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World Regional Studies

Editorial Department of World Regional Studies · China

ISSN1004-9479

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.342

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.579

Total Worksi

915

Total Citationsi

1,052

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geography, Planning and Development; Political Science and International Relations; Urban Studies; Earth-Surface Processes.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications915

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Editorial Department of World Regional Studies

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1004-9479

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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 DevelopmentQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Urban StudiesQ2

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesEarth-Surface ProcessesGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regional Economic and Spatial AnalysisEconomic Zones and Regional DevelopmentDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchEvaluation Methods in Various FieldsRemote Sensing and Land UseEnvironmental Quality and PollutionCruise Tourism Development and ManagementInternational Business and FDIGlobal Trade and CompetitivenessGlobalization, Economics, and Policies

Frequently asked questions about World Regional Studies

Is World Regional Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Regional Studies: it is indexed in 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 World Regional Studies?

World Regional Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.342.

Is World Regional Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Regional Studies is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of World Regional Studies?