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Professional Geographer

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1949

ISSN1467-9272

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.524

H-Indexi

125

SNIPi

0.76

Total Worksi

6,023

Total Citationsi

90,230

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Professional Geographer publishes research related to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences. It aims to produce more inclusive methods sensitive to power relations in fieldwork.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1949

Annual Volume~ 64 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,023

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1467-9272

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.3k

2019

800

2020

856

2021

753

2022

414

2023

234

2024

124

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)

Geographic Information Systems StudiesHistorical Geography and Geographical ThoughtGeography Education and PedagogyHuman auditory perception and evaluationEarthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesLegal case studies and regulationsRegional Economics and Spatial AnalysisDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesUrban Transport and Accessibility

Frequently asked questions about Professional Geographer

Is Professional Geographer a predatory journal?

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

Professional 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 1.65.

Is Professional Geographer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Professional Geographer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.