Australasian Cities at the Crossroads: Navigating Legacy, Innovation & Sustainability

Topic Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Topic brings together selected full papers from the State of Australian Cities (SOAC) Conference 2025, held in Brisbane. SOAC is Australia’s leading urban research conference, addressing critical challenges in planning, sustainability, housing, transport, and governance.

Under the theme Australasian Cities at the Crossroads: Navigating Legacy, Innovation & Sustainability, this collection will showcase extended versions of high-quality conference papers and additional contributions aligned with SOAC themes, including urban futures, spatial planning, green infrastructure, smart cities, and socio-economic resilience. By publishing across multiple MDPI journals, this Topic aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and advance research on sustainable urban development in Australia and globally.

We invite researchers to submit comprehensive reviews, empirical studies, and conceptual papers that contribute to shaping resilient, inclusive, and sustainable cities.

Dr. Mirko Guaralda
Dr. Alessio Russo
Dr. Sara Alidoust
Dr. Sebastien Darchen
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Earth earth	3.4	5.9	2020	21.3 Days	CHF 1400	Submit
Economies economies	2.1	4.7	2013	23.1 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Geographies geographies	1.7	2.9	2021	19.5 Days	CHF 1200	Submit
Land land	3.2	5.9	2012	17.5 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Regional Science and Environmental Economics rsee	-	-	2024	15.0 days *	CHF 1000	Submit
Smart Cities smartcities	5.5	14.7	2018	25.2 Days	CHF 2000	Submit
World world	1.9	-	2020	24.7 Days	CHF 1200	Submit

* Median value for all MDPI journals in the second half of 2025.

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