Progress in Physical Geography

Aims & Scope

Progress in Physical Geography is an international journal, encompassing an interdisciplinary approach incorporating the latest developments and debates within Physical Geography and interrelated fields across the Earth, Biological and Ecological System Sciences.

Contributions which review progress to date; which blend review material with new and original findings; or which introduce material, methods or techniques at the forefront of current knowledge, are welcomed.

Authors need not be uncritically exhaustive in synthesizing research on a particular topic, but should concentrate on what they consider to be the most promising recent productive trends and developments.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.6
2024	3.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.942

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	124

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5337

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	548

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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.

• Downscaling general circulation model output: a review of methods and limitations

  Citation: 1083

  Authors: R.L., T.M.L.

• Impact of plant roots on the resistance of soils to erosion by water: a review

  Citation: 959

  Authors: G., J., E., Y.

• Plant invasions: merging the concepts of species invasiveness and community invasibility

  Citation: 865

  Authors: David M., Petr

• LiDAR remote sensing of forest structure

  Citation: 843

  Authors: Kevin, Paul, Michael, Benoît, Martin

• Methods and uncertainties in bioclimatic envelope modelling under climate change

  Citation: 761

  Authors: Risto K., Miska, Miguel B., Raimo, Wilfried, Martin T.

• The urban energy balance

  Citation: 738

  Authors: T.R.

• The weather generation game: a review of stochastic weather models

  Citation: 698

  Authors: D. S., R. L.

• Predictive vegetation mapping: geographic modelling of biospatial patterns in relation to environmental gradients

  Citation: 683

  Authors: Janet

• Hydrological modelling using artificial neural networks

  Citation: 620

  Authors: C. W., R. L.

• Mapping landslide displacements using Structure from Motion (SfM) and image correlation of multi-temporal UAV photography

  Citation: 590

  Authors: Arko, Steven M. de, Darren

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