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Eastern European Countryside

De Gruyter Open Ltd. · Germany · Est. 1993

ISSN1232-8855eISSN2300-8717

SJR Q3✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

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⚡ 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 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.186

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Total Worksi

336

Total Citationsi

946

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology; Sociology and Political Science; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications336

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

De Gruyter Open Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1232-8855 / 2300-8717

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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

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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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sociology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rural development and sustainabilityAgricultural economics and policiesUrbanization and City PlanningHungarian Social, Economic and Educational StudiesSocial Issues in PolandPolish socio-economic developmentPost-Communist Economic and Political TransitionPolish Historical and Cultural StudiesAgricultural Economics and PolicyDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research

Frequently asked questions about Eastern European Countryside

Is Eastern European Countryside a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Eastern European Countryside: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Eastern European Countryside?

Eastern European Countryside 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 0.52.

Is Eastern European Countryside indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Eastern European Countryside is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Eastern European Countryside?