Journal profile · Social Sciences-Anthropology
Geographica Helvetica
ISSN 0016-7312 · eISSN 2194-8798 · Copernicus · Germany
Geographica Helvetica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 53 weeks (community reports); 52 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Geographica Helvetica is published by Copernicus. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Geography and Geographical Thought, Geography and Environmental Studies and Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies, together about 37.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geography, Planning and Development. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Geographica Helvetica, the Swiss journal of geography, is fully Open Access and publishes contributions in all fields of geography as well as in neighboring disciplines. As a multilingual journal, GH accepts articles in English, German, French, and Italian. It publishes theoretical as well as empirical contributions with relevance to geography. GH offers a platform for a cosmopolitan geography that highlights relationality and difference, connections and disconnections within Europe and beyond. This agenda derives from the specificity of Swiss geography as a meeting ground for different geographical traditions and languages. To this end, the journal is particularly interested in publishing perspectives from regions often perceived as "niches", such as Southern and Eastern Europe, and insights about the entanglements between European and non-European regions. Geographica Helvetica offers different publication formats and publishes peer-reviewed and non-reviewed interventions (see manuscript types). The Special Edition Social Geography is a forum for theme issues specifically dedicated to exploring and developing the interface between social geographic research and social theory. The format of submissions may vary from theme issues with standard articles to coherent sets of shorter interventions. In all cases, a strong emphasis on fundamental issues in socio-spatial theory, social philosophy and philosophy of science must be clearly evident. Geographica Helvetica is promoted and supported by the following institutions: Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), Geographic and Ethnological Society of Zurich/Geographisch-Ethnographische Gesellschaft Zürich (GEGZ), and Swiss Association of Geography/Association Suisse de Géographie (ASG). Digitalization and access to all issues since 1899 All more than 100 issues of the academic journal Geographica Helvetica are currently being digitalized by the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries. As access is arranged over the online services of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries and the ETH Library, it is free of charge for users (http://retro.seals.ch). Both full-text research of articles and browsing of individual years are made possible. The complete online service is offered over the technical platform SEALS (Swiss Electronic Academic Library Service) under the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries. Geographica Helvetica includes articles under all previous titles of the journal: 1899/1900–1916/17: Jahresberichte de
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Anthropology
Editor-in-chief Julie de DardelPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Switzerland 2, Germany 1, France 1, Italy 1, Netherlands 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Geography and Geographical ThoughtSocial Sciences20.3%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science9.4%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences7.8%
- Geography Education and PedagogySocial Sciences6.5%
- Spatial and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.7%
- Historical Geography and CartographySocial Sciences4.4%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | Q1 | 112/536 | 79th |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q2 | 413/876 | 52nd |
| Earth-Surface Processes | Q2 | 92/184 | 50th |
| Global and Planetary Change | Q3 | 98/134 | 27th |
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
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.51Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.85Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 265OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.29OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,321 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | 48 | 628 |
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | 861 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 1,415 |
| 2023 | 55 | 55 | 1,127 |
| 2022 | 54 | 54 | 997 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 884 |
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 53 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 53 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
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 | Yes | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | Yes | — |
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)
Article types accepted3
- book reviewsManuscript formats Standard articles Interventions Book reviewsLength not stated
- interventionsManuscript formats Standard articles Interventions Book reviewsLength not stated
- standard articlesManuscript formats Standard articles Interventions Book reviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Code availability, Data availability
- AI use
AI usage must be described in Methods or Acknowledgements Model summary
Should you have used AI tools to generate (parts of) your manuscript, please describe the usage either in the Methods section or the Acknowledgements
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Code availability
Code availability section required when code is used Model summary
The manuscript must then include a section entitled "Code availability" or, in the case of data and code, "Code and data availability".
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data should be deposited in reliable repository and linked via DOI Model summary
We recommend that any data set used in your manuscript is submitted to a reliable data repository and linked from your manuscript through a DOI.
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
- Copernicus
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English, French, German, Italian
- ISSN
- 0016-7312
- Electronic ISSN
- 2194-8798
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Geographica Helvetica
How long does peer review take at Geographica Helvetica?
Authors report an average review time of about 53 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 Geographica Helvetica based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Switzerland (2), Germany (1) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Geographica Helvetica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Geographica Helvetica is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Geographica Helvetica open access, and what is the APC?
Geographica Helvetica 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, Publisher website, 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: .