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Geographical Journal

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0016-7398eISSN1475-4959

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.947

H-Indexi

211

SNIPi

1.374

Total Worksi

24,224

Total Citationsi

329,038

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geography; Earth-Surface Processes; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Frequency4 Times A Year, <Mar. 2000->

StatusActive

Total Publications24,224

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0016-7398 / 1475-4959

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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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?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

999

2019

391

2020

1.4k

2021

1.1k

2022

585

2023

171

2024

149

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-Surface ProcessesQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Geography and CartographyGlobal Maritime and Colonial HistoriesAfrican history and culture analysisPolar Research and EcologyGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequently asked questions about Geographical Journal

Is Geographical Journal a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Geographical Journal?

Geographical Journal 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 1.26.

Is Geographical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geographical Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Geographical Journal?