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Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1997

ISSN2399-6552

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.291

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SNIP

1.719

Total Works

890

Total Citations

14,666

2yr Mean Citedness

1.43

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal explores the intersection of politics, space, and social justice. It examines how political decisions, power structures, and discourses shape urban and rural environments, often highlighting issues of inequality, marginalization, and resistance. The journal also investigates the role of infrastructure, technology, and legal frameworks in these processes, with a focus on contemporary challenges and movements for social and environmental change.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 94 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications890

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2399-6552

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

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Plagiarism detection in place?

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

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SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Public AdministrationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesGeographyPublic AdministrationRegional & Urban Planning

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban Planning and GovernanceMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationWater Governance and InfrastructureHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceGeographies of human-animal interactionsPublic Policy and Administration ResearchHomelessness and Social IssuesPolitical and Economic history of UK and USEnvironmental Justice and Health Disparities