Urban Affairs Review
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.
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 |
| John Mollenkopf | The Graduate Center – CUNY, 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 |
| Qinfang Wang | University of California, Riverside, USA |
| Rachel Nicole Weber | University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
| Diane Wong | Rutgers University, USA |
| 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.
Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) guidelines. 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. Word count totals include all text, endnotes, references, tables and figures.
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.
Manuscript Types
Articles
Articles provide significant theoretical contributions to important questions of politics, governance, and public policy specifically as they relate to cities and/or their regions. Diverse disciplinary perspectives are encouraged, but submissions should contribute to important literatures in urban politics, institutions, and policies relevant to the research questions. Comparative empirical research is especially welcome, as are submissions from diverse methodological perspectives. Manuscripts submitted as articles should not exceed 12,000 words.
UAR does not publish special issues, but does publish sets of articles as symposia or colloquies. Symposia are sets of 3-5 articles providing greater depth on an important topic of broad interest among urban scholars. UAR symposia generally do not include an introductory article, and each article in the proposed set is assessed independently of the others and as such must provide a sufficient contribution on its own to merit publication. Colloquies are sets of articles featuring an exchange of perspectives about an important topic. Colloquies are typically comprised of an initial essay, followed by 3-5 shorter essays engaging the initial essay, and ending with a short response from the author(s) of the initial essay. Colloquies can be developed around a highly influential book or differing perspectives on an important issue. Proposals for symposia and colloquies should be sent to Richardson Dilworth at urban.affairs.review@gmail.com.
Research Note
Research notes serve one of two functions. First, it provides a validation of, an addendum to, an extension of, or a refutation of a single point or concept that is established in previous research or significant policy debates. The conclusion and/or discussion section(s) must be sufficiently developed to highlight the importance of the findings and make clear how they should affect future research. Second, it provides a targeted call to other researchers, such as to introduce a new idea or to suggest a new methodology. Both types of research note require only minimal and narrowly targeted reference to the body of research, and no exploration of a broader literature – just enough to point readers to the established research that the note addresses or takes as its point of departure. Manuscripts submitted as research notes should not exceed 6,000 words.
Research Synthesis
Research syntheses serve several different purposes, including critically assessing a body of theory or empirical research, articulating what is known about a phenomenon and ways to advance research about it, and identifying influential variables and effect sizes associated with an existing body of empirical research. The research synthesis should include a systematic and reproducible search strategy and articulate clear criteria for inclusion of studies in the analysis. Meta-analyses that statistically combine studies to determine an overall effect or effect size of one variable on another are welcome, as are research syntheses that do not use formal meta-analytic methods. Manuscripts submitted as research syntheses should not exceed 12,000 words.
Book Review Essay
Book review essays are short scholarly pieces that compare and contrast the contributions of the multiple books (or selected portions of the books) under review. These essays identify key themes or critical issues across the set of books, position key contributions within larger bodies of literature, and assess the impact of each book to understanding the overarching topic or topic areas. Book review essays are not a compilation of multiple book reviews. Their purpose is not to provide a thorough content description and book review essays need not consider each of the subject books completely or equally. Manuscripts submitted as book review essays should not exceed 6,000 words. Proposals for book review essays should be sent to Jill Simone Gross, CUNY Hunter College at urbanaffairsbookreviews@gmail.com.
UAR publishes reviews of individual books on the Urban Affairs Forum (https://urbanaffairsreview.com/).
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
Richardson Dilworth, Managing Editor
Emily Holloway, Associate Managing Editor
Drexel University
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.
At Sage, we are committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research. Where relevant, The Journal encourages authors to share their research data in a suitable public repository subject to ethical considerations and where data is included, to add a data accessibility statement in their manuscript file. Authors should also follow data citation principles. For more information please visit the Sage Author Gateway, which includes information about Sage’s partnership with the data repository Figshare.