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Regional Studies, Regional Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.3), ABDC A, WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor & Francis Online.
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ISSN 2168-1376Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 275 / 1530 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 238 / 876 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 244 / 755 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.3.
Regional Studies, Regional Science is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 275 of 1530), Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 238 of 876) and Q2 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 244 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Regional Studies, Regional 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 4.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.625, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,165 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 Studies, Regional Science is published by Taylor & Francis Online. Its ISSN is 2168-1376.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other commerce, management, tourism and services.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Regional Studies, Regional Science has an h-index of 43 and a 2-year mean of 2.63 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #159 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Regional Studies, Regional Science published 58 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 59. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Italy (15.8%), United Kingdom (11.1%) and United States (8.9%).
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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