Chinese Geographical Science

Aims & Scope

Chinese Geographical Science is an international journal, sponsored by Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and published by Science Press, Beijing, China.

Chinese Geographical Science is devoted to leading scientific and technological innovation in geography, serving development in China, and promoting international scientific exchange.

The journal mainly covers physical geography and its sub-disciplines, human geography and its sub-disciplines, cartography, remote sensing, and geographic information systems.

It pays close attention to the major issues the world is concerned with, such as the man-land relationship, population, resources, environment, globalization and regional development.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	3.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7034

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	798

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.778

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	55

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Fourth Industrial Revolution: technological drivers, impacts and coping methods

  Citation: 268

  Authors: Guoping, Yun, Aizhi

• China’s urbanization in 1949–2015: Processes and driving forces

  Citation: 152

  Authors: Chaolin, Lingqian, Ian G.

• Review of shadow detection and de-shadowing methods in remote sensing

  Citation: 131

  Authors: AmirReza, Ning, Ke, Nathan, Zhangquan

• Effects of crude oil contamination on soil physical and chemical properties in Momoge wetland of China

  Citation: 129

  Authors: Ying, Jiang, Qianxin, Xianguo, Xiaoyu, Guoping

• Regional differences of China’s urban expansion from late 20th to early 21st century based on remote sensing information

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Jiyuan, Qian, Yunfeng

• Major Function Oriented Zone: New method of spatial regulation for reshaping regional development pattern in China

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Jie, Wei, Kan, Dong

• A theoretical analysis of interactive coercing effects between urbanization and eco-environment

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Chuanglin, Jing

• Hydrological Simulation Using TRMM and CHIRPS Precipitation Estimates in the Lower Lancang-Mekong River Basin

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Xian, Wenqi, Daming, Yungang, Xuan

• Urban construction land suitability evaluation based on improved multi-criteria evaluation based on GIS (MCE-GIS): Case of New Hefei City, China

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Xiaorui, Chuanglin, Zhenbo, Haitao

• Landscape ecology: Coupling of pattern, process, and scale

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Bojie, Di, Nan

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