Journal profile · Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
Terra
ISSN 0040-3741 · Geographical Society of Finland · Finland
Terra: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Terra is published by Geographical Society of Finland. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Geography and Geographical Thought, Geography Education and Pedagogy and Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies, together about 30.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geography, Planning and Development. (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
- Historical Geography and Geographical ThoughtSocial Sciences15.4%
- Geography Education and PedagogySocial Sciences9.1%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Geographic Information Systems StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Historical Geography and CartographySocial Sciences4.4%
- Spatial and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- European Linguistics and AnthropologySocial Sciences4.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Q3 | 153/235 | 35th |
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q3 | 574/876 | 34th |
| General Earth and Planetary Sciences | Q3 | 141/201 | 30th |
| Water Science and Technology | Q4 | 217/279 | 22nd |
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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,937 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 21 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | 30 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 57 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 22 |
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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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-SA |
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 websiteAI use
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Geographical Society of Finland
- Country or region
- Finland
- Language
- Swedish, Finnish
- ISSN
- 0040-3741
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Terra
How long does peer review take at Terra?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 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 Terra?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Terra is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Terra open access, and what is the APC?
Terra 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: .