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Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1997

ISSN1877-5845eISSN1877-5853

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 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

0.636

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.716

Total Worksi

684

Total Citationsi

10,450

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes high quality work straddling the areas of GIS, epidemiology, exposure science, and spatial statistics. The journal focuses on answering epidemiological questions where spatial and spatio-temporal aspects are key. It also publishes in the areas of Medicine & Population.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications684

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1877-5845 / 1877-5853

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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

543

2019

1.2k

2020

807

2021

488

2022

266

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.

EpidemiologyQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ2

Infectious DiseasesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentInfectious DiseasesHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesHealth disparities and outcomesSpatial and Panel Data AnalysisDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringUrban Transport and AccessibilityStatistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceAir Quality and Health Impacts

Frequently asked questions about Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Is Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology: 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 Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology?

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 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 1.08.

Is Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.