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International Journal of Digital Earth is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1753-8947Verify ISSN ↗1753-8955Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) | 27 / 201 | 86th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 225 / 1022 | 78th | Q1 |
| Software | 119 / 503 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.4.
International Journal of Digital Earth is Q1 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) (rank 27 of 201), Q1 in Computer Science Applications (rank 225 of 1022) and Q1 in Software (rank 119 of 503), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Digital Earth is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 7.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.200, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 76.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,390 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.
International Journal of Digital Earth is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1753-8947 and its online ISSN is 1753-8955.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Digital Earth has an h-index of 88 and a 2-year mean of 6.31 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 186 Scopus journals in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all).
International Journal of Digital Earth published 384 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.
In its latest 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (71.4%), United States (6.7%) and Hong Kong SAR China (2.9%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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.
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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