Home›Search›GPS Solutions

GPS Solutions

Springer Nature · Germany

ISSN1080-5370eISSN1521-1886

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.451

H-Indexi

106

SNIPi

1.845

Total Worksi

2,442

Total Citationsi

66,697

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Remote Sensing; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,442

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1080-5370 / 1521-1886

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

135

4.5k

2019

114

3.1k

2020

164

4.3k

2021

163

2.8k

2022

212

3.3k

2023

207

2024

210

828

2025

123

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Remote Sensing

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

GNSS positioning and interferenceGeophysics and Gravity MeasurementsIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsInertial Sensor and NavigationAdvanced Frequency and Time Standards

Frequently asked questions about GPS Solutions

Is GPS Solutions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for GPS Solutions: 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 GPS Solutions?

GPS Solutions 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 4.11.

Is GPS Solutions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

GPS Solutions is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of GPS Solutions?