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Journal of Public Space is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.1), DOAJ. Published by City Space Architecture.
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ISSN 2206-9658Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: City Space Architecture
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | 243 / 692 | 64th | Q2 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 423 / 744 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Urban Studies | 172 / 295 | 41st | Q3 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 604 / 876 | 31st | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.1.
Journal of Public Space is Q2 in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (rank 243 of 692), Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 423 of 744) and Q3 in Urban Studies (rank 172 of 295), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Public Space 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 1.1, quartile Q2, 64th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.203, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 6.
Journal of Public Space is published by City Space Architecture. Its ISSN is 2206-9658.
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.
Journal of Public Space has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0.72 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #200 of 610 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous).
Journal of Public Space published 11 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 80. 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 78 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Australia (10%), United Kingdom (7.1%) and South Africa (6.6%).
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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