Cities and Health

Aims & Scope

Cities & Health has been established to support human and planetary health by sharing the latest international research and practice for urban health and health equity.

Our mission is to provide practitioners, researchers and communities with a platform to share, discuss problems to shape solutions from a spatial planning, urban design and physical city governance perspective.

From climate change to the digital city, from city leadership to community resilience, cities all over the world are in transition.

The journal covers a wide range of topics - but public health and the health of planetary systems needs to be at the heart of the research we publish.

We welcome contributions from researchers and practitioners, and from communities and politicians, working for healthier cities and offer a range of submission types, including Original Scholarship, Reviews, Case Studies, City Shorts, Commentary & Debates, Reflective Praxis Articles, Visual Design Essays and Travelogues.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.728

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	26

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7703

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	804

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The impact of COVID-19 on public space: an early review of the emerging questions – design, perceptions and inequities

  Citation: 340

  Authors: Jordi, Isabelle, Vincent K., Carolyn, Cecil, Jill S., Vrushti, Michael K., Arturo, Emilia, Ulises, Maged, Xueqi, Erick, Oscar, Mark J

• COVID-19 and urban public transport services: emerging challenges and research agenda

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Aaron, Daniel, Antoni

• Using spatial measures to test a conceptual model of social infrastructure that supports health and wellbeing

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Melanie, Lucy, Carolyn, Carl, Billie, Koen, Karen, Suzanne, Rebecca, Hannah

• The impact of walking in different urban environments on brain activity in older people

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Chris, Peter, Jenny, Sara, Panagiotis, Steve, Richard, Neil, Catharine

• Towards healthy urbanism: inclusive, equitable and sustainable (THRIVES) – an urban design and planning framework from theory to praxis

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Helen

• Structurally vulnerable neighbourhood environments and racial/ethnic COVID-19 inequities

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Rachel L., Xing, Eli K., Mahasin S.

• The COVID-19 pandemic: power and privilege, gentrification, and urban environmental justice in the global north

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Helen V. S., Isabelle, Francesc, Melissa, Panagiota, Carmen, Galia, Margarita

• Cities and health: an evolving global conversation

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Marcus, Caroline, Waleska T., Anthony, Jason, Chris, Carlos J., Geraint, George, Colin, Trevor, Roderick J., Mark J., Tolu, Susan, Cor, Catharine

• Urban forms and green infrastructure – the implications for public health during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Małgorzata

• Housing stability and the residential context of the COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Antwan, Diana S.

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