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Annals of GIS is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1947-5683Verify ISSN ↗1947-5691Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) | 17 / 201 | 91st | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 199 / 1022 | 80th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.2.
Annals of GIS is Q1 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) (rank 17 of 201) and Q1 in Computer Science Applications (rank 199 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
Annals of GIS is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 8.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.014, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 50.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,500 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Annals of GIS is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1947-5683 and its online ISSN is 1947-5691.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Annals of GIS has an h-index of 54 and a 2-year mean of 7.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 186 Scopus journals in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all).
Annals of GIS published 35 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 39. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (29.1%), United States (24.2%) and United Kingdom (4.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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