About us

Locke Science is an academic publisher with a long-standing commitment to advancing scholarship in the built environment and related disciplines. Since 1984, Locke Science has published the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (JAPR), supporting rigorous, peer-reviewed work in architecture, planning, and environmental design. Building on this legacy and responding to emerging research needs, Locke Science expanded its portfolio in 2023 with the launch of two new peer-reviewed titles: the Journal of Management and Planning Research (JMPR) and the Journal of Urban Development and Smart Cities (JUDSC)—broadening its mission to include management and planning research as well as interdisciplinary smart city and urban development studies.

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Our Mission

Locke Science is committed to advancing high-quality, peer-reviewed research that strengthens knowledge and practice in architecture, planning, management, and urban development. Our mission is to provide trusted scholarly platforms that promote academic integrity, methodological rigor, and interdisciplinary collaboration, while ensuring that published work contributes meaningful insight for researchers, professionals, and policymakers working to shape more sustainable, resilient, and well-planned communities.

Rigorous Peer Review

Providing a trusted foundation for high-quality research in architecture and management.

Collaborative Platforms

Promoting the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas between researchers and policymakers.

Purposeful Impact

Transforming scholarly knowledge into actionable insights for well-planned, resilient societies.

Our Journals

Latest Published Articles

Cycling Under Economic, Environmental, and Occupat...

Edgar F. N. Ribeiro1, Ananya Vikram2
1Former Chief Town Planner of India; former Director, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi; and former Spatial-Planning Adviser to India’s Planning Commission
2Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India

Gated Residential Capture of Metro Station Catchme...

Patsy Healey1, Kevin Yu2, Xiang Zheng2
1Newcastle University, King’s Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE17RU, UK
2Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

Vertical Urbanism Beyond Mixed-Use Incidence: Func...

Jinhui Lan1, Liu wenbing1
1The school of Automation and Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China

Public Value Creation in an Open Digital Living La...

F. Wang1, L. Wu1
1Research Center for Crystal Materials, CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS, 40-1 South Beijing Road, Urumqi830011, China

Settlement-Specific Criteria for Municipal Climate...

Alexander Tzonis1
1Department of Architecture, University of Technology Delft, 108 Oude, Delft 2611, Netherlands

Gate Retention and Custodial Continuity in Public ...

Tony Suryanawata Wirjanto1
1Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo

Climate-Stress Classification of Supply Network St...

Clinton Tyler Purtell1
1Clinical Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management; Associate Director, Jim McNatt Institute for Logistics Research, University of North Texas

Spatial-Economic Patterns of Housing Demand in Cro...

Caganova Dagmar1, Miko Yu1, Vartiak Lukas1, Balkova Lucia2
1Newton University, 5. kvetna 1640/65, 140 21 Prague, Czech Republic
2Pan-European University, Tomasikova 20, 820 09 Bratislava, Slovakia

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