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Frontiers in Sustainable Cities Template

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Frontiers in Sustainable Cities is a peer-reviewed journal published by Frontiers, covering Urban Green Space and Health, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Transport and Accessibility. Over its lifetime it has published 1,047 papers, which have received 10,672 citations.

PublisherFrontiers
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inUrban Green Space and Health Land Use and Ecosystem Services Urban Transport and Accessibility Smart Cities and Technologies Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
ISSN2624-9634
Citation impact (2-yr)2.98
h-index42
i10-index334
Article processing charge$950
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Johannesburg
Journal websitewww.frontiersin.org
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Papers published in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities per year

9
2019
62
2020
150
2021
204
2022
127
2023
116
2024
202
2025

Citation impact of Frontiers in Sustainable Cities by publication year

323
2019
1.6K
2020
3.7K
2021
2.3K
2022
1.1K
2023
757
2024
571
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

Urban Artificial Intelligence: From Automation to Autonomy in the Smart City

Federico Cugurullo · 30 Jul 2020

Technological innovation is constantly reshaping the materiality and mechanics of alleged smart cities. Recently, innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) in the shape of self-driving cars, robots and city brains, has been pushing the so-called smart city to morph into an autonomous urban creature which is largely unknown. In this emerging strand of smart urbanism, artificially…

Inhalation Exposure to Atmospheric Nanoparticles and Its Associated Impacts on Human Health: A Review

Saurabh Sonwani, Simran Madaan, Jagjot Arora et al. · 18 Aug 2021

Nanoparticles (NPs) are receiving an increasing attention from many scientific communities due to their strong influence on human health. NPs are an important marker of air pollution caused by a variety of natural and anthropogenic sources. Due to their ultrafine size, they can be suspended in the atmosphere for a long time and can thus…

Keeping Track of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Progress and Targets in 167 Cities Worldwide

Ting Wei, Junliang Wu, Shaoqing Chen · 12 Jul 2021

Actions in cities shape the outcome of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mitigation and our climate change response. Accurate and consistent carbon inventories are essential for identifying the main sources of emissions and global comparison of carbon reduction progress and would help inform targeted policies for low-carbon transition. To identify the effectiveness of historical carbon reduction…

Climate Change and Cities: Challenges Ahead

Prashant Kumar · 25 Feb 2021

Climate change is the most significant threat to life on Earth. It results from natural and anthropogenic emissions of air pollutants, especially greenhouse gases (GHGs), causing large-scale effects on the climate In other words, the complicated relationship between air pollution and climate change is primarily driven by GHGs Water vapor, ozone (O 3 ), nitrous…

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Frontiers in Sustainable Cities use?
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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Frontiers journal. It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by Frontiers.
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