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Australian Geographer

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1928

ISSN1465-3311

SJR Q2✓ 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?

299

days submission → published

measured · last 18 articles · accept 385d

SJR Rank

Top 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.525

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.648

Total Worksi

2,133

Total Citationsi

25,974

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Australian Geographer publishes peer-reviewed research covering all aspects of Australian geography. It aims to shift academic and public debate on matters of societal and environmental consequence, publishing papers from across the breadth of Geography and cognate disciplines.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1928

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,133

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1465-3311

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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

612

2019

474

2020

282

2021

276

2022

264

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.

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rural development and sustainabilityAustralian History and SocietyGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchHuman auditory perception and evaluationMining and Resource ManagementMigration and Labor DynamicsIsland Studies and Pacific AffairsUrban Planning and GovernanceGeographies of human-animal interactionsHistorical Geography and Geographical Thought

Frequently asked questions about Australian Geographer

Is Australian Geographer a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Australian Geographer: 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 Australian Geographer?

Australian Geographer 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 1.23.

Is Australian Geographer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Australian Geographer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.