Journal profile · GEOGRAPHY
Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research
ISSN 0035-1121 · eISSN 1760-7426 · Institut de Géographie Alpine · France
Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.39; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 87 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research is published by Institut de Géographie Alpine 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 French Urban and Social Studies, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Historical Geography and Geographical Thought, together about 38.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): GEOGRAPHY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences23.4%
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Historical Geography and Geographical ThoughtSocial Sciences6.9%
- Cultural Identity and HeritageArts and Humanities6.9%
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Rural development and sustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences4.5%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SSCI for production reasons on 17 August 2026. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.39LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 261OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.28OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 63.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,801 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 53 | 7 |
| 2025 | 87 | 87 | 9 |
| 2024 | 74 | 74 | 43 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | 65 |
| 2022 | 94 | 94 | 112 |
| 2021 | 68 | 68 | 153 |
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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 | 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Institut de Géographie Alpine
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 0035-1121
- Electronic ISSN
- 1760-7426
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research
What CAS zone is Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Geography. 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.
What is the impact factor of Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.39; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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 Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research open access, and what is the APC?
Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research 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: .