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2003–2008
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Geographical Review of Japan
Geographical Review of Japan is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Association of Japanese Geographers.
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ISSN 2185-1727Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Association of Japanese Geographers
Scopus · Inactive
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Geographical Review of Japan indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2003–2008).
What is the impact factor of Geographical Review of Japan?
Geographical Review of Japan has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Geographical Review of Japan and what is its ISSN?
Geographical Review of Japan is published by Association of Japanese Geographers. Its ISSN is 2185-1727.
Is Geographical Review of Japan in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Geographical Review of Japan open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Geographical Review of Japan for 6 years, between 2003 and 2008. Coverage ended in 2008, 18 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 516 works and 1,242 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2013, 5 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2008. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is Geographical Review of Japan? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Geographical Review of Japan has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
14
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
21
i10-index
516
works indexed
1,242
total citations
Geographical Review of Japan published 1 papers in 2013; its busiest recent year was 2003 with 84. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Geographical Review of Japan? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2008. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2008
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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