Cities
Overview
Cities is a multidisciplinary journal that explores the complex dynamics of urban environments. It publishes cutting-edge research on urban planning, architecture, sociology, economics, and geography, providing valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities faced by cities worldwide. With a focus on sustainable development, urban governance, and social equity, Cities offers a platform for scholars and practitioners to exchange ideas and contribute to the advancement of urban studies.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Cities
Start
1983
End
Continuing
Frequency
Bimonthly, <1996->
p-ISSN
0264-2751
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 2024
127
SJR / Ranks: 1525
1733
CiteScore / Ranks: 1313
10.40
Recent Articles
1.
Lu Y, Lin Y, Howard N, Brown C, Gong X
Cities
. 2025 Jan;
157.
PMID: 39867654
Historical redlining practices in the United States date back to the 1930s and have continued to impact cities socially, environmentally, and economically since then. This study explores current social vulnerability...
2.
Dyer G, Khomenko S, Adlakha D, Anenberg S, Angelova J, Behnisch M, et al.
Cities
. 2024 Oct;
155:105340.
PMID: 39351125
Recent advances in data science and urban environmental health research utilise large-scale databases (100s-1000s of cities) to explore the complex interplay of urban characteristics such as city form and size,...
3.
Che J, Lee J, Kim S
Cities
. 2024 Apr;
:104457.
PMID: 38620167
The spread of COVID-19 greatly restricted physical and economic activities in global cities due to growing fears of infection and lockdown policies. Accordingly, the transfer of shopping activities from traditional...
4.
Ilgaz A, Saltan M
Cities
. 2024 Apr;
:104449.
PMID: 38620104
The global Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on our lives. The pandemic led to sudden and momentous changes in mobility styles and travel habits. Many users started preferring to...
5.
Zhu R, Newman G, Li D
Cities
. 2024 Jan;
145.
PMID: 38283871
The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has led to increased attention on understanding how built environments affect NCD risks. However, there's a significant gap in the literature regarding the...
6.
Jiao J, Bai S
Cities
. 2024 Jan;
99.
PMID: 38282953
In the past ten years, Airbnb has rapidly grown from a small, online bed and breakfast product to a leading peer-to-peer hospitality magnate which operates in eighty thousand cities globally....
7.
Xie B, Jiao J, An Z, Zheng Y, Li Z
Cities
. 2024 Jan;
94:116-128.
PMID: 38239895
Adverse lifestyle-associated health outcomes, and stroke in particular, have been aggravated in transitional countries under high-speed urbanisation. Against this backdrop, deciphering the nexus between built environments (BEs) and lifestyle-associated health...
8.
Curtis D, Kole K, Brown B, Smith K, Meeks H, Kowaleski-Jones L
Cities
. 2023 Dec;
145.
PMID: 38075593
Socially disadvantaged groups generally are more likely to reside in areas with less desirable conditions. We examined longitudinal relationships between neighborhood resident characteristics and amenities from 1990 to 2010 in...
9.
Cities
. 2023 Oct;
143:104584.
PMID: 37829151
Urban poverty is not limited to informal settlements, rather it extends throughout cities, with the poor and affluent often living in close proximity. Using a novel dataset derived from the...
10.
Nhamo L, Rwizi L, Mpandeli S, Botai J, Magidi J, Tazvinga H, et al.
Cities
. 2023 Sep;
116:103266.
PMID: 37674556
Challenges emanating from rapid urbanisation require innovative strategies to transform cities into global climate action and adaptation centres. We provide an analysis of the impacts of rapid urbanisation in the...