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Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories

Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.2). Published by North Caucasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, State Technological University.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 1998-4502Verify ISSN ↗2499-975XVerify ISSN ↗

Publisher: North Caucasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, State Technological University

Scopus · Q2

3.2

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 404 of 1530 · 73rd pctile

Indexed in

major index

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2011–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

3.2

SJR · SCImago

0.554

Q2 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q2 · 73rd pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Sociology and Political Science	404 / 1530	73rd	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	329 / 876	62nd	Q2
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)	84 / 194	56th	Q2
Mechanical Engineering	358 / 740	51st	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	221 / 432	48th	Q3
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment	205 / 345	40th	Q3

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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)

Quick answers

Is Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.2.

What quartile is Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories in Scopus?

Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories is Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 404 of 1530), Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 329 of 876) and Q2 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 84 of 194), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories?

Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories 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 3.2, quartile Q2, 73rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.554, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 22.

Who publishes Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories and what is its ISSN?

Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories is published by North Caucasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, State Technological University. Its print ISSN is 1998-4502 and its online ISSN is 2499-975X.

Is Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories in Web of Science?

No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories open access?

No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

How well cited is Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #701 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.

h-index

0.79

2-yr mean citations

i10-index

989

works indexed

2,479

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#701 of 1,478 Top 48% Sociology and Political Science

#487 of 825 Bottom 41% Geography, Planning and Development

#121 of 179 Bottom 33% Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Papers published per year

Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories published 185 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Mining and Gasification TechnologiesIndustrial Engineering and TechnologiesGeotechnical and Geomechanical EngineeringEngineering and Environmental Studies

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.

Who publishes in Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories? — latest 99 articles, 2026

In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Russia (87.9%), Kazakhstan (6.1%) and Armenia (2%). 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.

Are there integrity warnings for Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

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.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers None recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Author concentration87.9% of recent authorship from Russia

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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 1998-4502 ↗ISSN Portal · 2499-975X ↗

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