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Journal of Geographical Systems

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 1996

ISSN1435-5949

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ 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?

350

days submission → published

measured · last 18 articles · accept 342d

SJR Rank

Top 25% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.803

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.471

Total Worksi

645

Total Citationsi

22,499

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Geographical Systems (JGS) encourages and promotes high-quality scholarship on new theoretical or empirical results, models and methods in the social sciences with a spatial dimension. Focuses on the interface between modeling, statistical techniques and spatial issues in a wide spectrum of related fields. Strong methodological foundation in spatial analysis, spatial econometrics and statistics. Coverage includes regional science, economic geography, spatial economics, regional and urban economics, GIScience and GeoComputation, big data and machine learning. Aims to publish also review and survey articles that make recent theoretical and methodological developments more readily accessible to the audience of the journal.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyFour Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications645

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1435-5949

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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

551

2019

204

2020

448

2021

464

2022

223

2023

100

2024

110

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.

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesEconomics and EconometricsGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Spatial and Panel Data AnalysisRegional Economics and Spatial AnalysisGeographic Information Systems StudiesUrban Transport and AccessibilityLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesData Management and AlgorithmsEconomic and Environmental ValuationData-Driven Disease SurveillanceTransportation Planning and OptimizationHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Geographical Systems

Is Journal of Geographical Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Geographical Systems: 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 Journal of Geographical Systems?

Journal of Geographical Systems 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 2.66.

Is Journal of Geographical Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Geographical Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.