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International Regional Science Review

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States

ISSN0160-0176eISSN1552-6925

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.645

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.088

Total Worksi

954

Total Citationsi

38,587

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; Regional & Urban Planning; Urban Studies; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency3 No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications954

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0160-0176 / 1552-6925

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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?

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

572

2019

515

2020

190

2021

347

2022

186

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesRegional & Urban PlanningUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regional Economics and Spatial AnalysisSpatial and Panel Data AnalysisFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomic Growth and ProductivityRegional Development and Policy

Frequently asked questions about International Regional Science Review

Is International Regional Science Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Regional Science Review: 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 International Regional Science Review?

International Regional Science Review 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 1.02.

Is International Regional Science Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Regional Science Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Regional Science Review?