Aims & Scope
Urbe is an electronic journal of urban studies with free open access, under Creative Commons License (attribution-type BY, Click here for more information on CC-BY License Policy), organized by the Postgraduate Program in Urban Management (PPGTU/PUCPR).
To reach the complexity of urban phenomenon and its territorial materiality, urbe publishes theoretical and empirical papers involving discussions from the diverse issues that compose urban studies, such as urban and regional planning, architecture and urbanism, public management, public administration, public policies, geography, urban infrastructure, urban technology and environment.
Urbe is published three times a year*, accepting articles in four different languages (Portuguese, Spanish, English and French).
Urbe is a publication by the Postgraduate Program in Urban Management at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR)
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Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.3 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.228 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Q2 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 |
Journal Rank
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 19617 |
Journal Citation Indicator
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 104 |
Impact Factor Trend
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Licensing & Copyright
This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.
Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.
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This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.
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