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Space and Culture

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1997

ISSN1206-3312eISSN1552-8308

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.503

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.375

Total Worksi

1,092

Total Citationsi

14,054

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Geography; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Geography, Planning and Development; Urban Studies; Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyQuarterly, <2002->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,092

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1206-3312 / 1552-8308

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

459

2019

474

2020

234

2021

348

2022

186

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Urban StudiesQ2

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cultural StudiesGeography

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesTourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementCultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geographies of human-animal interactionsUrban Planning and GovernancePublic Spaces through ArtSpatial and Cultural StudiesAnthropological Studies and InsightsCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentMemory, Trauma, and CommemorationCinema and Media StudiesCultural Heritage Management and PreservationArt, Politics, and Modernism

Frequently asked questions about Space and Culture

Is Space and Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Space and Culture: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Space and Culture?

Space and Culture 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 0.33.

Is Space and Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Space and Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Space and Culture?