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Geographical Review of Japan, Series B is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.9). Published by Association of Japanese Geographers.
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ISSN 0289-6001Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Association of Japanese Geographers
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 661 / 876 | 24th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–2025 (also 2009, 1984–2003), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.9.
Geographical Review of Japan, Series B is Q4 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 661 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
Geographical Review of Japan, Series B 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 0.9, quartile Q4, 24th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.121, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 12.
Geographical Review of Japan, Series B is published by Association of Japanese Geographers. Its ISSN is 0289-6001.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Geographical Review of Japan, Series B has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0.44 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #601 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
Geographical Review of Japan, Series B published 13 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.
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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