South African Geographical Journal

ISSN 0373-6245 · Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom · active 1917–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile
Q2
Cites per paper (2y)
1.6
SJR
0.458
h-index
44

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric. Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline.

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Responding time

Submission to acceptance
148 days (median)
Estimated from our library (19 papers)
Acceptance to publication
27 days (median)
Estimated from our library (19 papers)
Submission to publication
167 days (median)
Estimated from our library (19 papers)

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

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Access status: unknown. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

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Scope

localeconomicdevelopmentplanningpoliticalrelationsurbanruralchallengeslegalissuessouth

Frequently asked

Is South African Geographical Journal a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag South African Geographical Journal. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is South African Geographical Journal indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, South African Geographical Journal appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of South African Geographical Journal?

Papers in South African Geographical Journal are cited about 1.6 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 44. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is South African Geographical Journal (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

Scimago places South African Geographical Journal in Q2 for its subject category. Quartiles split the journals in a field into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; South African Geographical Journal is cited about 1.6 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 44. A journal is ranked per subject category, so one spanning several fields can sit in different quartiles depending on the category.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of South African Geographical Journal?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for South African Geographical Journal. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q2, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is South African Geographical Journal open access?

We hold no reliable open-access classification for South African Geographical Journal. Check the journal's own site for its access model and any article processing charge.

How long does South African Geographical Journal take to publish a paper?

Submission to acceptance for South African Geographical Journal takes about 148 days (median) — Estimated from our library (n=19 papers). Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for South African Geographical Journal.

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