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SpringerBriefs in Geography is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.7). Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 2211-4165Verify ISSN ↗2211-4173Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 377 / 876 | 57th | Q2 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 163 / 307 | 47th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.7.
SpringerBriefs in Geography is Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 377 of 876) and Q3 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 163 of 307), by CiteScore 2025.
SpringerBriefs in Geography 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 2.7, quartile Q2, 57th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
SpringerBriefs in Geography is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 2211-4165 and its online ISSN is 2211-4173.
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.
SpringerBriefs in Geography has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 0.39 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #622 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
SpringerBriefs in Geography published 30 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 74. 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.
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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