Abbreviated title (ISO 4) J. Urban Hist. Language English Publisher SAGE Publications | Discipline Urban Studies Edited by David R. Goldfield Publication history 1974-present | |
The Journal of Urban History is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of urban studies. The editor-in-chief is David R. Goldfield (University of North Carolina at Charlotte). It was established in 1974 and is published by SAGE Publications in association with the Urban History Association.
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History
The journal published its first issue in November 1974. Raymond A. Mohl served as editor from the inaugural issue until the position was passed on to Blaine Brownwell in 1977. Mohl's first editorial noted that the journal would necessarily encompass a variety of subjects, methodologies, and interpretations of urbanity since the emerging field of urban history was, as an editor described it, a "big tent."
Editors
The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of the journal:
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2015 impact factor is 0.178.