Information For Librarians

The Journal of Planner and Development (JPD) provides librarians with bibliographic, access, repository, policy, and platform information to support accurate library listing, responsible scholarly access, and integration within institutional discovery services.

Library Listing, Discovery, and Repository Information

Library Listing and Discovery Services

Research librarians are encouraged to list the Journal of Planner and Development (JPD) among their library’s electronic journal holdings, discovery services, institutional repositories, and subject guides related to urban and regional planning, urban design, sustainable development, environmental planning, spatial analysis, geoinformatics, and built environment studies.

Journal Profile Information

JPD is a peer-reviewed, open access academic journal published by the Center of Urban and Regional Planning for Postgraduate Studies , University of Baghdad. Librarians may review the journal’s profile, aims, scope, publishing frequency, ISSN information, and editorial scope through the About the Journal page.

Cataloguing and Access

For cataloguing and indexing purposes, librarians may refer to the journal’s main bibliographic information, including the print ISSN and electronic ISSN, and may provide access to the Current Issue and the full Archives.

Journal Policies for Library Records

Librarians may also consult the journal’s Journal Policies, Peer Review Policy, Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, and Copyright and Licensing pages to support accurate library records and responsible scholarly access.

Institutional Repository Access

The journal’s content may also be accessed through the University of Baghdad Digital Repository, where applicable.

Publishing Platform

This journal uses the open source Open Journal Systems (OJS) publishing platform developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). Librarians and academic institutions interested in supporting faculty-led scholarly publishing may refer to OJS as a platform suitable for managing peer-reviewed academic journals.

Privacy Statement

The journal respects user privacy. Names, email addresses, and other information entered on the journal website are used only for the stated purposes of the journal and are not made available for unrelated purposes. For more information, please see the journal’s Privacy Statement.