Journal profile · Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

Nordia Geographical Publications

ISSN 1238-2086 · eISSN 2736-9722 · The Geographical Society of Northern Finland · Finland

Nordia Geographical Publications: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value

CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartileQ2Geography, Planning and Development · rank 344/876 · 60th percentile

Review timeabout 14 weeksCommunity average

APCNo APCDiamond open access (no APC)

Acceptance—No reports yet

Articles per year142025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Nordia Geographical Publications is published by The Geographical Society of Northern Finland. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Historical Geography and Geographical Thought and Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies, together about 23.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences9.3%
Historical Geography and Geographical ThoughtSocial Sciences7.8%
Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences6.7%
Arctic and Russian Policy StudiesSocial Sciences6%
Spatial and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
Cross-Border Cooperation and IntegrationSocial Sciences5.2%
Social Sciences and HumanitiesSocial Sciences4.1%
Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.7%

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
Geography, Planning and Development	Q2	344/876	60th
General Earth and Planetary Sciences	Q2	87/201	56th

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: 3LetPub · 2026-11-01
SJR 2026-06: 0.6LetPub · 2026-11-01
SNIP 2026-06: 0.84LetPub · 2026-11-01
h-index: 12OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
i10-index: 23OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
2-year mean citedness: 1.11OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
Share of gold OA articles: 0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 231 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	18	18	69
2025	14	14	97
2024	6	6	128
2023	6	6	93
2022	12	12	83
2021	11	11	63

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 14 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported): about 14 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01
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	No	CC BY-NC-ND	2026-11-01
LetPub	No APC	No	—	2026-11-01

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: The Geographical Society of Northern Finland
Country or region: Finland
Language: English, Finnish
ISSN: 1238-2086
Electronic ISSN: 2736-9722
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 Nordia Geographical Publications

How long does peer review take at Nordia Geographical Publications?

Authors report an average review time of about 14 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 Nordia Geographical Publications?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nordia Geographical Publications is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Nordia Geographical Publications open access, and what is the APC?

Nordia Geographical Publications 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: 2026-11-01.