City and Society

Aims & Scope

City & Society, the journal of the Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology, is intended to foster debate and conceptual development in urban, national, and transnational anthropology, particularly in their interrelationships.

It seeks to promote communication with related disciplines of interest to members of SUNTA and to develop theory from a comparative perspective.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.316

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	34

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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
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• Wiped Out by the “Greenwave”: Environmental Gentrification and the Paradoxical Politics of Urban Sustainability

  Citation: 486

  Authors: MELISSA

• Insurgent Citizenship in an Era of Global Urban Peripheries

  Citation: 361

  Authors: JAMES

• Automobility, Immobility, Altermobility: Surviving and Resisting the Intensification of Immigrant Policing

  Citation: 176

  Authors: ANGELA, MATHEW

• Politics in the City‐Inside‐Out

  Citation: 81

  Authors: ASEF

• Owners of the Map: Mobility and Mobilization among Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in <scp>B</scp>angkok

  Citation: 76

  Authors: CLAUDIO

• Racialized Mobility Transitions in <scp>P</scp>hiladelphia: Connecting Urban Sustainability and Transport Justice

  Citation: 74

  Authors: MIMI

• The Structuring of Feeling in Ghanaian Transnational Families

  Citation: 65

  Authors: CATI

• Urban Fear: Building the Fortress City

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Setha M.

• The Erosion of Public Space and the Public Realm: paranoia, surveillance and privatization in New York City

  Citation: 61

  Authors: SETHA M.

• Exclusive Greenery: new gated communities in Cairo

  Citation: 60

  Authors: PETRA

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