Geographia Polonica

Aims & Scope

Geographia Polonica is a scientific geographic journal that has been published by the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation of the Polish Academy of Sciences (known until 1973 as the Institute of Geography PAS) since 1964.

In 1999, Geographia Polonica started on a road that saw it transform from a series of topical volumes, typically one per year, into a semi-annual periodical and, in 2012, into a quarterly.

Each year issues are published in the folowing months: March, July, October, December.

Geographia Polonica follows an interdisciplinary approach where papers on spatial planning, environmental protection, ecology, and broadly understood social and economic studies with spatial aspects feature alongside typically geographical pieces.

From the very beginning, one of our objectives has been to popularise the achievements of Polish geographers on an international scale.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	1.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.228

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	24

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19611

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	67

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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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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• An introduction to the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)

  Citation: 377

  Authors: Krzysztof, Gerd, Peter, Dusan, George, Yoram, Agnieszka, Bernhard

• Physico-geographical mesoregions of Poland: Verification and adjustment of boundaries on the basis of contemporary spatial data

  Citation: 356

  Authors: Jerzy, Jan, Małgorzata, Andrzej, Krzysztof, Jarosław, Teresa, Łukasz, Radosław, Izabela, Miłosz, Mariusz, Rafał, Paweł, Jerzy, Andrzej, Anna, Ewa, Piotr, Urszula, Jerzy, Elżbieta, Jan, Małgorzata, Sławomir, Wiesław

• Georeferencing of historical maps using GIS, as exemplified by the Austrian Military Surveys of Galicia

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Andrzej

• Tourism development in the borderlands of Poland

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Marek

• Border changes in Central and Eastern Europe: An introduction

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Vladimir, Marek

• UTCI: validation and practical application to the assessment of urban outdoor thermal comfort

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Peter, Eduardo, Dusan

• Use of the UTCI in the Czech Republic

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Martin

• Road accessibility to tourist destinations of the Polish-Slovak borderland: 2010-2030 prediction and planning

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Marek, Daniel, Maria, Branislav, Vladimír, Tomasz, Piotr, Marcin, Vladimír, Przemysław, Dariusz, Rafał

• Controlling factors limiting timberline position and shifts in the Sudetes: A review

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Vaclav, Piotr

• Assessment of bioclimatic conditions in cities for tourism and recreational purposes (a Warsaw case study)

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Katarzyna

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