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Journal of the American Planning Association
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Journal of the American Planning Association

0194-4363

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rjpa20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 512 17 36 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 31
Documents by Best Scientists*: 53
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 119
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.508
Impact Factor: 3.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of The American Planning Association?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Economic growth, Public administration, Urban planning, Environmental planning and Land use. The work on Economic growth addressed in it expands to the thematically related Metropolitan area. It focuses on Public administration as well as the interrelated topic of Politics.

The research on Urban planning discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Land-use planning.

  • Economic growth (12.09%)
  • Public administration (10.99%)
  • Urban planning (10.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Ladder of Citizen Participation (9490 citations)
  • Travel and the Built Environment (2417 citations)
  • How Accessibility Shapes Land Use (2001 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of The American Planning Association:

The most cited articles mainly tackle studies in Urban planning, Economic growth, Transport engineering, Land use and Metropolitan area. The most cited publications with studies in Urban planning featured incorporate elements of Sustainable development, Environmental resource management and Land-use planning. The published papers hold forums on Land use that merge themes from other disciplines such as Regional science and Environmental planning.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • World War II
  • Law
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Environmental planning, Land use, Public administration, Affordable housing and Political economy. Topics in Environmental planning were tackled in line with various other fields like Urban planning, Zoning and Land-use planning. It focused on Land use research but expanded to cover Regional planning.

The concepts on Public administration presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Plan (drawing) and Negotiation. Journal of The American Planning Association focuses on Affordable housing research which is adjacent to topics in Labour economics. Journal of The American Planning Association facilitates the exploration of Political economy in relation to the field of Shrinking cities.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Off the Grid… and Back Again? The Recent Evolution of American Street Network Planning and Design (8 citations)
  • Does Local Ownership of Vacant Land Reduce Crime (7 citations)
  • Exclusionary Zoning: Origins, Open Suburbs, and Contemporary Debates (5 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of The American Planning Association (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Arthur C. Nelson (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael B. Teitz (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tim Chapin (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David P. Varady (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ann Forsyth (18 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of The American Planning Association (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Berkeley (41 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Florida State University (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Pennsylvania (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 72.92% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.08% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 26.92% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.23% of all publications and 30.77% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Does Density Aggravate the COVID-19 Pandemic?: Early Findings and Lessons for Planners

    Shima Hamidi;Sadegh Sabouri;Reid Ewing

    (2020)
    770 Citations
  • Riders Who Avoided Public Transit During COVID-19 Personal Burdens and Implications for Social Equity

    Matthew Palm;Jeff Allen;Bochu Liu;Yixue Zhang

    (2021)
    79 Citations
  • Guidelines for a Polycentric Region to Reduce Vehicle Use and Increase Walking and Transit Use

    Keunhyun Park;Reid Ewing;Sadegh Sabouri;Dong ah Choi

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Using Big and Open Data to Analyze Transit-Oriented Development

    Jiangping Zhou;Yuling Yang;Chris Webster

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Tracking Our Footsteps

    Li Fang;Reid Ewing

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • In Defense of the Generalist Journal

    Ann Forsyth

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Theories and Planning Theories

    Ann Forsyth

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Transferring Vacant Lots to Private Ownership Improves Care and Empowers Residents

    Alessandro Rigolon;Debolina Banerjee;Paul Gobster;Sara Hadavi

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Compact Development and BMI for Young Adults

    Shima Hamidi;Reid Ewing

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Decoding the 15-Minute City Debate: Conspiracies, Backlash, and Dissent in Planning for Proximity

    (2024)
    9 Citations

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