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Urban Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2413-8851Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 80 / 295 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 291 / 876 | 66th | Q2 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 134 / 307 | 56th | Q2 |
| Waste Management and Disposal | 78 / 151 | 48th | Q3 |
| Pollution | 93 / 180 | 48th | 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 3.7.
Urban Science is Q2 in Urban Studies (rank 80 of 295), Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 291 of 876) and Q2 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 134 of 307), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Urban Science 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 3.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 73rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.673, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,930 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 Science is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2413-8851.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Urban Science has an h-index of 54 and a 2-year mean of 3.36 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #30 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
Urban Science published 565 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (15.4%), United States (6.6%) and Italy (6.1%).
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 per 1,000 papers). 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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