GI_Forum

Austrian Acedemy of Sciences Press · Austria · Est. 1954

ISSN2308-1708

SJR Q4✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.178

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.366

Total Worksi

403

Total Citationsi

1,815

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science Applications; Computers in Earth Sciences; Education; Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionAustria

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1954

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications403

Publisher OrgÖAW Verlag, Wien

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Austrian Acedemy of Sciences Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2308-1708

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

231

2018

187

2019

2020

288

2021

2022

2023

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.

Computer Science ApplicationsQ4

Computers in Earth SciencesQ4

EducationQ4

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsGeography, Planning and DevelopmentComputers in Earth SciencesEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geographic Information Systems StudiesLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesGeography Education and PedagogyRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsData Management and AlgorithmsHuman Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisUrban Transport and AccessibilityRemote Sensing in AgricultureRemote-Sensing Image ClassificationSpecies Distribution and Climate Change

Frequently asked questions about GI_Forum

Is GI_Forum a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for GI_Forum: 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 GI_Forum?

GI_Forum is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.178.

Is GI_Forum indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

GI_Forum is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of GI_Forum?