108 Urban Studies journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Social Sciences by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | 0264-2751 | 981 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Habitat International | 0197-3975 | 332 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Geoforum | 0016-7185 | 255 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Urban Affairs | 0735-2166 | 165 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Kent Akademisi | 2146-9229 | 163 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | 0309-1317 | 155 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Urban Planning | 2183-7635 | 147 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,46,923 to publish | Yes | Yes | Portugal |
| Planning Perspectives | 0266-5433 | 120 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Urban Geography | 0272-3638 | 114 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Cultural Policy | 1028-6632 | 86 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Planning Practice and Research | 0269-7459 | 85 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of the American Planning Association | 0194-4363 | 82 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| City | 1360-4813 | 78 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais | 1517-4115 | 73 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Mimarlık Bilimleri ve Uygulamaları Dergisi (MBUD) | 2548-0170 | 71 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Dialogues in Urban Research | 2754-1258 | 67 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| İDEALKENT | 1307-9905 | 63 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Türk Deprem Araştırma Dergisi | 2687-301X | 62 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| Cultural Trends | 0954-8963 | 58 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Planning Education and Research | 0739-456X | 57 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Management international | 1206-1697 | 57 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Town Planning Review | 0041-0020 | 55 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Space and Culture | 1206-3312 | 54 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| The Journal of Arts Management Law and Society | 0733-5113 | 53 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Urbanism International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability | 1754-9175 | 52 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Horizontes Antropológicos | 0104-7183 | 51 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Planning Theory & Practice | 1464-9357 | 51 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic series | 1732-4254 | 50 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Urban Research & Practice | 1753-5069 | 50 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| African Geographical Review | 1937-6812 | 48 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Arts & Communication | 2972-4090 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Scripta Nova Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales | 1138-9788 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Terra Livre | 0102-8030 | 45 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Cuadernos de Geografía Revista Colombiana de Geografía | 0121-215X | 44 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Fen ve Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi | 2667-7989 | 44 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| MEGARON / Yıldız Technical University Faculty of Architecture E-Journal | 1305-5798 | 43 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Journal of Cultural Economics | 0885-2545 | 42 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Planning Studies | 1356-3475 | 41 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| City Culture and Society | 1877-9166 | 40 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Toplum ve sosyal hizmet(Online)/Toplum ve sosyal hizmet | 2147-3374 | 40 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| ACE Arquitectura Ciudad y Entorno | 1886-4805 | 39 | 1 | ≈ ₹21,766 to publish | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Środowisko Mieszkaniowe | 1731-2442 | 38 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Bitácora Urbano Territorial | 0124-7913 | 37 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Environment and Urbanization | 0956-2478 | 36 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| urbe Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana | 2175-3369 | 36 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| AUS | 0718-204X | 34 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Chile |
| Built Environment | 0263-7960 | 34 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Development Planning Review | 1474-6743 | 34 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Quid 16. | 2250-4060 | 34 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Antigua & Barbuda |
| Revista de Arquitectura | 1657-0308 | 33 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Revista INVI | 0718-1299 | 33 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| HAFED POLY Journal of Science Management and Technology | 2811-2598 | 32 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Nauru |
| Proa Revista de Antropologia e Arte | 2175-6015 | 32 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| DIY Alternative Cultures & Society | 2753-8702 | 31 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| Hungarian Geographical Bulletin | 2064-5031 | 31 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Technical Transactions | 0011-4561 | 31 | 1 | ≈ ₹27,208 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Coleção Estudos Cariocas | 0425-3892 | 30 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| City & Society | 0893-0465 | 29 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Australian Planner | 0729-3682 | 28 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Doğu Coğrafya Dergisi | 1302-7956 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Town and Regional Planning | 1012-280X | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy | 2663-5771 | 26 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,36,040 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Geographia Polonica | 0016-7282 | 26 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| MODOS Revista de História da Arte | 2526-2963 | 26 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Ege coğrafya dergisi :/Ege coğrafya dergisi | 1300-5634 | 25 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| Tıbbi Sosyal Hizmet Dergisi | 2149-309X | 25 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| TÜRK COĞRAFYA DERGİSİ | 1308-9773 | 25 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Urbanisation | 2455-7471 | 24 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | India |
| Coğrafi Bilimler Dergisi | 1303-5851 | 23 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography | 0435-3684 | 23 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Advanced Research and Multidisciplinary Studies | 2997-3155 | 23 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Ghana Journal of Development Studies | 0855-6768 | 22 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ghana |
| Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs | 2475-6156 | 22 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Revista Urbano | 0717-3997 | 22 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Current Urban Studies | 2328-4900 | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development | 1946-3138 | 21 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,61,832 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Teknoloji ve Uygulamalı Bilimler Dergisi | 2645-8969 | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Senectus | 2980-1680 | 21 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Architecture and Urban Planning | 1691-4333 | 20 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Latvia |
| Ciudades | 1133-6579 | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Creative Industries Journal | 1751-0694 | 20 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development | 2407-5957 | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Journal of inclusive cities and built environment | 2788-5631 | 20 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | South Africa |
| Labor & Engenho | 1981-1152 | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Revista de Urbanismo | 0717-5051 | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Urban Forum | 1015-3802 | 20 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,07,288 to publish | No | No | South Africa |
| Urbani izziv | 0353-6483 | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| City development | 2731-7773 | 19 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Environment and Urbanization Asia | 0975-4253 | 18 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | India |
| Ghana Journal of Geography | 0855-9414 | 18 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning | 1755-0793 | 18 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Coğrafya Dergisi / Journal of Geography | 1302-7212 | 17 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Eídos | 1390-499X | 17 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ecuador |
| Sustainable communities. | 2993-1282 | 17 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,16,498 to publish | Yes | Yes | PAU |
| Journal of Architecture and Urbanism | 1392-1630 | 16 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Lithuania |
| Nordic Journal of Urban Studies | 2703-8866 | 16 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Norway |
| Architecture_MPS | 2050-9006 | 15 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Planning Theory | 1473-0952 | 15 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Gentrification | 3046-4137 | 14 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Uruguay |
| Spatium | 1450-569X | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
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