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Urban Studies Template

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About the Urban Studies format

Urban Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism, Housing Market and Economics, Urban Planning and Governance. Over its lifetime it has published 10,858 papers, which have received 341,697 citations.

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

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Publishes research inHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Housing Market and Economics Urban Planning and Governance Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Urbanization and City Planning
ISSN0042-0980
Citation impact (2-yr)2.47
h-index226
i10-index4,655
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Glasgow
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Urban Studies per year

260
2014
269
2015
260
2016
200
2017
179
2018
225
2019
215
2020
199
2021
172
2022
203
2023
187
2024
218
2025

Citation impact of Urban Studies by publication year

12.4K
2014
11.8K
2015
9.9K
2016
8.3K
2017
7.2K
2018
9.3K
2019
7.1K
2020
5.1K
2021
2.7K
2022
2.5K
2023
899
2024
419
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Urban Studies

Social Cohesion, Social Capital and the Neighbourhood

Ray Forrest, Ade Kearns · 1 Nov 2001

In current theoretical and policy debates concerning social cohesion, the neighbourhood has re-emerged as an important setting for many of the processes which supposedly shape social identity and life-chances. It is in this context of a renewal of interest in local social relations and particularly the deployment of notions of social capital that this paper…

1,697 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Governance Innovation and the Citizen: The Janus Face of Governance-beyond-the-State

E Swyngedouw · 1 Oct 2005

This paper focuses on the fifth dimension of social innovation-i.e. political governance. Although largely neglected in the mainstream 'innovation' literature, innovative governance arrangements are increasingly recognised as potentially significant terrains for fostering inclusive development processes. International organisations like the EU and the World Bank, as well as leading grass-roots movements, have pioneered new and more…

1,554 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Smartmentality: The Smart City as Disciplinary Strategy

Alberto Vanolo · 11 Jul 2013

The paper analyses the concept of the smart city in critical perspective, focusing on the power/knowledge implications for the contemporary city. On the one hand, smart city policies support new ways of imagining, organising and managing the city and its flows; on the other, they impress a new moral order on the city by introducing…

1,356 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Industrial Clusters: Complexes, Agglomeration and/or Social Networks?

Ian R. Gordon, Philip McCann · 1 Mar 2000

The concept of industrial clusters has attracted much attention during the past decade, both as descriptive of an increasingly important phenomenon and as a basis for effective public intervention in the economies of lagging city-regions. However, there is much ambiguity in the way in which this concept is used, presenting an obstacle both to empirical…

1,261 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Concept of Employability

Ronald McQuaid, Colin Lindsay · 1 Feb 2005

The concept of 'employability' plays a crucial role in informing labour market policy in the UK, the EU and beyond. This paper analyses current and previous applications of the term and discusses its value as an exploratory concept and a framework for policy analysis. It then traces the development of the concept, discusses its role…

1,202 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Urban Studies template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Urban Studies format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Urban Studies template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Urban Studies use?
Urban Studies 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', Urban Studies, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Urban Studies?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Urban Studies document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Urban Studies template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Urban Studies format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Urban Studies?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Urban Studies PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Urban Studies template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Urban Studies template cost?
You can start writing in the Urban Studies template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Urban Studies PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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