''Urban Studies'' is a monthly

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academic journal covering the field of urban studies. The editor-in-chief is Andrew Cumbers ( University of Glasgow), and its three managing editors are Jon Bannister, Yingling Fan and Tony O'Sullivan. It was established in 1964 and is published by

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on behalf of Urban Studies Journal Ltd. The journal is also closely connected with the

Urban Studies Foundation The Urban Studies Foundation is a Scottish research charity connected with the Urban Studies Journal. The organization's stated purpose is to provide grant funding for innovative research projects that advance the frontiers of urban knowledge ...

, a charity which awards grants to researchers in the wider urban studies field.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the

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. According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', its two-year impact factor is 4.663, ranking it 32nd out of 125 journals in the category "Environmental Studies" and 7th out of 43 journals in the category "Urban Studies".

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* SAGE Publishing academic journals English-language journals Urban studies and planning journals Monthly journals Publications established in 1964 {{Planning-journal-stub