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GeoJournal

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1969

ISSN1572-9893

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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📊 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

0.668

H-Indexi

111

SNIPi

1.087

Total Worksi

6,477

Total Citationsi

103,829

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.62

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geography; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

Annual Volume~ 245 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,477

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1572-9893

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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

159

4.1k

2019

219

5.7k

2020

210

3.8k

2021

258

3.2k

2022

176

1.3k

2023

267

1.5k

2024

293

715

2025

150

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesUrban and Rural Development ChallengesUrbanization and City PlanningGeographic Information Systems StudiesUrban Transport and AccessibilityRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementDiverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchRural development and sustainabilityUrban Planning and Governance

Frequently asked questions about GeoJournal

Is GeoJournal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for GeoJournal: 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 GeoJournal?

GeoJournal 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 2.62.

Is GeoJournal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

GeoJournal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of GeoJournal?