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European Spatial Research and Policy is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.6), formerly ABDC C, WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Lodz University Press.
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ISSN 1231-1952Verify ISSN ↗1896-1525Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Lodz University Press
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 506 / 876 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.6.
European Spatial Research and Policy is Q3 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 506 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
European Spatial Research and Policy 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 1.6, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 42nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.252, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 19.
European Spatial Research and Policy is published by Lodz University Press. Its print ISSN is 1231-1952 and its online ISSN is 1896-1525.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It was rated C in the 2016 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
European Spatial Research and Policy has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 1.56 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #321 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
European Spatial Research and Policy published 27 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 32. 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 (2021–2026), authors are most often from Poland (25.2%), Italy (12.1%) and Hungary (11.2%).
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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