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Journal of Spatial Information Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by University of Maine.
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ISSN 1948-660XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Maine
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 344 / 876 | 60th | Q2 |
| Information Systems | 259 / 519 | 50th | Q2 |
| Computers in Earth Sciences | 39 / 76 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.
Journal of Spatial Information Science is Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 344 of 876), Q2 in Information Systems (rank 259 of 519) and Q3 in Computers in Earth Sciences (rank 39 of 76), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Spatial Information Science 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 3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.389, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 27.
Journal of Spatial Information Science is published by University of Maine. Its ISSN is 1948-660X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Spatial Information Science has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 2.88 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #152 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
Journal of Spatial Information Science published 10 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 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 53 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Netherlands (12.2%), Canada (11.8%) and United States (11.8%).
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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