Regional Studies, the original journal of the Association has an impact factor which rose to 4.595 in 2021.
Journal Metrics – Regional Studies
Usage
- 686K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 4.595 (2021) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 4.726 (2021) 5 year IF
- 7.6 (2021) CiteScore
- Q1 (2021) CiteScore Best Quartile
- 2.263 (2021) SNIP
- 1.459 (2021) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 25 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 99 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 46 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 15% acceptance rate
Indexed in Clarivate Analytics’ Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed by Scopus
More info at the T&F Regional Studies metrics page
Journal Metrics – Territory Politics Governance
Usage
- 160K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.025 (2021) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.368 (2021) 5 year IF
- 4.9 (2021) CiteScore
- Q1 (2021) CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.765 (2021) SNIP
- 0.918 (2021) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 5 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 81 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 29 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 29% acceptance rate
Indexed in Clarivate Analytics’ Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed by Scopus
More info at the T&F Territory Politics Governance metrics page
Journal Metrics – Spatial Economic Analysis
Usage
- 67K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.317 (2021) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.452 (2021) 5 year IF
- 4.3 (2021) CiteScore
- Q1 (2021) CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.231 (2021) SNIP
- 0.686 (2021) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 14 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 94 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 31 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 16% acceptance rate
Indexed in Clarivate Analytics’ Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed by Scopus
More info at the T&F Spatial Economic Analysis metrics page
Journal Metrics – Area Development and Policy
Usage
- 40K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.9 (2021) CiteScore
- Q1 (2021) CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.544 (2021) SNIP
- 0.775 (2021) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 8 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 66 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 41 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 24% acceptance rate
Indexed by Scopus
Indexed in Clarivate Analytics’ Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
More info at the T&F Area Development and Policy metrics page
Journal Metrics – Regional Studies Regional Science
Usage
- 214K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.9 (2021) CiteScore
- Q1 (2021) CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.982 (2021) SNIP
- 0.589 (2021) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 35 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 64 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 28 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 52% acceptance rate
Indexed by Scopus
Indexed in Clarivate Analytics’ Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
More info at the T&F Regional Studies Regional Science metrics page
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