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South African Geographical Journal

Routledge · United Kingdom

ISSN0373-6245eISSN2151-2418

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.458

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.699

Total Worksi

1,627

Total Citationsi

13,844

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The South African Geographical Journal aims to communicate geographic knowledge and engage with issues and themes relevant to the discipline, using southern Africa as a region. It publishes research in the area of geography.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySemiannual, <1982-1998>

StatusActive

Total Publications1,627

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0373-6245 / 2151-2418

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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

505

2019

462

2020

233

2021

212

2022

174

2023

133

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)Q2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Local Economic Development and PlanningUrban and Rural Development ChallengesLegal Issues in South AfricaSouth African History and CultureHistorical Geography and Geographical Thought

Frequently asked questions about South African Geographical Journal

Is South African Geographical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for South African 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 South African Geographical Journal?

South African 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 1.27.

Is South African Geographical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

South African Geographical Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.