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Cities

Cities is a journal indexed in SJR in Development and Sociology and Political Science with an H index of 141. It has a price of 1170 €. It has a COP Index of 8,2 (best band D1). It is published in English. It has a COP Index of 8,2.

Cities focuses its scope in these topics and keywords: cities, economy, energy, potential, urban, city, estatecontested, attitudes, cityscale, conflicts, ...

ISSN: 0264-2751

Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

Category: Development

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science

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8,2 D1 Top 10%

5 of 198 journals in Urban Studies

H-index · SJR 141 · 1,839

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24% Selective

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Publication cost (APC) payments

1.170 € Subscription

Non-OA path 0 €

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COP Index

8,2

D1 Top 10%

SJR Impact

1,839

H-index

141

Docs (year)

759

Docs 3y

1376

Total refs

57691

Cites 3y

11736

Citable 3y

1369

Cites/Doc 2y

7.82

Ref/Doc

76.01

Immediate OA

1170 €

Embargoed OA

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Non OA / Submission

0 €

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Cities has a COP Index of 8,2 (D1), ranked 5 of 198 in Urban Studies. SJR: 1,839.

Immediate OA APC is 1170 EUR. Non-OA / submission fee is 0 EUR.

The acceptance rate recorded for Cities is 24%.

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