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Papers in Regional Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.8), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
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ISSN 1056-8190Verify ISSN ↗1435-5957Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 157 / 876 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 89 / 307 | 71st | Q2 |
Not listed in: FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1955–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.8.
Papers in Regional Science is Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 157 of 876) and Q2 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 89 of 307), by CiteScore 2025.
Papers in Regional Science 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 5.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.141, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 85.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,740 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.
Papers in Regional Science is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1056-8190 and its online ISSN is 1435-5957.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
It is graded 3 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Regional Studies, Planning and Environment field, unchanged from 2021.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Papers in Regional Science has an h-index of 124 and a 2-year mean of 5.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #34 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
Papers in Regional Science published 51 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 99. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from Italy (20.6%), Spain (12.7%) and China (9.4%).
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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