Southern African Geographical Journal
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Southern African Geographical Journal
Overview

Impact Factor

2.651

H Index

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Impact Factor

2.042

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom
Journal ISSN: 03736245, 21512418
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
History: 1931-1932, 1934-1936, 1938-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The South African Geographical Journal was founded in 1917 and is the flagship journal of the Society of South African Geographers. The journal aims at using southern Africa as a region from, and through, which to communicate geographic knowledge and to engage with issues and themes relevant to the discipline. The journal is a forum for papers of a high academic quality and welcomes papers dealing with philosophical and methodological issues and topics of an international scope that are significant for the region and the African continent, including: Climate change Environmental studies Development Governance and policy Physical and urban Geography Human Geography Sustainability Tourism GIS and remote sensing

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Southern African Geographical Journal
SCR Impact Factor

Southern African Geographical Journal
SCR Journal Ranking

Southern African Geographical Journal
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

0.396

Southern African Geographical Journal
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Southern African Geographical Journal
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Southern African Geographical Journal
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Southern African Geographical Journal
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    1.927 2.312 2.586
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    2.042 2 1.954
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    2.25 1.82 1.876
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    1.538 1.547 1.714
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    1.269 1.391 1.313
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    1.706 1.485 1.405
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    1.7 1.558 1.431
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    0.593 0.548 0.661
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.643 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.724 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    0.643 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    0.654 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.462 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.364 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.262 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.45 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0.382 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.35 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0.46 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    0.197 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    1.104 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0.436 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0.538 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Southern African Geographical Journal
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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Southern African Geographical Journal
H-Index History