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Urban, Planning and Transport Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 87 / 295 | 70th | Q2 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 301 / 876 | 65th | Q2 |
| Transportation | 86 / 169 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.5.
Urban, Planning and Transport Research is Q2 in Urban Studies (rank 87 of 295), Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 301 of 876) and Q3 in Transportation (rank 86 of 169), by CiteScore 2025.
Urban, Planning and Transport Research 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 3.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.484, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 15.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,165 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.
Urban, Planning and Transport Research is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its ISSN is 2165-0020.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Urban, Planning and Transport Research has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 3.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #33 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
Urban, Planning and Transport Research published 48 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 57. 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 97 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Ethiopia (15.5%), United States (8.8%) and Sweden (7.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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.
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