About the journal
Discover Cities is an open-access journal published by Springer in Switzerland, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared review time at DOAJ: 17 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Springer
- ISSN
- 3004-8311
- Country
- Switzerland
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Articles in DOAJ
- 300
- Declared review time
- 17 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://link.springer.com/journal/44327
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2025-03-05
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 17 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
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Articles in DOAJ
300
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
17weeks
Works in OpenAlex
293
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
11
i10-index
16
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy11
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2026-03-17
- Added to DOAJ
- 2025-03-05
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Not declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 100%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 38%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity2
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 9918900816706676
Classification4
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Show all subjects (50)
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Noise Effects and Management
- Noise Effects and Management
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Transportation and Mobility Innovations
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Transportation and Mobility Innovations
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification
- Place Attachment and Urban Studies
- Place Attachment and Urban Studies
Keywords (DOAJ)
- smart cities
- urban planning
- urban energy
- sustainable cities
- urban climate
- built environment
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