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Progress in Human Geography

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1977

ISSN1477-0288

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

3.087

H-Index

219

CiteScore

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SNIP

3.693

Total Works

4,864

Total Citations

205,202

2yr Mean Citedness

4.54

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Progress in Human Geography publishes scholarship that examines the spatial dimensions of social, political, and economic life. Recent articles explore themes of repair and the reparative in urban and landscape contexts, the geographies of borders and migration, rural transitions and development, and the complexities of policing and legal agency. The journal also features research on archives, migrant experiences, financialization, authoritarianism, health, and the concept of 'Bigness' in economic geography. Further topics include informal urbanization, interpersonal relationships, Muslim geographies, crisis-thinking in urban studies, and the metabolic processes of industrialized life.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 56 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,864

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-0288

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

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Plagiarism detection in place?

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Geography and Geographical ThoughtRural development and sustainabilityGeographies of human-animal interactionsUrban Planning and GovernanceUrbanization and City PlanningHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismGeographic Information Systems StudiesGeography Education and PedagogyMigration and Labor DynamicsCultural Industries and Urban Development