Journal profile · GEOGRAPHY
Fennia-International Journal of Geography
ISSN 0015-0010 · eISSN 1798-5617 · Geographical Society of Finland · Finland
Fennia-International Journal of Geography: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fennia-International Journal of Geography is published by Geographical Society of Finland and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Rural development and sustainability, Migration, Refugees, and Integration and Urban Planning and Governance, together about 27.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): GEOGRAPHY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rural development and sustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences10.8%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.1%
- Migration, Health and TraumaPsychology5.1%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences4.7%
- Arctic and Russian Policy StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 323 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 2 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 7 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 90 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 207 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 85 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 180 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Geographical Society of Finland
- Country or region
- Finland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0015-0010
- Electronic ISSN
- 1798-5617
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fennia-International Journal of Geography
What CAS zone is Fennia-International Journal of Geography in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Fennia-International Journal of Geography is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Geography. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Fennia-International Journal of Geography?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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.
Which databases index Fennia-International Journal of Geography?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fennia-International Journal of Geography is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Fennia-International Journal of Geography open access, and what is the APC?
Fennia-International Journal of Geography is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .