Trend Analysis and genealogy of published articles in the Journal of Town and Country Planning from Volume 1 to Volume 16

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Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Associated prof at University of Tehran

2 Master of Science (M.Sc.) in land use Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jtcp.2026.409854.670548

Abstract

Town and Country planning or organizing the land has attracted the attention of many countries in recent years. The present study aims to analyze the articles published in the Journal of Town and Country Planning (Amayesh-e Sarzamin) of College of Farabi, University of Tehran. This research is fundamental in purpose. The dominant approach in this study is inductive and it uses a qualitative method. The statistical population of the research... (Note: original text had incomplete sentence) The data collection method of the research is library-based. By reviewing the journal's sixteen issues from 2009 to 2024 (1388 to 1403 in the Iranian calendar), four subjects were evaluated: the research methods of the articles in terms of quantitative, qualitative, or mixed approaches; the authors’ universities; the article topics; and the case study regions of the articles. After necessary indexing, the resulting data were finally plotted as charts using Excel. The findings showed that, from the first to the latest issue of the journal, more than 60 percent of the published articles were quantitative, with qualitative and mixed-method articles ranking next. In terms of the number of published articles across the sixteen issues, the University of Tehran has published the largest number of articles in this journal, followed by the Islamic Azad University, which has contributed articles in all issues. The most frequent topics published across the issues of this journal are, in order: sustainable development, theoretical topics, various urban topics, urban development, and location-allocation (site selection). Among the country’s 31 provinces, Tehran Province accounts for the highest number of articles published in the Journal of Town and Country Planning. After Tehran, Razavi Khorasan Province ranks next with articles published across nine issues of this journal.

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Town and Country Planning

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 24 February 2026

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  • Receive Date: 20 January 2026
  • Revise Date: 21 February 2026
  • Accept Date: 24 February 2026

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