Journal metric profile

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 2.300 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 29/76 Recorded category rank

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.300, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 29 out of 76 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 3,036 total citations, 59 total articles, 61 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.900, which is 0.600 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.670.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 10.2 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW is identified in this record by print ISSN 1078-0874 and electronic ISSN 1552-8332. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameURBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW
Abbreviated journalURBAN AFF REV
PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,030
ISSN1078-0874
eISSN1552-8332
Total cites3,036
Total articles59
Citable items61
Cited half-life10.2 years
Citing half-life10.2 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.300
5-Year Impact Factor2.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.100
Journal Citation Indicator0.670
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank29/76
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW is 2.300 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW?

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW?

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW is listed as being published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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