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Wellbeing, Space and Society

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2020

ISSN2666-5581eISSN2666-5581

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.805

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.107

Total Worksi

379

Total Citationsi

2,504

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geography; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Geography, Planning and Development; Health (social science); Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

Annual Volume~ 70 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications379

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-5581 / 2666-5581

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

260

2020

991

2021

654

2022

523

2023

276

2024

105

257

2025

126

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

Health (social science)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

GeographyPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and DevelopmentHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban Green Space and HealthHealth disparities and outcomesHomelessness and Social IssuesPlace Attachment and Urban StudiesUrban Transport and AccessibilityMigration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesPsychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesHealth, psychology, and well-beingEmployment and Welfare Studies

Frequently asked questions about Wellbeing, Space and Society

Is Wellbeing, Space and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Wellbeing, Space and Society: 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 Wellbeing, Space and Society?

Wellbeing, Space and Society 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 1.53.

Is Wellbeing, Space and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Wellbeing, Space and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Wellbeing, Space and Society?