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Regional Studies, Regional Science

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2168-1376eISSN2168-1376

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.625

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.964

Total Worksi

565

Total Citationsi

8,172

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geography; Economics and Econometrics; Geography, Planning and Development; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications565

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2168-1376 / 2168-1376

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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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?

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

1.3k

2019

586

2020

510

2021

685

2022

394

2023

233

2024

125

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.

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regional Development and PolicyRegional Economics and Spatial AnalysisRegional resilience and developmentCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentRural development and sustainabilityUrban Transport and AccessibilityUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesUrbanization and City PlanningEntrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Frequently asked questions about Regional Studies, Regional Science

Is Regional Studies, Regional Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Regional Studies, Regional Science: 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 Regional Studies, Regional Science?

Regional Studies, Regional Science 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 1.89.

Is Regional Studies, Regional Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Regional Studies, Regional Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Regional Studies, Regional Science?