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Journal of Spatial Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.9), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Mapping Sciences Institute Australia.
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ISSN 1449-8596Verify ISSN ↗1836-5655Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Mapping Sciences Institute Australia
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 269 / 876 | 69th | Q2 |
| Energy (all) | 38 / 79 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Atmospheric Science | 78 / 160 | 51st | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.9.
Journal of Spatial Science is Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 269 of 876), Q2 in Energy (all) (rank 38 of 79) and Q2 in Atmospheric Science (rank 78 of 160), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Spatial Science 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 3.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.370, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 37.
Journal of Spatial Science is published by Mapping Sciences Institute Australia. Its print ISSN is 1449-8596 and its online ISSN is 1836-5655.
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 Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Spatial Science has an h-index of 42 and a 2-year mean of 3.45 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #99 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
Journal of Spatial Science published 20 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 52. 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 96 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (40.3%), India (15.6%) and Türkiye (7.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 10 retracted papers are recorded (13.2 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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