Urban Sociological Quarterly, upon permission by the headquarters of Islamic Azad University, has been published as an academic journal by Islamic Azad University- Dehaghan Branch since the year 1390 (2011). Upon the publication of the fourth issue, it was granted the status of “Scientific-Research” by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology (letter #3/243490 dated 27/12/1391). The journal was also granted permission by the Ministry of Islamic Guidance. It is indexed in Islamic Countries’ Citation (ISC), SID, Noor Scientific journals, and Google Scholar and publishes seven articles in each issue. After receiving an article, it is blind-reviewed by at least two evaluators and a small fee has to be paid by the author(s) for evaluation and publication. The journal is a free access one. It is published in Farsi with an English abstract.