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Area Development and Policy

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2379-2957

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.708

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.126

Total Worksi

281

Total Citationsi

4,650

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Area Development and Policy publishes original academic research examining the economic, political, cultural, and geographical contexts that shape and develop regions, cities, rural areas, and the relationships between them.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications281

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2379-2957

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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

961

2019

476

2020

414

2021

280

2022

156

2023

179

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Urban StudiesQ1

Public AdministrationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development Studies

Scopus Categories

Urban StudiesSociology and Political ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regional Economics and Spatial AnalysisInternational Development and AidChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismGlobal trade and economicsUrban and Rural Development ChallengesRegional resilience and developmentGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactAsian Industrial and Economic DevelopmentUrban Planning and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Area Development and Policy

Is Area Development and Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Area Development and Policy: 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 Area Development and Policy?

Area Development and Policy 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 2.79.

Is Area Development and Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Area Development and Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.