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Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN1523-0406eISSN1545-0465

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.591

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.308

Total Worksi

1,044

Total Citationsi

26,393

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Cartography and Geographic Information Science focuses on cartography and geographic information science. The journal aims to gather useful information for those who evaluate journals.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,044

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

1523-0406 / 1545-0465

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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

336

2019

555

2020

762

2021

330

2022

504

2023

369

2024

100

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.

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Management of Technology and InnovationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Management of Technology and InnovationGeography, Planning and DevelopmentCivil and Structural Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geographic Information Systems StudiesData Management and AlgorithmsSpatial Cognition and NavigationHuman Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisData Visualization and AnalyticsHistorical Geography and CartographyData-Driven Disease SurveillanceLand Use and Ecosystem Services3D Modeling in Geospatial ApplicationsRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Frequently asked questions about Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Is Cartography and Geographic Information Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cartography and Geographic Information Science: 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 Cartography and Geographic Information Science?

Cartography and Geographic Information Science 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 2.76.

Is Cartography and Geographic Information Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cartography and Geographic Information Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.