Journal of Urban Technology

Top Research Topics at Journal of Urban Technology?

The topics of Economic growth, Urban planning, Environmental planning, Urban technology and Public relations are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Economic growth study tackled is connected to the field of Information and Communications Technology. The studies in Urban density under the umbrella field of Urban planning overlap with concepts in Smart city.

Sustainable development research discussed connects with the study of Sustainability.

• Economic growth (14.68%)
• Urban planning (12.40%)
• Environmental planning (10.28%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Smart cities in Europe (1774 citations)
• Smart Cities: Definitions, Dimensions, Performance, and Initiatives (1259 citations)
• Creating Smart-er Cities: An Overview (301 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Urban Technology:

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Urban planning, Smart city, Urban technology, Economic growth and Sustainability. The journal papers with studies in Urban planning featured incorporate elements of Public participation, Open data, Land-use planning and Sustainable development. The most cited publications hold forums on Economic growth that merge themes from other disciplines such as Economy, Creativity, China 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 objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Smart city, Regional science, Metropolitan area, Media studies and Architectural engineering. While Smart city is the focus of the conference, it also discussed overlapping research pursuits in other fields like Public administration, Urban governance, Environmental planning, Perspective (graphical) and Public relations. The featured Environmental planning works encompass concepts such as Participatory planning and examines them in conjunction with Project implementation.

While Journal of Urban Technology focused on Regional science, it was also able to explore topics like Web service, Smart growth, Digital transformation and Externality. Journal of Urban Technology focuses on Media studies but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Emerging technologies, The Internet and Urban policy. The journal addresses concerns in Urban planning which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Knowledge management and Big data.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• How are smart city concepts and technologies perceived and utilized? A systematic geo-Twitter analysis of smart cities in Australia (32 citations)
• From “Smart in the Box” to “Smart in the City”: Rethinking the Socially Sustainable Smart City in Context (12 citations)
• Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspective (9 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Urban Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Kheir Al-Kodmany (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Tan Yigitcanlar (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Mark Deakin (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• George Bugliarello (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Martin de Jong (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Urban Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (10 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Queensland University of Technology (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Virginia Tech (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Michigan State University (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Edinburgh Napier University (5 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than 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, 30.30% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 34.78% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.04% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.74% of all publications and 30.43% 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.