Submitting an Article
To submit an article visit: wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/IJUR.

When submitting, authors should accept the following conditions:

• The work in the submission is not published in any other form (book, book chapter, part of a book, etc.). We do not accept book summaries. We do not accept translations of published works. Working papers are admissible except in cases where they have undergone peer review for a series and/or are published on open access platforms that have significant circulation. We do allow submission of works held on pre-print servers.
• The paper is not being submitted to any other journal simultaneously.
• The author is fully authorized to submit the material for publication.
• The author has not used AI programs to write any significant amount of the manuscript, and has fact checked and verified the manuscript and references.
• The author agrees to act as a referee for other submissions to IJURR.
• If accepted, the paper will not be republished without the consent of the publishers.

IJURR does not charge any submission fees, and we do not accept submissions by third-party publishing companies. Authors must submit their own work.

Please note that we are not able to screen papers or abstracts prior to submission.

ABSTRACTS
The key arguments and findings should be outlined in the abstract.  This should be no more than 200 words.

ARTICLES
The journal publishes articles that make an original and critical contribution of a theoretical, or a more empirical nature, to urban and regional research. The journal will not discriminate between qualitative and quantitative analyses, insofar as the article engages adequately with the literature in the relevant field, but also with the broader interdisciplinary field of scholarship promoted by IJURR. Before submitting an article, authors should look at recently published articles to make sure that their work fits into the broader debates and scholarship promoted by IJURR. Articles normally do not exceed 8,000–10,000 words including references.

INTERVENTIONS
The Interventions section of IJURR presents shorter, sometimes contentious essays and collections on recent developments in the field—policy, practice and theory—and occasional coverage of truly groundbreaking convocations, mobilizations and reports. These shouldn’t be research papers, as this section aims to create a space for provocation, critical reflection, heuristic propositions and initial reports on the use of new methodologies. It also features debates centered on articles published in this journal that have prompted controversy, conceptual breakthroughs and strong opinions among IJURR’s readership. Interventions collections must have a strong introduction that situates the argument of the collection as a whole and aims to stimulate discussion and debate. Length of essays should not normally exceed 5,000 words.

SYMPOSIA/CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
These submissions will be on an invite-only basis, in response to the calls put out by the journal. Keep an eye on our website and social media channels for news of any calls.

POLICY ON MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS
Please note that multiple submissions by an author or co-author are not permitted and will be unsubmitted. Only one article may be considered for publication at any one time. The names and institutional email addresses of ALL authors must be provided.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Whilst we do understand that AI tools are increasingly helpful in research and writing, we insist our authors maintain their own voices and uphold standards of academic integrity when utilizing AI. In the interests of transparency, please let us know if you have utilized AI in your research/article with a short disclaimer in your covering letter.

Ensure that you read the Wiley AI Guidelines here: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/publish/book/ai-guidelines.

LANGUAGE STANDARDS POLICY
IJURR actively supports and encourages scholarship from around the globe. The editors do not discriminate against submissions that do not achieve high standards of English. Submissions to IJURR are reviewed on the basis of their original insights—theoretical and empirical—and on the potential to communicate these effectively to international debates. This is a policy that IJURR reviewers are alert to. IJURR provides a high-quality copy editing service to authors once their paper has been accepted for publication, the cost of which is not passed on to the author.

Occasionally, we receive papers written in English that may have publication potential in terms of the research but are not fully comprehensible and cannot be taken forward for review. In these cases, we may ask the author to work alongside a native English speaker familiar with the field of research to produce a manuscript that would be intelligible to the editors and the reviewers.

PRE-SUBMISSION ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITING
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve their English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at http://wileyeditingservices.com/en/english-language-editing/. These services are paid for and arranged by the author, and the use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.

SUPPORTING INFORMATION
IJURR accept articles with extra material supplied for online only publication, including appendices, supplementary figures, sound files, video clips, etc. These will be posted online, with the article. The print version will include a note indicating that extra material is available online. Please note that extra online only material is published as supplied by the author in the same file format and is not copyedited or typeset. Further information about this service can be found at: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/Prepare/manuscript-preparation-guidelines.html/supporting-information.html.

SUBMISSION OF TEXT FILE
The main text should be submitted as a MS Office Word file via the IJURR Research Exchange website: https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/IJUR. Please be sure to select the correct article type, particularly if you are submitting a standalone Interventions essay, or multi-authored Interventions collections. Your submission should include the title and abstract, with author names and contact details supplied separately in a title page, along with key words, acknowledgements and funding information. Please include a covering letter, clearly explaining why the submission is suitable for IJURR.

Please note that IJURR utilizes a double-blind peer review process, and authors are required to anonymize obvious or identifying references to their own work.

TABLES AND FIGURES
Tables can be embedded into the document. Do not embed figures or images in your text file but upload them as separate documents and indicate the placement of figures in the text file (INSERT FIGURE 1). Captions and sources /credits should accompany each figure, and publication details of data sources must be listed in the text file references.

On revision, figures should be submitted in the form of completed artwork suitable for reproduction and must conform to the appropriate formats and resolutions. Captions, sources and notes should be provided in a separate file. Further details will be provided by the office at this stage.

For more information on figures, please visit: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/Prepare/manuscript-preparation-guidelines.html/figure-preparation.html

REFERENCES
The journal welcomes both Harvard and Chicago reference systems. As a general rule, newspaper articles, historical archives and legal cases should be referenced in the footnotes in both systems. Upon first submission, all references should be given in full, with access dates for any webpages. More information can be found in our Author Style Guide. 

Please note you MUST verify all your references before you submit to the journal. We do understand authors may use AI programs to assist with citations, but these must be checked by the author before submission. 

PEER REVIEW
All IJURR submissions will undergo an internal editorial review. If a paper goes forward for peer review, it will undergo a double-blind peer review process. Each paper will be reviewed anonymously by 2–3 referees.

AUTHOR SERVICES
Author Services enables authors to track their article, once it enters production, through the production process to publication online. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated emails at key stages of production. Visit  Author Services for more details on online production tracking and for additional resources.

OPEN ACCESS
Please check with your institution for Open Access funding and any publisher agreements that may be in place. You can apply for Open Access publication when your article has been accepted and enters production.

PROOFS
An email will be sent to the corresponding author’s email address with a link to the proofs for checking. Specific queries may have been raised during proof preparation, and these will need to be addressed. You can make edits to the proofs at this stage.

PERMISSIONS
Authors must obtain permission to reproduce copyrighted maps and diagrams. Full information of work cited¾author, date, publisher and page references¾should be given for all maps, diagrams and figures. Further information on copyrights is available here: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/licensing-info-faqs.html.

COPYRIGHT TRANSFER AGREEMENT/OPEN ACCESS AGREEMENT
Authors will be required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement or an Open Access Agreement for all contributions accepted for publication. Signature of an agreement is a condition of publication and manuscripts will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of a Copyright Transfer Agreement does not affect ownership of copyright in the material.

The journal was founded under the auspices of the ISA Research Committee on the Sociology of Regional and Urban Development.

 Thank you for your cooperation.