GeoJournal

Aims & Scope

GeoJournal is an international journal devoted to all branches of spatially integrated social sciences and humanities.

This long standing journal is committed to publishing cutting-edge, innovative, original and timely research from around the world and across the whole spectrum of social sciences and humanities that have an explicit geographical/spatial component, in particular in GeoJournal’s six major areas: - Economic and Development Geography - Social and Political Geography - Cultural and Historical Geography - Health and Medical Geography - Environmental Geography and Sustainable Development - Legal/Ethical Geography and Policy In addition to research papers GeoJournal publishes reviews as well as shorter articles in the form of research notes, commentaries, and reports.

Submissions should demonstrate original and substantive contributions to social science and humanities from a geographical perspective.

Submissions on emerging new fields such as GeoEthics, Neogeography, Digital Humanities and other emerging topics are also welcome.

GeoJournal’s focus makes the journal essential reading for human geographers working in these areas, as well as for researchers from other disciplines, such as sociology, economics, political science, demography, environmental studies, urban planning, history, and cultural studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.639

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	87

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9037

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3032

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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 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.

• Citizens as sensors: the world of volunteered geography

  Citation: 3058

  Authors: Michael F.

• The real-time city? Big data and smart urbanism

  Citation: 1765

  Authors: Rob

• Land use change modelling: current practice and research priorities

  Citation: 759

  Authors: Peter H., Paul P., Martin J., A.

• Excavating Lefebvre: The right to the city and its urban politics of the inhabitant

  Citation: 645

  Authors: Mark

• Being a ‘citizen’ in the smart city: up and down the scaffold of smart citizen participation in Dublin, Ireland

  Citation: 477

  Authors: Paolo, Rob

• The credibility of volunteered geographic information

  Citation: 477

  Authors: Andrew J., Miriam J.

• Evaluation of water quality pollution indices for heavy metal contamination monitoring. A study case from Akpabuyo-Odukpani area, Lower Cross River Basin (southeastern Nigeria)

  Citation: 469

  Authors: A.E., O.E.

• Amenity migration: diverse conceptualizations of drivers, socioeconomic dimensions, and emerging challenges

  Citation: 447

  Authors: Hannah, Jesse

• LandScan USA: a high-resolution geospatial and temporal modeling approach for population distribution and dynamics

  Citation: 347

  Authors: Budhendra, Edward, Phillip, Marie L.

• Got green? addressing environmental justice in park provision

  Citation: 293

  Authors: Chona, Jennifer, John

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