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Regional Science Policy and Practice is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1757-7802Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development | 54 / 314 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 165 / 876 | 81st | Q1 |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | 134 / 432 | 69th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.6.
Regional Science Policy and Practice is Q1 in Development (rank 54 of 314), Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 165 of 876) and Q2 in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (rank 134 of 432), by CiteScore 2025.
Regional Science Policy and Practice 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 5.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.892, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 33.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,596 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.
Regional Science Policy and Practice is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 1757-7802.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Regional Science Policy and Practice has an h-index of 43 and a 2-year mean of 4.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #27 of 299 Scopus journals in Development.
Regional Science Policy and Practice published 103 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 135. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from Italy (10.2%), Germany (8.2%) and Spain (7.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.8 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.
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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