovenia | 32 % | 23 | 0.55 | 29 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Urban and Regional PlanningScience Publishing Group | 38 % | 13 | 0.54 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Artivate A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the ArtsUniversity of Arkansas Press | 34 % | 11 | 0.75 | 19 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Settlements and Spatial PlanningBabeș-Bolyai University | 36 % | 20 | 0.46 | 13 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Urban and Regional AnalysisUniversity of Bucharest | 27 % | 19 | 0.69 | 17 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Housing and SocietyTaylor & Francis | 21 % | 24 | 0.94 | 27 | Subscription |
| Asian GeographerRoutledge | 22 % | 9 | 1.71 | 28 | Subscription |
| Urban Resilience and SustainabilityAmerican Institute of Mathematical Sciences | 24 % | 11 | 1.15 | 4 | Subscription |
| SpatiumInstitute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia | 23 % | 15 | 1.00 | 17 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidskriftPublisher unknown | 27 % | 18 | 0.62 | 17 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Canadian Planning and Policy / Aménagement et politique au CanadaQueen's University | 25 % | 12 | 0.91 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALEFrancoAngeli | 44 % | 34 | 0.21 | 11 | Subscription |
| plaNext - Next Generation PlanningAssociation of European Schools of Planning | 52 % | 10 | 0.28 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| PlacesPublisher unknown | 23 % | 36 | 0.53 | 25 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Race Ethnicity and the CityTaylor & Francis | 29 % | 11 | 0.68 | 11 | Subscription |
| Estudios Demográficos y UrbanosEl Colegio de México | 31 % | 28 | 0.34 | 26 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Pós Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da FAUUSPUniversity of São Paulo | 28 % | 22 | 0.32 | 13 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Anales de Geografía de la Universidad ComplutenseComplutense University of Madrid | 22 % | 22 | 0.42 | 15 | Open access, fee unknown |
| People Place and Policy OnlineRoutledge | 21 % | 16 | 0.48 | 28 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Protection of cultural heritageLublin University of Technology | 21 % | 27 | 0.38 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Paranoá cadernos de arquitetura e urbanismoUniversity of Brasília | 26 % | 50 | 0.20 | 7 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Revista Arquitectura +Publisher unknown | 23 % | 16 | 0.35 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Space - Society - EconomyUniversity of Lodz Press | 28 % | 9 | 0.32 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Formação (Online)Publisher unknown | 26 % | 32 | 0.19 | 12 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Transactions of the Association of European Schools of PlanningAssociation of European Schools of Planning | 40 % | 9 | 0.19 | 9 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Urban Studies and Public AdministrationPublisher unknown | 28 % | 14 | 0.23 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| PatryTerUniversity of Brasília | 32 % | 31 | 0.14 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Perspectiva geográficaPedagogical and Technological University of Colombia | 26 % | 23 | 0.20 | 12 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Urban Cultural StudiesIntellect | 39 % | 16 | 0.13 | 11 | Subscription |
| Социология городаPublisher unknown | 25 % | 23 | 0.19 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Ankara StudiesKoc University, Vehbi Koc Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM) | 28 % | 15 | 0.19 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Urban Development Issues/Problemy Rozwoju MiastPublisher unknown | 42 % | 24 | 0.10 | 12 | Subscription |
| Urbis et Orbis Microhistory and Semiotics of the CityPublisher unknown | 34 % | 13 | 0.15 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Culture and Local GovernanceUniversity of Ottawa | 48 % | 6 | 0.14 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Urbana - Urban Affairs & Public PolicyUrbana: Urban Affairs and Public Policy | 59 % | 9 | 0.08 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Sociologia Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do PortoUniversity of Porto | 21 % | 26 | 0.19 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| LimaqUniversity of Lima | 33 % | 23 | 0.10 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Critical PlanningUCLA Department of Urban Planning | 42 % | 11 | 0.09 | 6 | Subscription |
| Geography NotebooksLED Edizioni Universitarie | 20 % | 23 | 0.14 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| PragMATIZES - Revista Latino-Americana de Estudos em CulturaFluminense Federal University | 21 % | 31 | 0.11 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Art Architecture and Built EnvironmentUniversity of Management and Technology | 20 % | 13 | 0.12 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Ensaios de GeografiaPublisher unknown | 24 % | 31 | 0.06 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and LandscapesUniversity of Bologna | 38 % | 16 | 0.04 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Punto surUniversity of Buenos Aires | 24 % | 32 | 0.04 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| PerifericaUniversity of Cádiz | 26 % | 28 | 0.04 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| African and Mediterranean Journal of Architecture and UrbanismPublisher unknown | 24 % | 17 | 0.01 | 1 | Open access, fee unknown |
| StreetnotesPublisher unknown | 31 % | 13 | 0.00 | 4 | Subscription |
| Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship EducationPublisher unknown | 24 % | 9 | 0.00 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Cadernos NAUIUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina | 27 % | 23 | 0.00 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Boletim Gaúcho de GeografiaPublisher unknown | 27 % | 12 | 0.00 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| The Evolving ScholarDelft University of Technology | 22 % | 36 | 0.00 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| مجلة العمارة وبيئة الطفلUniversity of Batna 1 | 22 % | 18 | 0.00 | 1 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Vivienda y CiudadPublisher unknown | 70 % | 10 | 0.00 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
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