Journal profile · AREA STUDIES
Region
ISSN 2166-4307 · eISSN 2409-5370 · ERSA · Austria
Region: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Region is published by ERSA 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 Soviet and Russian History, Eastern European Communism and Reforms and Legal Cases and Commentary, together about 25.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
REGION is the official journal of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA). It publishes original scientific work in Regional Science, Regional Economics, Economic Geography, and related areas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AREA STUDIES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences11.3%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences7.1%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine6.9%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences6.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.9%
- Arctic and Russian Policy StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Russia and Soviet political economySocial Sciences5.2%
- Historical Geopolitical and Social DynamicsSocial Sciences5.2%
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 | Area Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Area Studies | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 4LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 271 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 2021 | 21 | 2 | 25 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted4, with length limits
- articlesAuthors can submit to one of three sections: "Articles", "Resources", and "Letters".Length not stated
- lettereir methodological and/or data toolkit. Letters section: this section publishes letter size (about 3000 words) contributions. Summaries of theses are acceptable…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- lettersAuthors can submit to one of three sections: "Articles", "Resources", and "Letters".Length not stated
- resourcesAuthors can submit to one of three sections: "Articles", "Resources", and "Letters".Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
COPE Model summary
For all parties involved in the act of publishing it is necessary to agree upon fundamental aims and principles and upon standards of expected ethical behavior. The ethics statements for REGION are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the COPE Code of Conduct (www.publicationethics.org). For details see the sections “Responsibilities”…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY 4.0 Model summary
REGION is an open journal, and uses the standard Creative Commons license: Copyright We want authors to retain the maximum control over their work consistent with the first goal. For this reason, authors who publish in REGION will retain copyright and release their articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. This license allows anyone to copy and distribute the article pro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No financial barriers (free access) Model summary
By removing all financial barriers ERSA intends to stimulate the dialog in the regional science community and make REGION the medium of discussion of regional issues at a worldwide scale
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Blind review Model summary
The instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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
- ERSA
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2166-4307
- Electronic ISSN
- 2409-5370
- Society / sponsor
- European Regional Science Association
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Region
What CAS zone is Region in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Region is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Area Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Region?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Region?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Region is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Region open access, and what is the APC?
Region is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .