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Review of Regional Studies

E-Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN1553-0892

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2021-06-30). DOAJ's stated reason: Problems with website. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.275

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.448

Total Worksi

1,184

Total Citationsi

7,507

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Earth-Surface Processes; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,184

Publisher OrgSouthern Regional Science Association

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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?

E-Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1553-0892

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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

152

2019

116

2020

2021

2022

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 ProcessesQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regional Economics and Spatial AnalysisFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomic Growth and ProductivityRegional Economic and Spatial AnalysisHousing Market and EconomicsUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesRegional Development and PolicySpatial and Panel Data AnalysisGlobal trade and economicsEconomic and Environmental Valuation

Frequently asked questions about Review of Regional Studies

Is Review of Regional Studies a predatory journal?

Review of Regional Studies was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Problems with website" (2021-06-30). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Review of Regional Studies?

Review of Regional Studies 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 0.39.

Is Review of Regional Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Review of Regional Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Review of Regional Studies?