| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 35 / 295 | 88th | Q1 |
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City and Community
City and Community is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.3), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 1535-6841Verify ISSN ↗1540-6040Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
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Is City and Community indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.3.
What quartile is City and Community in Scopus?
City and Community is Q1 in Urban Studies (rank 35 of 295), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of City and Community?
City and Community is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.181, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 55.
How much does it cost to publish in City and Community?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,650 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes City and Community and what is its ISSN?
City and Community is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 1535-6841 and its online ISSN is 1540-6040.
Is City and Community covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is City and Community in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Is City and Community open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is City and Community? — open metrics via OpenAlex
City and Community has an h-index of 79 and a 2-year mean of 1.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #113 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
City and Community published 20 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 118. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in City and Community? — latest 87 articles, 2021–2026
In its latest 87 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (79.3%), Canada (4%) and Netherlands (2.3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for City and Community? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration79.3% of recent authorship from United States
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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