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Aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals, this journal explores innovations in our approach to future urban living, to address the challenges cities are facing.

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities aims to develop a multidisciplinary academic approach to life in contemporary and future urban environments. Led by Field Chief Editor Professor James Evans (University of Manchester, U...

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James Evans

The University of Manchester

United Kingdom

Editor-in-Chief

Abdulaziz I. Almulhim

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

Saudi Arabia

Specialty Chief Editor

Planning Sustainable Cities in the Global South

Amalia Zucaro

Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)

Italy

Specialty Chief Editor

Urban Resource Management

Feni Agostinho

Paulista University

Brazil

Specialty Chief Editor

Urban Resource Management

Jan Kosny

University of Massachusetts Lowell

United States

Specialty Chief Editor

Solar Energy in Urban Development

Julie Le Gallo

Institut Agro Dijon

France

Specialty Chief Editor

Urban Economics

Masaru Yarime

Division of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hong Kong, SAR China

Specialty Chief Editor

Innovation and Governance

Matthew Cook

The Open University (United Kingdom)

United Kingdom

Specialty Chief Editor

Smart Technologies and Cities

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Scope

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities aims to develop a multi-disciplinary academic approach to life in contemporary and future urban environments. Led by Field Chief Editor Professor James Evans (University of Manchester, UK) and supported by an outstanding editorial board of international experts, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities brings together prominent scholars, policy makers and key opinion leaders. The journal publishes research on a broad range of topics, from infrastructure and technology to governance, climate change and health, with a focus on achieving sustainable living processes within future urban landscapes. This includes aspects of engineering, human geography and economics, urban and transport planning, urban studies and architecture, social and political science, public health, ecology and environmental science, computer science, and behavioral science. Topics of interest include: cities in the global south climate change and cities health and cities innovation and governance smart technologies and cities social inclusion in cities sustainable infrastructure urban economics urban energy end-use urban greening urban resource management urban transportation systems and mobility. To achieve resilience, environmental health, inclusion, equality, and healthy living in the face of the challenges facing the world today, the journal welcomes research that advances the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science (ESCI) and the DOAJ Manuscripts that focus solely on the future predictions or performance enhancement without a fundamental basis in sustainable urban development are not suitable for publication in this journal. Additionally, studies that are primarily health-focused without a fundamental basis in urban sustainability are not within the scope of this journal. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities is committed to advancing developments in its field by communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future.

Aims

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities aims to develop a multi-disciplinary academic approach to life in contemporary and future urban environments.

Led by Field Chief Editor Professor James Evans (University of Manchester, UK) and supported by an outstanding editorial board of international experts, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities brings together prominent scholars, policy makers and key opinion leaders.

The journal publishes research on a broad range of topics, from infrastructure and technology to governance, climate change and health, with a focus on achieving sustainable living processes within future urban landscapes. This includes aspects of engineering, human geography and economics, urban and transport planning, urban studies and architecture, social and political science, public health, ecology and environmental science, computer science, and behavioral science.

Topics of interest include:

cities in the global south

climate change and cities

health and cities

innovation and governance

smart technologies and cities

social inclusion in cities

sustainable infrastructure

urban economics

urban energy end-use

urban greening

urban resource management

urban transportation systems and mobility.

To achieve resilience, environmental health, inclusion, equality, and healthy living in the face of the challenges facing the world today, the journal welcomes research that advances the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science (ESCI) and the DOAJ

Manuscripts that focus solely on the future predictions or performance enhancement without a fundamental basis in sustainable urban development are not suitable for publication in this journal. Additionally, studies that are primarily health-focused without a fundamental basis in urban sustainability are not within the scope of this journal.

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities is committed to advancing developments in its field by communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike to enable the scientific breakthroughs of the future.

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/about

ISSN
2624-9634
Editor-in-Chief
James Evans (The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom) — Field Chief Editor
Established
2026

Sections

  • Climate Change and Cities

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/climate-change-and-cities

  • Health and Cities

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/health-and-cities

  • Innovation and Governance

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/innovation-and-governance

  • Planning Sustainable Cities in the Global South

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/planning-sustainable-cities-in-the-global-south

  • Smart Technologies and Cities

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/smart-technologies-and-cities

  • Social Inclusion in Cities

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/social-inclusion-in-cities

  • Solar Energy in Urban Development

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/solar-energy-in-urban-development

  • Sustainable Infrastructure

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/sustainable-infrastructure

  • Urban Economics

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/urban-economics

  • Urban Energy End-Use

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/urban-energy-end-use

  • Urban Greening

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/urban-greening

  • Urban Resource Management

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/urban-resource-management

  • Urban Transportation Systems and Mobility

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/sections/urban-transportation-systems-and-mobility

Article types accepted

  • Original Research
  • Systematic Review
  • Methods
  • Review
  • Mini Review
  • Policy and Practice Reviews
  • Hypothesis and Theory
  • Perspective
  • Community Case Study
  • Conceptual Analysis
  • Curriculum
  • Instruction
  • and Pedagogy
  • Data Report
  • Policy Brief
  • Brief Research Report
  • General Commentary
  • Opinion
  • Correction
  • Editorial
  • Specialty Grand Challenge
  • Technology and Code
  • FAIR² Data

Fees and currencies

  • Article processing charges (official)
  • - Category A: CHF 2,195 — Original Research, Systematic Review, Methods, Review, Policy and Practice Reviews, Hypothesis and Theory, Technology and Code
  • - Category B: CHF 1,750 — Mini Review, Perspective, Community Case Study, Conceptual Analysis, Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy, Data Report, Policy Brief, Brief Research Report, General Commentary, Opinion
  • - Category C: CHF 0 — Correction, Editorial
  • Currency: CHF

Fees are charged only after acceptance. Waivers and discounts are available for authors with limited funding.

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Indexing

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  • CNKI Scholar
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  • EBSCO
  • DOAJ
  • Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Scopus
  • ProQuest

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  • Committee on Publication Ethics
  • US Africa Collaborative

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/about

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Accepted article types

  • Original Research (fee category A)
  • Systematic Review (fee category A)
  • Methods (fee category A)
  • Review (fee category A)
  • Mini Review (fee category B)
  • Policy and Practice Reviews (fee category A)
  • Hypothesis and Theory (fee category A)
  • Perspective (fee category B)
  • Community Case Study (fee category B)
  • Conceptual Analysis (fee category B)
  • Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy (fee category B)
  • Data Report (fee category B)
  • Policy Brief (fee category B)
  • Brief Research Report (fee category B)
  • General Commentary (fee category B)
  • Opinion (fee category B)
  • Correction (fee category C)
  • Editorial (fee category C)
  • Specialty Grand Challenge
  • Technology and Code (fee category A)
  • FAIR² Data

Author guidelines

  • https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/for-authors/author-guidelines

Peer review

  • https://www.frontiersin.org/about/peer-review

Journal metrics

Citation score
5.1
Impact indicator
0.70
Articles
50
Total views
0
Downloads
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Citations
10,445

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Official bibliometric indicators

Impact factor
3.3
CiteScore
5.1
Citations
10445
Acceptance rate
33
Time to publication
98

Source: official publisher page · retrieved 2026-10-16

Some values were updated by the editorial office on 2026-10-22.