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Journal of Land Use Science

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2006

ISSN1747-4248

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.931

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.971

Total Worksi

505

Total Citationsi

13,274

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; Earth-Surface Processes; Geography, Planning and Development; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications505

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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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?

1747-4248

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

921

2019

858

2020

555

2021

529

2022

224

2023

145

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 ProcessesQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentEconomic and Environmental ValuationLand Rights and ReformsRemote Sensing in AgricultureForest Management and PolicyRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyWildlife Ecology and ConservationAgricultural Innovations and Practices

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Land Use Science

Is Journal of Land Use Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Land Use Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Journal of Land Use Science?

Journal of Land Use 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 3.16.

Is Journal of Land Use Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Land Use Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Land Use Science?