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Raumforschung und Raumordnung is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Oekom - Gesellschaft fuer Oekologische Kommunikation mbH.
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ISSN 0034-0111Verify ISSN ↗1869-4179Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oekom - Gesellschaft fuer Oekologische Kommunikation mbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 108 / 295 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 401 / 876 | 54th | Q2 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 176 / 307 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present (also 1990–1991, 1977–1987), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.4.
Raumforschung und Raumordnung is Q2 in Urban Studies (rank 108 of 295), Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 401 of 876) and Q3 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 176 of 307), by CiteScore 2025.
Raumforschung und Raumordnung 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 2.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 63rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.446, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 25.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,760 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.
Raumforschung und Raumordnung is published by Oekom - Gesellschaft fuer Oekologische Kommunikation mbH. Its print ISSN is 0034-0111 and its online ISSN is 1869-4179.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Raumforschung und Raumordnung has an h-index of 35 and a 2-year mean of 0.49 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #164 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
Raumforschung und Raumordnung published 56 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 73. 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 93 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Germany (83.2%), Austria (3.2%) and Luxembourg (1.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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