The Editors invite theoretically informed and robustly researched papers which raise issues at the leading edge of planning theory and practice. Papers on controversial subjects are welcomed and supported. Authors are requested to draw out the wider significance of their particular contribution and to write for a broad disciplinary and international audience.
The journal’s innovative Interface section adopts an original approach to stimulating critical and challenging debate through academic publishing. This includes promoting dialogue between the academic and practitioner communities, encouraging analytical reflection on practice and practical engagement with theory. Each issue of Interface offers a multifaceted investigation of a topical theme, in the form of a series of contributions reflecting on an issue from different perspectives.
The journal’s Comments and Reviews section comprises Policy & Planning Briefs, which provide critical insights into key policy developments and analysis of spatial plans, Book Reviews, and Comments on a current issue and rejoinders to articles previously published.
The range of Planning Theory & Practice includes:
• Developing the theoretical and methodological foundations of planning theory and practice, as well as urban studies more generally;
• Developing the contributions of the planning field to social science, both analytically and normatively;
• Exploring the relationship between theory and practice, including reviews which examine emergent practices and interpret them in the light of current intellectual debates;
• Challenging the impact of intellectual ideas through critical reflection and review;
• Examining policy development in particular fields such as housing, regeneration, transport, urban design, participatory practice, diversity and climate change.
The journal is co-owned by the Royal Town Planning Institute and Taylor & Francis
Recent AESOP Prize Success for PTP
Papers published in the journal have either won or been short-listed for the highly prestigious Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Best Paper Prize for 7 out of the last 8 years. Planning Theory and Practice has been the most successful journal amongst the prestigious entrants in this well-regarded competition.
Peer Review Statement
All research articles submitted to the journal undergo a rigorous peer review process, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least three referees. Interface articles are subject to rigorous peer and editorial review and revision prior to a decision about publication. Comments and Policy & Planning Briefs are commissioned by the Editors, and all commissions are subject to rigorous editorial review and revision before publication.
