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Journal of Location Based Services

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1748-9725eISSN1748-9733

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.395

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.832

Total Worksi

307

Total Citationsi

5,143

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Telecommunications; Computer Networks and Communications; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Signal Processing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications307

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1748-9725 / 1748-9733

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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

151

2019

161

2020

179

2021

109

2022

2023

107

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.

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ2

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ3

Signal ProcessingQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Telecommunications

Scopus Categories

Computer Networks and CommunicationsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringSignal Processing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Human Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisIndoor and Outdoor Localization TechnologiesGeographic Information Systems StudiesData Management and AlgorithmsSpatial Cognition and NavigationContext-Aware Activity Recognition SystemsPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in DataUrban Transport and AccessibilityMobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Location Based Services

Is Journal of Location Based Services a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Location Based Services: 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 Journal of Location Based Services?

Journal of Location Based Services 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 2.19.

Is Journal of Location Based Services indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Location Based Services is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Location Based Services?