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European Planning Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom

ISSN0965-4313eISSN1469-5944

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.277

H-Indexi

132

SNIPi

1.6

Total Worksi

3,386

Total Citationsi

105,198

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

European Planning Studies focuses on gathering useful information for journal evaluation, covering key research areas within Geography, Planning and Development. The journal explores topics such as cross-border functional areas and municipal knowledge networks.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, 2009-

StatusActive

Total Publications3,386

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?

0965-4313 / 1469-5944

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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

208

6.8k

2019

116

2.9k

2020

176

3.5k

2021

125

2.4k

2022

100

1.2k

2023

126

468

2024

130

238

2025

120

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesGeographyRegional & Urban PlanningUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regional Development and PolicyRegional Economics and Spatial AnalysisCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentUrbanization and City PlanningUrban Planning and Governance

Frequently asked questions about European Planning Studies

Is European Planning Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Planning Studies: 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 European Planning Studies?

European Planning Studies 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 1.60.

Is European Planning Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Planning Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.