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Journal of Maps is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1744-5647Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 264 / 876 | 69th | Q2 |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | 61 / 194 | 68th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.
Journal of Maps is Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 264 of 876) and Q2 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 61 of 194), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Maps is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and 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 4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.606, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 55.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$778 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 Maps is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its ISSN is 1744-5647.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Maps has an h-index of 60 and a 2-year mean of 2.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #204 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
Journal of Maps published 85 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 133. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from Italy (22.1%), Spain (13.1%) and Czechia (12.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (4.5 per 1,000 papers). 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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