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International Journal of Cartography is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.2), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 2372-9333Verify ISSN ↗2372-9341Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 416 / 876 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | 105 / 194 | 46th | Q3 |
| Computers in Earth Sciences | 44 / 76 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.2.
International Journal of Cartography is Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 416 of 876), Q3 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 105 of 194) and Q3 in Computers in Earth Sciences (rank 44 of 76), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Cartography 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 2.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 52nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.310, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 18.
International Journal of Cartography is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2372-9333 and its online ISSN is 2372-9341.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Cartography has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 1.9 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #259 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
International Journal of Cartography published 53 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 63. 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 97 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (22.2%), Germany (9.1%) and France (7.7%).
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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