Journal of Geographical Systems
Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 1996
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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.
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Ethics & Quality
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Publication & Citation Trend
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SJR Quartile by Discipline
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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flags on record for Journal of Geographical Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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.
What is the aims and scope of Journal of Geographical Systems?
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
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