About Journal

"Journal of Urban and Regional Policy" with the aim of: theorizing, contemporary methodology, normative and empirical issues in the study of urban and regional policy, political, economic, cultural or demographic developments in urban and regional areas with the permission of publication from The thirtieth session of determining the validity of publications in the field of humanities and art of the Islamic Azad University in the session dated 24/11/2021 in accordance with letter No. 32/56337 / p / will be published quarterly by the Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz.

 "Journal of Urban and Regional Policy" is open access and makes its content freely accessible. and allow readers to 'read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts' of its articles with an appropriate citation to journal. “This journal is following of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the highest ethical standards in accordance with ethical laws”.The journal is open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 and makes its content freely accessible, which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properl.

All submitted manuscripts are checked for similarity through a trustworthy software named Samimnoor to be assured about its originality and then rigorously peer-reviewed by the international reviewers.

 Open Access Statement:

This journal is a full access journal which means that all articles are available on the internet to all users immediately upon publication Non-commercial use and distribution in any medium is permitted, provided the author and the journal are properly credited.

Benefits of open access for authors include:

• Free access for all users worldwide
• Authors retain copyright to their work
• Increased visibility and readership
• Rapid publication
• No spatial constraints

All articles published in "Journal of Urban and Regional Policy" are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download and share. Articles are published under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Definition of Open Access Publication from Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing: An Open Access Publication is one that meets the following two conditions:

1. The author(s) and copyright holder(s) grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a license to copy, use, distribute, transmit and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works, in any digital medium for any responsible purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship , as well as the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal use.
2. A complete version of the work and all supplemental materials, including a copy of the permission as stated above, in a suitable standard electronic format is deposited immediately upon initial publication in at least one online repository that is supported by an academic institution, scholarly society, government agency, or other well-established organization that seeks to enable open access, unrestricted distribution, interoperability, and long-term archiving .

Copyright and License:

CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License)

Copyright of articles in the "Journal of Urban and Regional Policy" is retained by the author(s).

• Authors grant the "Journal of Urban and Regional Policy" a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.
• Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details, and publisher are identified.
• The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License formalizes these and other terms and conditions of publishing articles.

 This license permits audiences to use, reproduce, copy, distribute, transmit disseminate or display the article provided that the author is attributed as the original creator and that the reuse is restricted to non-commercial purposes i.e., research or educational use.

Financial and Article Processing Charge Policy:

All articles published in "Journal of Urban and Regional Policy" are open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication.

Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University supports and pays all the publishing and other costs of "Journal of Urban and Regional Policy" include:

• Article processing charge
• Editorial work: peer review, administrative support
• Technical infrastructure: development, maintenance, and operation of online journal systems and websites;
• Production of articles: formatting, layout design, and mark-up of articles.

Publication fees in the journal are free for authors.