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ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography
ISSN 2748-1956 · eISSN 2748-1964 · Walter de Gruyter
ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.78; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; 19 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography is published by Walter de Gruyter and is in Zone 3 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies, Urbanization and City Planning and Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis, together about 21% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal The current volume of ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography is open access via Subscribe to Open (S2O). All accepted articles will be published under a Creative Commons license at no cost to authors. Learn more about De Gruyter Brill’s Subscribe to Open program.ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography aims to become a driver of and contributor to the global knowledge architecture in the field of economic geography broadly defined through its commitment to diversity regarding innovative themes and authors and by pushing for a non-partisan cross-disciplinary agenda. It invites contributions that develop novel conceptualizations and present new empirical insights into economic structures, processes and practices, as well as their variations and outcomes in spatial perspective. Themes of particular interest include the actors and i nstitutions shaping regional economic development, the institutional and socio-economic triggers of localized knowledge generation and innovation, the flows of people, knowledge and resources over distance, the development and persistence of unequal economic geographies worldwide, the global organization of capitalism and its evolution in spatial perspective, the impact of new societal challenges across space, and related topical areas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical StudiesEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Urbanization and City PlanningSocial Sciences7%
- Regional Economics and Spatial AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Regional Development and PolicySocial Sciences6.2%
- Economic and Social IssuesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Innovation, Technology, and SocietySocial Sciences5.3%
- Cross-Border Cooperation and IntegrationSocial Sciences5%
- Psychology, Coaching, and TherapyPsychology4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLCPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.78LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 892 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 19 | 16 | 57 |
| 2024 | 17 | 15 | 173 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 126 |
| 2022 | 31 | 30 | 368 |
| 2021 | 24 | 12 | 236 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 0 | — | — |
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 accepted2, with length limits
- editorialith a maximum length of 9,000 words and editorials with less than 3,000 words. II. Peer review, turnaround times and preprint policies Thmain text ≤ 3,000 words
- research articlecal areas. Article categories We accept research articles with a maximum length of 9,000 words and editorials with less than 3,000 words. II. Peer review,main text ≤ 9,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review, Preprints
- Peer review II. Peer review, turnaround times and preprint policies
The editorial team invites the submission of manuscripts that fit the agenda and goals of ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography to contribute to the conceptual and empirical advances within the field broadly defined, including neighboring disciplines. The submission process is conducted online through the Manuscript Central online platform: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/zfw
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints II. Peer review, turnaround times and preprint policies
The editorial team invites the submission of manuscripts that fit the agenda and goals of ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography to contribute to the conceptual and empirical advances within the field broadly defined, including neighboring disciplines. The submission process is conducted online through the Manuscript Central online platform: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/zfw
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
- Walter de Gruyter
- ISSN
- 2748-1956
- Electronic ISSN
- 2748-1964
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography
What CAS zone is ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics / Geography. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.78; CiteScore 6.3, h-index 28.
Which databases index ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography open access, and what is the APC?
ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .