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Join Our Reviewer Community – Journal of Planner and Development (JPD)

Journal of Planner and Development (JPD) invites qualified academics, researchers, and professionals in the fields of urban and regional planning, urban design, sustainable development, environmental planning, spatial analysis, geoinformatics, planning technologies, urban systems, and socio-spatial development to join its reviewer community.

Peer reviewers play an essential role in supporting the journal’s commitment to academic quality, research integrity, and transparent scholarly publishing. Through their expertise, reviewers assist the editorial team in evaluating the originality, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, clarity, and scholarly contribution of submitted manuscripts.

Areas of Expertise

  • Urban and regional planning theory and practice
  • Sustainable development and environmental planning
  • Urban design, housing, and built environment studies
  • Spatial analysis, GIS, remote sensing, and geoinformatics
  • Smart cities, artificial intelligence, and planning technologies
  • Urban systems, urban economy, and socio-spatial dynamics
  • Urban governance, planning policy, resilience, and climate adaptation
  • Heritage, public spaces, spatial justice, and urban morphology

Reviewer Responsibilities

Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, timely, and confidential evaluations. Reviewer reports should help authors improve the academic quality of their manuscripts and support the editorial team in making fair and well-informed publication decisions.

Who Can Apply?

Applications are welcomed from academics, researchers, and professionals who have a PhD or advanced academic/research qualification in a relevant field, recognized expertise related to the journal’s scope, and the ability to provide fair, critical, and constructive peer review reports.

How to Join

Interested reviewers are invited to complete the reviewer registration form by clicking the icon below:

Reviewer Registration Form

The editorial office will review submitted applications according to academic expertise, publication record, relevance to the journal’s scope, and current reviewer needs.

Journal of Planner and Development (JPD) appreciates the valuable contribution of peer reviewers in strengthening scholarly publishing and advancing high-quality research in urban and regional planning.