Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Urban Aff. Rev. Language English | Publisher SAGE Publications | |
Former names Urban Affairs Quarterly Edited by Peter Burns, Jered Carr, Annette Steinacker, Antonio Fernando Tavares | ||
Urban Affairs Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of urban studies, including urban policy, urban economic development and residential and community development. The journal's editors-in-chief are Peter Burns (Loyola University New Orleans), Jered Carr (University of Illinois at Chicago), Annette Steinacker (Loyola University Chicago), and Antonio Fernando Tavares (University of the Minho). Jered B. Carr (University of Illinois at Chicago) serves as Managing Editor. It was established in 1965 as Urban Affairs Quarterly and obtained its current title in 1996. It is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.
Abstracting and indexing
Urban Affairs Review is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2013 impact factor is 1.293, ranking it 15 out of 38 journals in the category "Urban Studies".