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Journal of Geographical Systems is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.9), formerly ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Verlag.
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ISSN 1435-5930Verify ISSN ↗1435-5949Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Cost to publish: About US$3,490 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 151 / 876 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 161 / 755 | 78th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1999–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.9.
Journal of Geographical Systems is Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 151 of 876) and Q1 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 161 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Geographical Systems is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 5.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.803, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 67.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,490 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.
Journal of Geographical Systems is published by Springer Verlag. Its print ISSN is 1435-5930 and its online ISSN is 1435-5949.
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 Social Sciences Citation Index.
It was rated C in the 2010 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Regional Studies, Planning and Environment field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Geographical Systems has an h-index of 76 and a 2-year mean of 3.19 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #122 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
Journal of Geographical Systems published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 35. 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 92 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (22.3%), United States (20.7%) and United Kingdom (6.5%).
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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