Journal profile · GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica
ISSN 1578-5157 · Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, Sistemas de Información Geográfica y Teledetección · Spain
Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 13 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica is published by Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, Sistemas de Información Geográfica y Teledetección and is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Environmental and Ecological Studies, Regional Development and Innovation and Land Use and Ecosystem Services, together about 31.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
GeoFocus (ISSN:1578-5157) is the open-access Journal of the Geographical Information Technologies Working Group of the Spanish Geographical Association. It has been continuously published since 2001 in electronic format and without publication fees, and it is open to contributions from the international scientific community, being a reference publication in the field of theory, methods, developments and applications of Geographical Information Science and Technology. Two annual issues are published, and the official publication languages are English, Spanish and Portuguese. The journal is indexed and is present in summaries in a large number of databases, directories, portals and national and international scientific repositories (see Indexing of GeoFocus). The first Director and Editor-in-Chief was Dr. Antonio Moreno from the Department of Geography at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid for the period 2001-2014. The current Director and Editor-in-Chief is Dr. Xavier Pons from the Department of Geography at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Xavier Pons FernándezPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 5, Portugal 2 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Environmental and Ecological StudiesEnergy13.6%
- Regional Development and InnovationSocial Sciences10.8%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science6.9%
- Geographic Information Systems StudiesSocial Sciences6.7%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Remote Sensing in AgricultureEnvironmental Science5%
- Geography and Education MethodsSocial Sciences5%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Science4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 349 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 10 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 20 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 27 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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-NC-ND | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Model summary
©The authors of the articles and other contributions published in GeoFocus keep intact the intellectual property rights over them. The authors and the publisher authorize the total or partial reproduction of the contents of the journal in the following terms:1) Express mention of the author and the reference of the original publication.2) Do not perform a commercial or lucrative use of them. Other…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review; authors must not be identified in the manuscript. Model summary
Since the review is double blind, DO NOT write the name of the authors, neither on the first page nor in the page header.
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
- Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, Sistemas de Información Geográfica y Teledetección
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 1578-5157
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica
What CAS zone is Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Geosciences, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (5) and Portugal (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica open access, and what is the APC?
Geofocus-Revista Internacional de Ciencia y TecnologIa de la InformaciOn GeogrAfica 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, Publisher website; 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: .