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Geographical Environment and Living Systems

State University of Education · Russian Federation · Est. 2017

ISSN2712-7621

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-06-23). DOAJ's stated reason: Problems with website. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.191

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.145

Total Worksi

222

Total Citationsi

194

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Geographical Environment and Living Systems publishes scientific papers and reviews on theoretical and methodological developments in the field of studying the geographical environment and living systems. It informs specialists and promotes the development of fundamental and applied knowledge in areas such as geographical ecology, geosystem forecasting, spatial planning, 'green' development of territories, biological diversity, environmental indication, 'green' chemistry, and environmental safety.

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General Information

Country / RegionRussian Federation

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications222

OA Since2019

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

State University of Education

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2712-7621

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2019

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2021

2022

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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.

Ecological ModelingQ4

EcologyQ4

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q4

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Ecological ModelingNature and Landscape ConservationEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regional Socio-Economic Development TrendsArctic and Russian Policy StudiesLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesSoil and Environmental StudiesWater Resources and ManagementGeological Studies and ExplorationEnvironmental Sustainability and TechnologyMarine and environmental studies

Frequently asked questions about Geographical Environment and Living Systems

Is Geographical Environment and Living Systems a predatory journal?

Geographical Environment and Living Systems was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Problems with website" (2024-06-23). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Geographical Environment and Living Systems?

Geographical Environment and Living Systems is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.191.

Is Geographical Environment and Living Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geographical Environment and Living Systems is indexed in Scopus.