About Future Cities

Future Cities is an open access, peer reviewed journal that focuses on solving complex urban challenges by advancing cutting-edge research in sustainability, resilience, digitalisation, and people-centric design and governance. The journal aligns to multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.

You can publish an open access article in this gold open access journal by paying an article processing charge (APC).

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Research Article — up to 5000 words
  • Case Study — up to 5000 words
  • Practitioner Paper — up to 2000 words
  • Technical Paper — up to 5000 words
  • Editorial — up to 2000 words

Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.

Reference style

Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.

Keywords

Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.

Peer review type

Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.

Open access options

This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.

ORCiD

All authors, including co‑authors, must have a valid ORCiD. Visit the ORCiD website to register.

Accepted languages

This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.

Accepted submission files

Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.

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Calls for papers

Closes: 31st December 2026

This Special Issue establishes a research agenda for conflict-resilient cities, advancing interdisciplinary approaches to resilient planning, digital innovation, inclusive governance, and sustainable...

Guest editor(s): Dr Nadiia Kopiika, Dr Giorgia Giardina, Dr Ivan Brusak, Prof Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis

Closes: 31st March 2027

This special issue seeks research on renewing ageing urban infrastructure to keep cities safe, resilient and liveable as climate extremes intensify and AI transforms engineering.

Guest editor(s): Daguang Han, Long Chen, Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis, Pingbo Tang

Open access articles

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Editorial information

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis, Professor and Founding Director of the Centre for Global Infrastructure Resilience, Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London - United Kingdom

 

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