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Studies in Regional Science is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.1). Published by Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International.
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ISSN 0287-6256Verify ISSN ↗1880-6465Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (all) | 276 / 286 | 3rd | Q4 |
| Environmental Science (all) | 245 / 249 | 1st | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1970–2025, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.1.
Studies in Regional Science is Q4 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 276 of 286) and Q4 in Environmental Science (all) (rank 245 of 249), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in Regional Science 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 0.1, quartile Q4, 3rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.101, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 14.
Studies in Regional Science is published by Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International. Its print ISSN is 0287-6256 and its online ISSN is 1880-6465.
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.
Studies in Regional Science has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 0.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #245 of 268 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (all).
Studies in Regional Science published 22 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 57. 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 92 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Japan (78.8%), Iran (17.4%) and United States (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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