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Geographical Science is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.4), DOAJ. Published by Science Press.
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ISSN 1000-0690Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Science Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 789 / 876 | 9th | Q4 |
| Earth-Surface Processes | 167 / 184 | 9th | Q4 |
| Transportation | 158 / 169 | 6th | Q4 |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 216 / 231 | 6th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2025–present (also 1997, 1992, 1981–1988), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.4.
Geographical Science is Q4 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 789 of 876), Q4 in Earth-Surface Processes (rank 167 of 184) and Q4 in Transportation (rank 158 of 169), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Geographical Science 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 0.4, quartile Q4, 9th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Geographical Science is published by Science Press. Its ISSN is 1000-0690.
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.
Geographical Science has an h-index of 5 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.4, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #776 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
Geographical Science published 9 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 49. 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.
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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