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Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 2006

ISSN1864-4031eISSN1864-404X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.404

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.387

Total Worksi

435

Total Citationsi

3,850

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geography; Demography; Geography, Planning and Development; Urban Studies; Economics and Econometrics.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications435

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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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?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1864-4031 / 1864-404X

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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

134

2019

202

2020

288

2021

245

2022

234

2023

154

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.

DemographyQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Urban StudiesQ2

Economics and EconometricsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesEconomics and EconometricsDemographyGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regional Economics and Spatial AnalysisSpatial and Panel Data AnalysisFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthHousing Market and EconomicsEconomic and Environmental ValuationClimate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomic Growth and ProductivityMerger and Competition AnalysisLand Use and Ecosystem Services

Frequently asked questions about Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences

Is Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences: 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 Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences?

Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 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 2.49.

Is Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences?