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Geography and Natural Resources

Pleiades Publishing · United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1875-3728eISSN1875-371X

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.258

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.466

Total Worksi

1,079

Total Citationsi

3,892

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Geography and Natural Resources is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research in geographical studies related to nature, economy, and population. Provides coverage of geographical aspects for solving major economic problems. Emphasizes regional nature management, environmental protection, and geographical forecasting. Encourages integral regional research developments and modeling of natural processes. Publishes global monitoring studies and geographical research. Welcomes submissions in English from researchers worldwide.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 71 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,079

Publisher OrgPleiades Publishing

Region🌍 Global South

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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?

Pleiades Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1875-3728 / 1875-371X

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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

194

2019

2020

114

2021

127

2022

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-Surface ProcessesQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological Studies and ExplorationSoil and Environmental StudiesWater Resources and ManagementArctic and Russian Policy StudiesClimate change and permafrostMarine and environmental studiesRegional Socio-Economic Development TrendsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAquatic and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Sustainability and Technology

Frequently asked questions about Geography and Natural Resources

Is Geography and Natural Resources a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geography and Natural Resources: 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 Geography and Natural Resources?

Geography and Natural Resources 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 0.27.

Is Geography and Natural Resources indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geography and Natural Resources is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.