JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS Impact factor 2026

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The latest impact factor of JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS: Aim & Scope

JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Urban Studies.
The ISSN of this journal is 1467-9906.

Impact factor of JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS

Journal Title	JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS
Impact Factor	1.9
SJR	0.98
ISSN	1467-9906
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2025

Year	Impact Factor
2018	1.234
2019	1.115
2020	1.619
2021	3.377
2022
2025	1.9

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

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