Town Planning Review

Aims & Scope

As a leading urban planning and regional planning journal, Town Planning Review provides a principal forum for communication between researchers and students, policy analysts and practitioners.

It publishes a diversity of research approaches, welcoming full-length papers and review articles contributing to the advancement of town and regional planning research in highly developed economies and in emerging industrial states, particularly those relating to the areas of: • spatial planning • regional development and analysis • urban regeneration and renewal • local and regional economic development • community planning and participation • social cohesion and spatial inequalities • housing area planning and development • urban design and conservation • environmental planning and sustainable development • transport and infrastructure planning • rural planning and development • governance and institutions

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1
2024	1.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.476

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	51

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12078

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	217

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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.

• The Urban Revolution

  Citation: 596

  Authors: V. Gordon

• Planning through debate: the communicative turn in planning theory

  Citation: 585

  Authors: Patsy

• Collaborative planning in a stakeholder society

  Citation: 233

  Authors: Patsy

• Gated cities of tomorrow

  Citation: 144

  Authors: Chris

• Theory of urban fabrics: planning the walking, transit/public transport and automobile/motor car cities for reduced car dependency

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Peter, Leo, Jeff

• A transaction-cost theory of land use planning and development control

  Citation: 119

  Authors: E. R.

• Arguments for and against planning

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Richard E.

• Culture, creativity and spatial planning

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Klaus

• Strategic navigation across multiple planes: Towards a Deleuzean-inspired methodology for strategic spatial planning

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Jean

• Delivering ecosystems services via spatial planning: reviewing the possibilities and implications of a green infrastructure approach

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Mick, Mark

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