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Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis

Springer International Publishing · Switzerland · Est. 2017

ISSN2509-8829

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.361

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.884

Total Worksi

256

Total Citationsi

4,582

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis [JGSA] provides an advanced forum for theories and applications of geospatial analysis and visualization while serving diverse fields such as cartography, geographic information science/systems, remote sensing, location-based services, photogrammetry and geology. Publishes high-quality research papers, reviews, and communications. Subjects include visualization theory and technology in real and virtual environments, cartography and cartographic communication and analysis of dynamic phenomena. In addition, multiscale and/or higher dimensional visualization of geospatial data. Plus applications of geovisualization in geology, landscape design, decision-making, disaster response analysis of social interactions and education. Also, theory and applications of spatial analysis and spatial relations, geo-computation and geo-statistics, spatial data handling, spatial data mining, etc.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications256

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer International Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2509-8829

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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

524

2019

740

2020

589

2021

754

2022

790

2023

585

2024

226

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.

Computers in Earth SciencesQ1

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesGeographyGeography, PhysicalRemote Sensing

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and DevelopmentComputers in Earth Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesGeographic Information Systems StudiesRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsUrban Transport and AccessibilityHuman Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisData Management and AlgorithmsFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementRemote Sensing in Agriculture3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageData Visualization and Analytics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis

Is Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis: 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 Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis?

Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis 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 6.57.

Is Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.