Urban Structure and Function Studies is an open access double-blind peer-reviewed quarterly journal, owned, managed, and published by University of Mazandaran since 2013. The journal publishes original full-length articles, reviews, short papers, case-study and letters relevant to all aspects of Urban Geography.

Urban Structure and Function Studies (USFS) is an international, double-blind, peer-reviewed, quarterly journal that publishes high quality articles on all aspects of urban geography. USFS is an open access publication, and the following manuscript formats may be published in the journal Original Article, Short Communication (Brief Report or Short Communication), Review Article, Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Letter to the Editor, Commentary and Editorial.

Financial Policies

Article Processing Charge

Authors pay a two-time Article Processing Charge (APC) to cover the costs of peer review administration and management, professional production of articles. Authors should note that if the article is rejected, the referee fee will not be refunded.

Subscription Fee

The Journal of Urban Structure and Function receives 3500000 Rials for the final publication of the article.

Open Access Policies

USFS is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0). Licensees may copy, distribute, display and make derivative works only if they cite the original published article.
Publication Policies
USFS  is following of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the highest ethical standards in accordance with ethical laws.