Urban Structure and Function Studies is an international double-blind peer reviewed quarterly publication which publish high quality papers: Original article, short communication (brief report and communication), review article, systematic review and meta-analysis. USFS is an open access publication.

Financial Policies

Article Processing Charges

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 3000000 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.

Contact Address
Urban Structure and Function Studies
Website: http://shahr.journals.umz.ac.ir/?lang=en
Email: shahr@umz.ac.ir
Editor in Chief Email:  s.lotfi@umz.ac.ir

Executive Manager Email: r.moradnejad@umz.ac.ir
Publisher: University of Mazandaran