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Regions and Cohesion

Berghahn Journals · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2152-9078

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.181

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.308

Total Worksi

318

Total Citationsi

1,127

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science and International Relations; Geography, Planning and Development; Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish, Spanish, French

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications318

Publisher OrgBerghahn Books

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Berghahn Journals

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2152-9078

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, Spanish, French

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

118

2018

2019

163

2020

100

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Global and Planetary ChangeQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International RelationsGlobal and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Development and AidMexican Socioeconomic and Environmental DynamicsCross-Border Cooperation and IntegrationInternational Relations in Latin AmericaMigration and Labor DynamicsTransboundary Water Resource ManagementEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceRegional Development and InnovationRegional Development and PolicyHuman Rights and Development

Frequently asked questions about Regions and Cohesion

Is Regions and Cohesion a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Regions and Cohesion: it is indexed in 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 Regions and Cohesion?

Regions and Cohesion is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.181.

Is Regions and Cohesion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Regions and Cohesion is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Regions and Cohesion?