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sub\urban is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.8), DOAJ. Published by suburban eV.
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ISSN 2197-2567Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: suburban eV
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 192 / 295 | 35th | Q3 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 680 / 876 | 22nd | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.8.
sub\urban is Q3 in Urban Studies (rank 192 of 295) and Q4 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 680 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
sub\urban is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q3, 35th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.166, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 14.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,617 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.
sub\urban is published by suburban eV. Its ISSN is 2197-2567.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
sub\urban has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0.23 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #203 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
sub\urban published 47 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 60. 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.
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.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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