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About the Urban Informatics format

Urban Informatics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer Nature, covering Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Transport and Accessibility.

PublisherSpringer Nature
Reference styleSuperscript numbered (Nature)
Superscript — small raised numerals in the text
1. Smith, A., Jones, B. & Lee, C. A representative article title. Urban Informatics 12, 45–58 (2023).

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Publishes research inHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Land Use and Ecosystem Services Urban Transport and Accessibility Smart Cities and Technologies Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques
ISSN2731-6963
Citation impact (2-yr)6.27
h-index17
i10-index32
Total citations991
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereTexas A&M University
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Papers published in Urban Informatics per year

40
2022
8
2023
34
2024
26
2025

Citation impact of Urban Informatics by publication year

438
2022
52
2023
390
2024
65
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Urban Informatics

Leveraging generative AI for urban digital twins: a scoping review on the autonomous generation of urban data, scenarios, designs, and 3D city models for smart city advancement

Haowen Xu, Olufemi A. Omitaomu, Soheil Sabri et al. · 14 Oct 2024

Abstract The digital transformation of modern cities by integrating advanced information, communication, and computing technologies has marked the epoch of data-driven smart city applications for efficient and sustainable urban management. Despite their effectiveness, these applications often rely on massive amounts of high-dimensional and multi-domain data for monitoring and characterizing different urban sub-systems, presenting challenges in…

Traffic flow prediction using bi-directional gated recurrent unit method

Shengyou Wang, Chunfu Shao, Jie Zhang et al. · 1 Dec 2022

Traffic flow prediction plays an important role in intelligent transportation systems. To accurately capture the complex non-linear temporal characteristics of traffic flow, this paper adopts a Bi-directional Gated Recurrent Unit (Bi-GRU) model in traffic flow prediction. Compared to Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), which can memorize information from the previous sequence, this model can memorize the…

An integrated cyberGIS and machine learning framework for fine-scale prediction of Urban Heat Island using satellite remote sensing and urban sensor network data

Fangzheng Lyu, Shaohua Wang, Su Yeon Han et al. · 9 Sep 2022

Abstract Due to climate change and rapid urbanization, Urban Heat Island (UHI), featuring significantly higher temperature in metropolitan areas than surrounding areas, has caused negative impacts on urban communities. Temporal granularity is often limited in UHI studies based on satellite remote sensing data that typically has multi-day frequency coverage of a particular urban area. This…

Integrating space syntax with spatial interaction

Michael Batty · 9 Sep 2022

Abstract In this paper, we attempt to compare space syntax with spatial interaction. At one level, these two approaches to urban spatial structure are non-comparable. Space syntax is largely a descriptive technique for visualising spatial relations at the level of connections between places while spatial interaction is a predictive model that forecasts how much travel…

Urban land cover mapping with Sentinel-2: a spectro-spatio-temporal analysis

Fei Xu, Stien Heremans, Ben Somers · 2 Oct 2022

Abstract Because of its high spatial resolution (10 m and 20 m), rich spectral information (10 spectral bands), and short revisit period (5 days), Sentinel-2 provides new opportunities for earth observation. However, in urban environments, data limitations in the spatial and spectral dimensions constrain Sentinel-2’s performance: (i) the spatial resolution of Sentinel-2 is not sufficient…

Urban Informatics template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Urban Informatics use?
Urban Informatics uses Superscript numbered (Nature) references, shown as superscript numerals in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith, A., Jones, B. & Lee, C. A representative article title. Urban Informatics 12, 45–58 (2023).
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