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Great Plains Research

Center for Great Plains Studies · United States · Est. 1991

ISSN1052-5165

SJR Q4✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.115

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.133

Total Worksi

406

Total Citationsi

598

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications406

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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?

Center for Great Plains Studies

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1052-5165

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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?

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

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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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

History of Science and MedicineDiverse Historical and Scientific StudiesArchaeology and Natural HistoryAmerican Environmental and Regional HistoryHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Great Plains Research

Is Great Plains Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Great Plains Research: 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 Great Plains Research?

Great Plains Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.115.

Is Great Plains Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Great Plains Research is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Great Plains Research?