Established in 2010, Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning (JSSP) is a biannual, peer-reviewed, open access journal, edited in English by the Centre for Research on Settlements and Urbanism, Faculty of Geography, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning is mainly addressed to geographers, young researchers and also to other specialists in adjacent fields of research that focus their attention on aspects related to settlements and spatial planning. Moreover, it strongly encourages representatives of the public administration, who are responsible with the practical implementation of planning projects, to bring their contribution to the scientific field.
Scholars are therefore welcome to contribute with their work and enhance interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research on settlements and spatial planning.
Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning seeks to publish theoretical and applied original research studies and review papers on a large range of subjects related to urban and rural settlements and urban and regional planning, namely:
Settlement-related subjects: localization and spatial distribution * identity and typology * architecture and design * inner structure and functional zoning * technical infrastructures * public transport and urban circulation * urban and rural economy * urban and rural landscape * polarization areas, systems of settlements * urban and rural development policies * future design patterns.
Spatial Planning-related subjects: current issues and trends in land-use planning and urban design * theories and models for sustainable development * demographic and socio-economic assessments * technical infrastructure planning * natural resources – evaluation, use and impact * geographical risk in spatial planning * environmental assessments * landscape planning * agriculture, forestry, alternative land-use, mining areas * tourism planning * applying GIS to spatial planning * alternative sources of energy and territorial development.
Online First policy. In the interest of both authors and readers, we adopted the online first policy. This aims to offer full access to the research results at the earliest date possible, thus reducing the time before submission and publication of a manuscript. Manuscripts accepted for publication will be assigned a DOI and will be available for reading and citation even before the date of the regular publication (be it June or December of a certain year).
Publication charges. The APC associated with the publication in the Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning is of 150 Euro/article. According to our policy, a 25% fee waiver is applied to articles whose first authors are Master, PhD or postdoctoral students. Authors in this position should contact the editorial board and confirm their quality by providing a Confirmation Letter from the institution they are affiliated to. In this case the Article Processing Charge will be of 113 Euro. All costs will be charged only upon the acceptance of their manuscripts for publication.
For more information on the journal's policies, please check Editorial policies.
Indexation. Currently, our journal is indexed in the following international databases: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), Scopus, ProQuest, UlrichsWEB
The latest metrics of JSSP calculated by Clarivate Analytics (JCR 2023): IF = 0.7; AIS = 0.107; JCI = 0.32