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Land Use Policy

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0264-8377eISSN1873-5754

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

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 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.686

H-Indexi

207

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.978

Total Worksi

8,432

Total Citationsi

354,995

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Land Use Policy is an international and interdisciplinary journal concerned with the social, economic, political, legal, physical, and planning aspects of urban and rural land use. It aims to provide policy guidance to governments and planners.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications8,432

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0264-8377 / 1873-5754

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

611

31k

2019

743

36k

2020

618

23k

2021

493

14k

2022

425

7.2k

2023

346

4.5k

2024

367

1.7k

2025

232

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.

ForestryQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Studies

Scopus Categories

ForestryNature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementLand Rights and ReformsEconomic and Environmental ValuationAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Frequently asked questions about Land Use Policy

Is Land Use Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Land Use Policy: 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 Land Use Policy?

Land Use Policy 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 5.94.

Is Land Use Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Land Use Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.