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Smart Cities is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 13), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2624-6511Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 5 / 295 | 98th | Q1 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 62 / 1030 | 94th | Q1 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 56 / 570 | 90th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 13.
Smart Cities is Q1 in Urban Studies (rank 5 of 295), Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (rank 62 of 1030) and Q1 in Artificial Intelligence (rank 56 of 570), by CiteScore 2025.
Smart Cities is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 13, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.193, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 57.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,413 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.
Smart Cities is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2624-6511.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Smart Cities has an h-index of 69 and a 2-year mean of 10.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 13, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #4 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
Smart Cities published 213 papers in 2025. 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.
In its latest 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (8.5%), Spain (7.3%) and United States (6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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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