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Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica

Karolinum - Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy · Czech Republic · Est. 1966

ISSN0300-5402eISSN2336-1980

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 1.5. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.257

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

1.5

SNIPi

0.443

Total Worksi

328

Total Citationsi

1,661

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

We are pleased to share thatAUC Geographicawas awarded anImpact Factor of 0.9in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports™ released by Clarivate in June 2025. AUC Geographica ranks in Q3 in the field of Geography. AUC Geographica(Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geographica) is a scholarly academic journal continuously published since 1966 that publishes research in the broadly defined field of geography: physical geography, geo-ecology, regional, social, political and economic geography, regional development, cartography, geoinformatics, demography and geo-demography. AUC Geographica also publishes articles that contribute to advances in geographic theory and methodology and address the questions of regional, socio-economic and population policy-making in Czechia. All articles are licenced underCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence(CC BY 4.0), haveDOIand are indexed inCrossRefdatabase. AUC Geographica iscovered bythe following services:WOS, EBSCO, GeoBibline, SCOPUS, UlrichswebandDirectory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The journal has been coveredin the SCOPUS databasesince 1975 – todayhttps://www.scopus.com/source/sourceInfo.uri?sourceId=27100&origin=recordpage

General Information

Country / RegionCzech Republic

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

Frequencytwice yearly

StatusActive

Total Publications328

Publisher OrgNakladatelství Karolinum

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Karolinum - Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0300-5402 / 2336-1980

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

141

2019

112

2020

172

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

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Landslides and related hazardsCryospheric studies and observationsUrbanization and City PlanningHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesSoil erosion and sediment transport

Frequently asked questions about Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica

Is Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica?

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5.

Is Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.