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GI_Forum is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.6), DOAJ. Published by Austrian Acedemy of Sciences Press.
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ISSN 2308-1708Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Austrian Acedemy of Sciences Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 495 / 876 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Education | 992 / 1698 | 41st | Q3 |
| Computer Science Applications | 703 / 1022 | 31st | Q3 |
| Computers in Earth Sciences | 53 / 76 | 30th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–2024, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.6.
GI_Forum is Q3 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 495 of 876), Q3 in Education (rank 992 of 1698) and Q3 in Computer Science Applications (rank 703 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
GI_Forum 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 1.6, quartile Q3, 43rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.178, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 11.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$539 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.
GI_Forum is published by Austrian Acedemy of Sciences Press. Its ISSN is 2308-1708.
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.
GI_Forum has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #498 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
GI_Forum published 8 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 55. 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 89 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Austria (36.9%), Germany (26.7%) and United States (6.2%).
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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