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Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS SCIE Q2Scopus Q1SCImago #1,860Top JournalHybrid

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space

Identifier (ISSN):0308-518X(Print)/1472-3409(Online)
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Publisher:SAGE
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
4.3↑ +0.3
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q2
WoS SCIETop Tier
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2022–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space

WoS Q2
23563.7920224.220234.62024420254.32026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):4.3
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
1.742
#1,860

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
171

171 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate8.7%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
136articles/year
55.47% Gold OA•100% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space is a pluralist and heterodox journal of economic research, principally concerned with questions of urban and regional restructuring, globalization, inequality, and uneven development. International in outlook and interdisciplinary in spirit, the journal is positioned at the forefront of theoretical and methodological innovation, welcoming substantive and empirical contributions that probe and problematize significant issues of economic, social, and political concern, especially where these advance new approaches. The horizons of Economy and Space are wide, but themes of recurrent concern for the journal include: global production and consumption networks; urban policy and politics; race, gender, and class; economies of technology, information and knowledge; money, banking, and finance; migration and mobility; resource production and distribution; and land, housing, labor, and commodity markets. To these ends, Economy and Space values a diverse array of theories, methods, and approaches, especially where these engage with research traditions, evolving debates, and new directions in urban and regional studies, in human geography, and in allied fields such as socioeconomics and the various traditions of political economy.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Economics80.6%Political science67.4%Sociology65.6%Geography62.4%Law56.7%Computer science52.5%Mathematics43.9%Philosophy42.2%Biology42%Business39.3%Engineering36.7%History35.7%Archaeology33.1%Physics29.2%Ecology27%Economic geography26.6%Medicine24.9%Politics23.8%Epistemology22.1%Finance20.9%Linguistics20.8%Economic growth20.7%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSSCI2026

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Q2
Rank66/202
IndexSSCI
JCRSSCI2026

GEOGRAPHY

Q1
Rank17/174
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Q1
Rank48/202
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

GEOGRAPHY

Q1
Rank22/174
IndexSSCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF4.3
Articles / Year59
Total Citations11
2025
IF4
Articles / Year80
Total Citations193
2024
IF4.6
Articles / Year86
Total Citations699
2023
IF4.2
Articles / Year118
Total Citations1,637
2022
IF3.79
Articles / Year108
Total Citations2,712

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #1,860Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1973-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Environmental ScienceSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.742

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
6.26

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,720 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations2,190
3-Year Documents355
Citable Documents342

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate35.8%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 8.7%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space (ISSN: 0308-518X) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Multiple, published by SAGE in United Kingdom. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 4.30, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 1.742 (Q1), an H-index of 171.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 136 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,720 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
SAGE
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01