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European Countryside is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Sciendo.
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ISSN 1803-8417Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sciendo
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 398 / 876 | 54th | Q2 |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 108 / 231 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | 259 / 432 | 40th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.4.
European Countryside is Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 398 of 876), Q2 in Nature and Landscape Conservation (rank 108 of 231) and Q3 in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (rank 259 of 432), by CiteScore 2025.
European Countryside 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 2.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.395, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 28.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$129 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.
European Countryside is published by Sciendo. Its ISSN is 1803-8417.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
European Countryside has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 2.03 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #238 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
European Countryside published 36 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 47. 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 Hungary (15.2%), Spain (13.3%) and Czechia (12.1%).
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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