Urban Affairs Review
Economics & Development Studies | Geography, Earth & Environmental Science | Urban Planning
Urban Affairs Review (UAR) has been a leading scholarly journal focused on urban politics, policy, and governance for fifty years. Submissions reflecting different scholarly disciplines and methodological perspectives are welcome when the research advances theory and improves our understanding of political processes, policy impacts, and approaches to governance in urban, regional, and metropolitan settings. The Urban Affairs Review is affiliated with American Political Science Association’s section on Urban Politics.
Urban Affairs Review is a peer-reviewed, bi-monthly journal focused on questions of politics, governance, and public policy specifically as they relate to cities and/or their regions. Submissions of empirical and comparative research from different scholarly disciplines and methodological perspectives are encouraged. UAR publishes articles, research notes, research syntheses, and book review essays.
Potential topics include: civic and political engagement; racial and ethnic politics; local and regional institutions; municipal fiscal health; and analyses of urban public policies directed at community development; economic, civic, and environmental sustainability; public education, affordable housing, public transportation, public safety, and physical infrastructure.
Please direct all questions regarding the status of submitted manuscripts to:
Urban Affairs Review Editorial Office
Richard Dilworth, Managing Editor
Emily Holloway, Assistant Managing Editor
Drexel University
Email: urban.affairs.review@gmail.com
Blog: http://urbanaffairsreview.com
UAR is grateful for the support provided by Drexel University.
Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/UAR.
Urban Affairs Reveiw (UAR) is a leading scholarly journal on urban issues and themes. For almost five decades scholars, researchers, policymakers, planners, and administrators have turned to UAR for the latest international research and empirical analysis on the programs and policies that shape our cities. UAR covers: urban policy; urban economic development; residential and community development; governance and service delivery; comparative/international urban research; and social, spatial, and cultural dynamics.
| Richardson Dilworth | Drexel University, USA |
| Maureen Donaghy | Rutgers University, USA |
| Christina Greer | Fordham University, USA |
| Mara Sidney | Rutgers University, USA |
| Timothy Weaver | SUNY Albany, USA |
| Yue Zhang | University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
| Emily Holloway | Drexel University, USA |
| Emily Holloway | Drexel University, USA |
| Jill Simone Gross | Hunter College – CUNY, USA |
| Adam Auerbach | American University, USA |
| Stefanie Chambers | Trinity College, USA |
| Jonathan E. Collins | Brown University, USA |
| Margaret Cowell | Virginia Tech, USA |
| Nyron Crawford | Temple University, USA |
| Katherine Einstein | Boston University, USA |
| Michael Javen Fortner | Claremont McKenna College, USA |
| Sekou Franklin | Middle Tennessee State University, USA |
| Keneshia Grant | Howard University, USA |
| Megan E. Hatch | Cleveland State University, USA |
| Veronica Herrera | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| Annika Marlen Hinze | Fordham University, USA |
| Mirya Holman | Tulane University, USA |
| Sara Hughes | University of Michigan, USA |
| Nazia Hussain | University of Tokyo, Japan |
| David Imbroscio | University of Louisville, USA |
| Kyle A. Jaros | University of Notre Dame, USA |
| Cedric Johnson | University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
| David Kaufmann | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Vlad Kogan | The Ohio State University, USA |
| Loren B. Landau | |
| J. Celeste Lay | Tulane University, USA |
| Jack Lucas | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Xiao Ma | Peking University, China |
| Eduardo Marques | University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Heike Mayer | University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Steve McGovern | Haverford University, USA |
| Jonathan Metzger | KTH Royal Technology, Sweden |
| Scott Minkoff | New Paltz - SUNY, USA |
| Eduardo Moncada | Barnard College, USA |
| Domingo Morel | Rutgers University, USA |
| Jen Nelles | Oxford Brookes University, USA |
| Ashley E. Nickels | Kent State University, USA |
| Sally Nuamah | Northwestern University, USA |
| Jeffrey Paller | University of San Francisco, USA |
| Eleonora Pasotti | University of California, Santa Cruz, USA |
| Alison Post | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Benjamin L. Read | University of California, Santa Cruz, USA |
| Akira Drake Rodriguez | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Daniel S. Scheller | University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA |
| Eric Stokan | University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA |
| Richard Stren | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Stacey Sutton | University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
| Jessica Trounstine | University of California, Merced, USA |
| Jeremy Wallace | Cornell University, USA |
| Qinfang Wang | University of California, Riverside, USA |
| Diane Wong | Rutgers University, USA |
| Yang Yu | Renmin University of China, China |
| Eric Zeemering | University of Georgia, USA |
| Andrew Zitcer | Drexel University, USA |
Urban Affairs Review (UAR) now has moved to an online submission system (SAGE Track). By doing so Urban Affairs Review will further streamline the process from initial submission by author(s) through publication. In addition, authors will be able to track the status of their manuscript through the review process.
In order to effectively manage this transition, the journal requests that you use the following guidelines when making your submission.
- Submit manuscripts electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uar
- In order to submit a manuscript, the corresponding author must create an account on the online system.
- Additional information about creating an account and submitting manuscripts are also provided on the website.
In addition, be aware that submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in the journal. Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not simultaneously submit them to another journal, nor should manuscripts have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content.
General Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) guidelines. Articles and Research Synthesis manuscripts should not exceed 12,000 words (approximately 30 pages) and Research Notes should not exceed 5,600 words (approximately 14 pages). These limits are provided as a guide to authors and longer versions (particularly for Research Notes) may be considered. Word count totals include all text, endnotes, references, tables and figures.
All text, endnotes, and references should be typed and double-spaced, with one-inch margins. An abstract of approximately 150 words should accompany the manuscript. Manuscripts must be submitted in 12pt, Times New Roman font.
UAR utilizes a double-blind review process to evaluate manuscripts for publication. The author(s) identity must not be indicated on the title page or any other place in the document submitted and all obvious references that reveal the author(s) identity, including previous work, should be omitted in the version submitted for review. Please do not upload a second title page listing the author information. Sagetrack captures author information as part of the submission process, making this additional title page unnecessary.
For any other queries regarding the submission process please consult the UAR Blog http://urbanaffairsreview.com or contact the managing editor at urban.affairs.review@gmail.com. Here are the contact details of the editorial office:
Urban Affairs Review Editorial Office
Jered B. Carr, Managing Editor
Elizabeth Motyka, Assistant Managing Editor
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
University of Illinois at Chicago
Email: urban.affairs.review@gmail.com
Blog: http://urbanaffairsreview.com
If you or your funder wish your article to be freely available online to nonsubscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Choice, subject to the payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you are choosing SAGE Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit SAGE Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at SAGE, including self/author archiving deposits (green open access) visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.