About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The journal of Real Estate Studies (JRES) mainly aims to publish current research findings/ book reviews/ case studies, covering all aspects of Property Management, Valuation, Planning, Environment, Economics Finance and Marketing. The journal invites on-time papers relevant to the wide scope provided below.

JRES provide a platform for academicians, researchers, practicing professionals, policy makers, and students, to disseminate their knowledge through research & publications, consultancy projects and enhance human capital through training and development in real estate and allied fields. . The journal provides open access to its content, opening a wider audience.

Broader Areas covered include:

  • Property Management, development, Building technology and construction
  • Theory and practice of Property Valuation, methodological debates, sustainability and valuation, taxation and issues in compulsory property acquisition
  • Property planning, concept of smart city, issues on land use changes, urbanization, theory and practice, Urban planning tools, GIS applications and Modelling
  • Issues on Environmetal aspects of property, disaster risk management, pollution habitable environment and well-being of residents, traffic and congestion
  • Housing, commercial and office Property market analysis
  • Property investment, financing and marketing
  • Property ownership, Land tenure and property law
  • Property economics, demand and supply changes, highest and best use, changes in property values, issues on market failure

Objectives of the Journal of Real Estate Studies

  • To encourage scientific and systematic research and publications in the field of Real Estate Management and Valuation
  • To further strengthen the industry and the university links through research and publications
  • To assist decision making and implementation process of the country with regard to the Real Estate by providing systematic and scientific data and information

Five sections accepting for the journal

  • Empirical research papers
  • Conceptual papers
  • Systematic literature reviews
  • Industrial/ technical papers
  • Book reviews

Peer Review Process

Each prospective article will be blind-reviewed.

Publication Frequency

The journal publishes two issues and special/ supplementary issues (only for special events, if any happening in respective years) each year.

Open Access Policy

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.