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Erdkunde

Erdkunde · Germany · Est. 1947

ISSN0014-0015eISSN0014-0015

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.276

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.644

Total Worksi

2,205

Total Citationsi

16,353

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

ERDKUNDE is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that welcomes submissions from across the whole spectrum of physical geography, human geography or their intersections. The journal publishes innovative research output in different formats such as full research articles, commentaries, data papers and critical reviews of new geographical publications. ERDKUNDE considers publications covering the whole range of geography, but only research that presents original, not previously published work.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1947

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,205

Publisher OrgUniversity of Bonn

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer-review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Erdkunde

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0014-0015 / 0014-0015

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer-review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

Yes

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

206

2019

160

2020

189

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

EcologyQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

GeographyGeography, Physical

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and DevelopmentEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical StudiesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchUrbanization and City PlanningRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyBotany and Plant Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Erdkunde

Is Erdkunde a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Erdkunde: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Erdkunde?

Erdkunde is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.78.

Is Erdkunde indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Erdkunde is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

Erdkunde

Aims & Scope

General Information

Submission Info

Ethics & Quality

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

Publication & Citation Trend

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Subject Classification

Frequently asked questions about Erdkunde

Is Erdkunde a predatory journal?

What is the impact factor of Erdkunde?

Is Erdkunde indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

What is the aims and scope of Erdkunde?

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