''Urban Studies'' is a monthly peer-reviewed

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

covering the field of

urban studies Urban studies is based on the study of the urban development of cities. This includes studying the history of city development from an architectural point of view, to the impact of urban design on community development efforts. The core theoretica ...

. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Andrew Cumbers (

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), and its three managing editors are Jon Bannister, Yingling Fan and Tony O'Sullivan. It was established in 1964 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of Urban Studies Journal Ltd. The journal is also closely connected with the Urban Studies Foundation, a charity which awards grants to researchers in the wider urban studies field.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the ''

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'', its two-year

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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