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Urban Affairs Review
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Urban Affairs Review

1078-0874

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/uar

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 198 15 17 5
Social Sciences and Humanities 854 12 12 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 36
Documents by Best Scientists*: 36
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 88
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.071
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Urban Affairs Review?

Politics, Economic growth, Public administration, Political economy and Metropolitan area are the subjects of interest in Urban Affairs Review. Government, Local government, Development economics and State (polity) are some topics wherein Politics research discussed in the journal have an impact. The journal explores issues in Economic growth which can be linked to other research areas like Public economics, Demographic economics, Urban planning and Economic geography.

It investigates Public administration research which frequently intersects with Corporate governance.

  • Politics (21.39%)
  • Economic growth (21.11%)
  • Public administration (18.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • New Directions in Planning Theory (537 citations)
  • Networks, Neighborhoods, and Communities Approaches to the Study of the Community Question (489 citations)
  • Building Community Capacity: A Definitional Framework and Case Studies from a Comprehensive Community Initiative (444 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Urban Affairs Review:

The journal publications primarily focus on research topics in Economic growth, Politics, Metropolitan area, Public administration and Public economics. While Economic growth is the key highlight in the published papers, thet also covered some subjects on Demographic economics and Race (biology) and Socioeconomic status. Local government, Political economy and Economic system are some topics wherein Politics research discussed in the published articles has an impact.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Political economy, Politics, Economic growth, Public administration and Local government. Issues in Political economy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Eviction, Climate change, Racism, Power (social and political) and Exclusionary zoning. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Exclusionary zoning, it also covered topics in Law and economics, Neoliberalism (international relations), Local democracy and White supremacy.

The main emphasis of Urban Affairs Review is the subject of Politics, focusing on Urban politics. The presented Economic growth study covers related areas such as Gentrification and also touches on topics like Great recession. Urban Affairs Review addresses concerns in Public administration which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Corporate governance, Urban planning and State (polity).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Does Inter-Municipal Cooperation Really Reduce Delivery Costs? An Empirical Evaluation of the Role of Scale Economies, Transaction Costs, and Governance Arrangements: (22 citations)
  • Building the Eviction Economy: Speculation, Precarity, and Eviction in Detroit: (16 citations)
  • When Voters Matter: The Limits of Local Government Responsiveness: (13 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 Urban Affairs Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • George Galster (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard C. Feiock (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jered B. Carr (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harold Wolman (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter F. Burns (11 papers) absent 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • Wayne State University (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Chicago (40 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Rutgers University (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Los Angeles (32 papers) published 2 papers 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, 3.16% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.30% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.70% 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 53.26% 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

  • Municipal Cybersecurity: More Work Needs to be Done:

    Benjamin Preis;Lawrence Susskind

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Are You Picking Up What I Am Laying Down? Ideology in Low-Information Elections:

    Mirya R. Holman;J. Celeste Lay

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • The Perfect Amount of Help: An Examination of the Relationship Between Capacity and Collaboration in Urban Energy and Climate Initiatives:

    Rachel M. Krause;Christopher V. Hawkins;Angela Y. S. Park

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • “The Echoes of Echo Park”: Anti-Homeless Ordinances in Neo-Revanchist Cities

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • The Effects of Rental Assistance Programs on Neighborhood Outcomes for U.S. Children: Nationwide Evidence by Program and Race/Ethnicity

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Roles and Motivations of Planning Professionals Who Promote Public Participation in Urban Planning Practice: Two Case Studies from Beijing, China:

    Lin Zhang;Pieter Hooimeijer;Yanliu Lin;Stan Geertman

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Understanding Urban Retail Vacancy

    Emily Talen;Jein Park

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Who Benefits From Brownfield Cleanup and Gentrification? Evidence From Chicago

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Ecological, Engineering and Community Resilience Policy Adoption in Large US Cities

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • Jurisdictional Size and Residential Development: Are Large-Scale Local Governments More Receptive to Multifamily Housing?

    (2021)
    8 Citations

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