Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Digital Geography and Society
ISSN 2666-3783 · Elsevier · United Kingdom
Digital Geography and Society: fully open access; APC about USD 960; review about 205 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 43 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Digital Geography and Society is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital Economy and Work Transformation, Smart Cities and Technologies and Urban Planning and Governance, together about 39.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Digital Geography and Society (DG&S) is an open access journal publishing interdisciplinary work that critically examines the social and spatial contexts of our digital present, past and futures. The primary aim of the journal is to champion work across the social sciences and humanities that questions and reveals how digital technologies shape and are shaped by people and places. Central to that aim is the principal scope of geographies, taken in the broadest terms as the ongoing concern for negotiations of space and place.As the foremost journal focused on digital geographies, DG&S is dedicated to publishing any and all high-quality research that investigates how the spaces and places of our societies shape and are shaped by digital technologies. There is no assertion or presumption of what constitutes ‘digital geography’ for DG&S, instead we invite critical and generous, ongoing, debate negotiating the geographies of, through and with the digital (following Ash et al.), agnostic of discipline. Our aim, in other words, is to foster and promote a route for advancing digital geographies scholarship and enhance their breadth, depth and diversity.DG&S is a digital-only journal with an ambition to publish traditional journal articles and a variety of multimedia, video and audio content. We have dedicated sections for full-length research articles as well as opinion pieces, case studies & reviews. Core to our mission is the championing of ‘Early Career’ research in digital geographies and we have a dedicated section promoting ‘New Voices’. As part of our goal to champion digital geographies research we also welcome digitally generated, creative pieces that speak to current issues and experiences across digital geographies. Special issues are an important part of DG&S’s mission to support cutting edge work and will be actively considered for publication in the journal.Key topics include, but are not limited to:Digital culturesGeographies of AI and roboticsIdentities and subjectivities of/for digital mediaDigital dividesUrban & rural digital geographiesDigital infrastructuresMobile spatial technologiesDigital urbanismGeopolitics and digital mediaDigital access and infrastructure for the global majority
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Jonathan CinnamonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United Kingdom 24, United States 7, Canada 7, Germany 3, Australia 3 (66 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital Economy and Work TransformationSocial Sciences17.2%
- Smart Cities and TechnologiesEngineering13.5%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences9.2%
- Legal and Labor StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.8%
- Geographic Information Systems StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Sharing Economy and PlatformsBusiness, Management and Accounting4.6%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q1 | 64/744 | 91st |
| Development | Q1 | 47/314 | 85th |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q1 | 146/876 | 83rd |
| Computer Science Applications | Q2 | 300/1022 | 70th |
| Information Systems | Q2 | 156/519 | 70th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.43OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 188 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 43 | 538 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 481 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 364 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 222 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 110 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 21 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
205 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 28 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 28 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 88 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 205 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 31 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 960 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,500 / EUR 1,400 / GBP 1,200 / JPY 186,050 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,200 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,200 / USD 2,400 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteArticle types accepted7, with length limits
- commentaryPapers should be a maximum of 9,000 words (including footnotes, but excluding bibliography, abstract, tables and figure captions). However, all papers should be…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- debate'Debate' sections reflect critically on current events and trends of significance from a geographical perspective; and/or critiques significant articles publish…Length not stated
- editorialPapers should be a maximum of 9,000 words (including footnotes, but excluding bibliography, abstract, tables and figure captions). However, all papers should be…Length not stated
- new voicesThe “New Voices” series aims to support emerging and ECR researchers working in digital geography.Length not stated
- opinionPapers should be a maximum of 9,000 words (including footnotes, but excluding bibliography, abstract, tables and figure captions). However, all papers should be…Length not stated
- perspectivePapers should be a maximum of 9,000 words (including footnotes, but excluding bibliography, abstract, tables and figure captions). However, all papers should be…Length not stated
- research articlePapers should be a maximum of 9,000 words (including footnotes, but excluding bibliography, abstract, tables and figure captions). However, all papers should be…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Group authorship
1 to 7 keywords required Model summary
Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
This journal follows a double anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed Model summary
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2666-3783
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Digital Geography and Society
How long does peer review take at Digital Geography and Society?
The publisher reports about 205 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 28 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Digital Geography and Society based?
Of the 66 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (24), United States (7) and Canada (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Digital Geography and Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Digital Geography and Society is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Digital Geography and Society open access, and what is the APC?
Digital Geography and Society is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 960.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .