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Geographical Association · United Kingdom

ISSN0016-7487eISSN2043-6564
SJR Q3WOS SSCIScopus / 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.

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.325
H-Indexi
40
SNIPi
0.441
Total Worksi
2,698
Total Citationsi
12,429
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.25
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Geography is an international, peer-reviewed journal that seeks to communicate geographical research in an engaging and accessible way and to provide summaries of topical debates in the discipline. The journal’s readership includes specialist geography teachers and their senior students, university academics and higher education students making the transition to university.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications2,698
Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Geographical Association
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0016-7487 / 2043-6564
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

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
58
99
2019
49
135
2020
28
153
2021
21
62
2022
25
74
2023
25
76
2024
25
19
2025
15
4
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 ProcessesQ3
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geography Education and PedagogyHistorical Geography and Geographical ThoughtGeographic Information Systems StudiesEducator Training and Historical PedagogyRural development and sustainability

Frequently asked questions about Geography

Is Geography a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geography: 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 Geography?

Geography 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 1.25.

Is Geography indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geography is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Geography?

Geography is an international, peer-reviewed journal that seeks to communicate geographical research in an engaging and accessible way and to provide summaries of topical debates in the discipline. The journal’s readership includes specialist geography teachers and their senior students, university academics and higher education students making the transition to university.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref