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Baltic Region

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University · Russian Federation · Est. 2009

ISSN2310-0524

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.48

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.951

Total Worksi

722

Total Citationsi

3,273

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Baltic Region publishes research on area studies, history, cultural studies, social sciences, sociology and political science, economics, econometrics and finance, and geography, planning and development. The journal covers topics such as the Baltic region, transborder cooperation, regional development, and international cooperation.

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General Information

Country / RegionRussian Federation

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications722

Publisher OrgImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

e-library

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2310-0524

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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?

e-library

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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

293

2019

282

2020

274

2021

252

2022

123

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

HistoryQ1

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Area Studies

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)HistorySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural StudiesGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Arctic and Russian Policy StudiesCross-Border Cooperation and IntegrationRegional Socio-Economic Development TrendsRegional Development and PolicyEuropean Politics and SecurityGlobal Political and Economic RelationsEconomic and Technological Developments in RussiaRussia and Soviet political economyEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceUrbanization and City Planning

Frequently asked questions about Baltic Region

Is Baltic Region a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Baltic Region: 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 Baltic Region?

Baltic Region 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 1.07.

Is Baltic Region indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Baltic Region is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.