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Scripta Nova

Universitat de Barcelona · Spain · Est. 1982

ISSN1138-9788eISSN1138-9788

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.229

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.607

Total Worksi

1,592

Total Citationsi

4,749

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Scripta Nova is an electronic journal dedicated to the critical analysis of social reality from a spatial perspective. It aims to contribute to the understanding of social phenomena through a geographical and social sciences lens.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 40 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,592

Publisher OrgUniversity of Barcelona

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universitat de Barcelona

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1138-9788 / 1138-9788

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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?

Spanish

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

227

2019

105

2020

2021

2022

2023

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Latin American Urban StudiesRegional Development and InnovationUrbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesUrban Development and Societal IssuesHistorical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regionsMigration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesImmigration and Intercultural EducationSocial Sciences and PoliciesMexican Socioeconomic and Environmental DynamicsGeography and Education Methods

Frequently asked questions about Scripta Nova

Is Scripta Nova a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scripta Nova: 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 Scripta Nova?

Scripta Nova 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 0.42.

Is Scripta Nova indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scripta Nova is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.