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Socio-Ecological Practice Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.3). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer.
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ISSN 2524-5279Verify ISSN ↗2524-5287Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer
Cost to publish: About US$3,190 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Studies | 67 / 295 | 77th | Q1 |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 53 / 231 | 77th | Q1 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 239 / 876 | 72nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.3.
Socio-Ecological Practice Research is Q1 in Urban Studies (rank 67 of 295), Q1 in Nature and Landscape Conservation (rank 53 of 231) and Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 239 of 876), by CiteScore 2025.
Socio-Ecological Practice Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.3, quartile Q1, 77th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.578, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 23.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,190 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.
Socio-Ecological Practice Research is published by Springer. Its print ISSN is 2524-5279 and its online ISSN is 2524-5287.
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.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Socio-Ecological Practice Research has an h-index of 27 and a 2-year mean of 2.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #62 of 280 Scopus journals in Urban Studies.
Socio-Ecological Practice Research published 27 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 39. 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 100 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (34.7%), China (9.6%) and India (8.5%).
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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