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Raumforschung und Raumordnung

Oekom - Gesellschaft fuer Oekologische Kommunikation mbH · Germany

ISSN1869-4179

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.446

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.695

Total Worksi

2,905

Total Citationsi

8,232

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

“Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning” is a journal for interdisciplinary spatial science discourse. It is a forum for current and relevant issues related to spatial development and planning in Germany as well as in the European and international context. The journal addresses scientific research as well as politics and planning practice, with the aim of hosting a transdisciplinary exchange of knowledge on socially relevant topics. The journal links national and international debates and therefore publishes articles in both German and English. Across all spatial scales, the focus is particularly on the following topics: regional and urban development, spatial planning, landscape development, climate change, sustainability and transformation, land development and land policy, mobility and spatial infrastructures. These topics are addressed by means of spatial, institutional and actor-centred approaches.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageGerman, English

1st Year Published—

Frequencysix times a year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,905

Publisher Orgoekom verlag

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPKP PNGerman National Library

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oekom - Gesellschaft fuer Oekologische Kommunikation mbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1869-4179

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

Portico, PKP PN, German National Library

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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?

German, 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

442

2019

128

2020

389

2021

530

2022

207

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 and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Urban StudiesQ2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical StudiesEnvironmental Science and TechnologyUrbanization and City PlanningPublic Administration and Political AnalysisCross-Border Cooperation and IntegrationInnovation, Technology, and SocietyEconomic and Social IssuesRegional Development and PolicySocial and Demographic Issues in GermanySociology and Education Studies

Frequently asked questions about Raumforschung und Raumordnung

Is Raumforschung und Raumordnung a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Raumforschung und Raumordnung: 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 Raumforschung und Raumordnung?

Raumforschung und Raumordnung 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 0.35.

Is Raumforschung und Raumordnung indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Raumforschung und Raumordnung is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.