Overview
Discover Cities is an open access journal publishing research from across the interdisciplinary area of urban science.
The publication costs for Discover Cities are covered by Springer Nature until 30 August 2024. Authors whose articles are accepted for publication before that date will not pay an article-processing charge - see submission guidelines. Current charge: £0/$0/€0 Standard charge: £890.00/$1240.00/€1040.00.
- Topics include urban planning and engineering, city infrastructure and energy, social sciences relating to urban life and more.
- A Discover journal focused on speed of submission and review, service, and integrity.
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Journal updates
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Writing your manuscript: interactive author tutorials
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Introducing In Review
In Review, a new preprint service brought to you by Research Square, is available on Discover Cities. By opting in to this service, you will be able to:
- Showcase your work to funders and others with a citable preprint while it is under review
- Track the status of your manuscript through the peer review process on a more granular level
- Benefit from early sharing, such as more collaboration opportunities and earlier citations.
See the full range of benefits of In Review and how to opt-in
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Topical Collections
The journal publishes guest-edited Topical Collections on emerging hot topics of relevance to all aspects of urban science. Our Topical Collections allow readers to quickly identify research on subject areas of particular interest to them.
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 3004-8311
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
- Copyright information