自1935年以來，《美國規(guī)劃協(xié)會季刊》（JAPA）發(fā)表了對城市、郊區(qū)和農(nóng)村地區(qū)的規(guī)劃者、決策者、學(xué)者、學(xué)生和公民有用的研究、評論和書評。JAPA出版雙盲同行評議、原創(chuàng)研究與分析。它希望為規(guī)劃未來帶來洞察力，傳播各種觀點(diǎn)，出版最高質(zhì)量的作品，吸引讀者。JAPA對在國內(nèi)或全球范圍內(nèi)審查歷史或當(dāng)代規(guī)劃經(jīng)驗(yàn)（廣義定義）的手稿感興趣，并且該手稿至少具有以下功能之一：有助于規(guī)劃的理論和概念基礎(chǔ)；改善規(guī)劃與成功實(shí)施政策之間的聯(lián)系；推進(jìn)規(guī)劃實(shí)踐和規(guī)劃研究的方法；解釋對規(guī)劃很重要的經(jīng)驗(yàn)關(guān)系；解釋具有空間維度的值得注意的物理、經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會現(xiàn)象；或分析規(guī)劃方法、過程和環(huán)境的重大后果。日本出版協(xié)會希望能夠洞察未來規(guī)劃，傳播各種觀點(diǎn)，只出版最高質(zhì)量的研究，吸引讀者。賈巴喜歡用活躍的聲音生動而直接的寫作。我們特別尋找及時提供重要研究新聞的論文。

Since 1935, the quarterly Journal of the American Planning Association ( JAPA ) has published research, commentaries, and book reviews useful to practicing planners, policymakers, scholars, students, and citizens of urban, suburban, and rural areas.JAPA publishes double-blind peer reviewed, original research and analysis. It aspires to bring insight to planning the future, to air a variety of perspectives, to publish the highest quality work, and to engage readers.JAPA is interested in manuscripts that examine historical or contemporary planning experience, broadly defined, in domestic or global contexts, and that do at least one of the following: contribute to the theoretical and conceptual foundation of planning; improve the link between planning and successful policy implementation; advance the methods used in planning practice and planning research; explain empirical relationships important to planning; interpret noteworthy physical, economic, and social phenomena that have spatial dimensions; or analyze significant consequences of planning approaches, processes, and contexts. JAPA aspires to bring insight to planning the future, to air a variety of perspectives, to publish only the highest quality research, and to engage readers. JAPA prefers vivid and direct writing in the active voice. We particularly seek timely papers that offer significant research news.