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Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

Frontiers Media SA

SwitzerlandPublic Administration (Q1); Urban Studies (Q1); Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
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Q1Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
34H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.731SJR (2025)
2019-2026Coverage

About Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities is a scholarly journal published by Frontiers Media SA. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.731 and H-index of 34.

Coverage: 2019-2026. Research categories: Public Administration (Q1); Urban Studies (Q1); Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (Q2).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-03-12. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 1175 CHF
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Digital preservationCLOCKSS
Reported submission-to-publication time13 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2019 (not the journal founding year)

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2624-9634
ISSN-L2624-9634
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationFrontiers Media
Publisher country codeCH
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,113
Citations recorded in OpenAlex11,725
OpenAlex H-index44
Years represented in OpenAlex2019–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Urban Green Space and Health; Land Use and Ecosystem Services; Urban Transport and Accessibility; Smart Cities and Technologies; Urban Agriculture and Sustainability; Urban Heat Island Mitigation.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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Jeongsoo Han