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Digital Geography and Society is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.1), DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 2666-3783Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 64 / 744 | 91st | Q1 |
| Development | 47 / 314 | 85th | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 146 / 876 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 300 / 1022 | 70th | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 156 / 519 | 70th | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.1.
Digital Geography and Society is Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 64 of 744), Q1 in Development (rank 47 of 314) and Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 146 of 876), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Digital Geography and Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1, quartile Q1, 91st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.133, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 17.
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.
Digital Geography and Society is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its ISSN is 2666-3783.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Digital Geography and Society has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 3.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #47 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
Digital Geography and Society published 43 papers in 2025. 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 85 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (14.9%), Australia (13.9%) and Germany (11.8%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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