Space and Polity

For a quarter of a century, Space and Polity has served as an international peer reviewed scholarly journal publishing the very best political geographical research from across the world. The mission of the journal is to play a leading role in advancing Political Geography as a distinctive branch of knowledge. Under the leadership of a new Editorial team, the journal will continue to accept submissions from across the political geographical spectrum and will actively procure, publish and promote articles which: -Strengthen ties between political philosophy, political philosophers, and political geographical thought and make foundational theoretical and conceptual contributions -Conduct politically aware historiographical investigations of political geographical thinkers, theories, concepts, ideas and debates and interrogate and reimagine the trajectory of political geography as a politico-intellectual project itself -Advance significant new insights, through new approaches, methodologies, data sets, and empirical analyses, into the most pressing public political problems which present in the 2020s -Provincialise and decolonise political geography and increase awareness and appreciation of Global South political geographical theory and debate -Inspire political geographical centred scholar activism and enhanced civic and cultural engagement and think anew about the contribution of political geographical scholarship, research, pedagogy and praxis to the public square and the public good

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Geography, Planning and Development	1999	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2000	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2001	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2002	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2003	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2004	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2005	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2006	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2007	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2008	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2009	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2010	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2011	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2012	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2013	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2014	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2015	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2016	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2017	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2018	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2019	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2020	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2021	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2022	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2023	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	1999	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2000	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2001	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2002	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2003	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2004	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2005	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2006	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2007	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2008	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2009	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2010	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2011	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2012	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2013	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2014	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2015	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2016	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2017	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2018	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2019	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2020	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2021	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2022	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.502
2000	0.505
2001	0.503
2002	0.319
2003	0.503
2004	0.545
2005	0.599
2006	0.412
2007	0.664
2008	0.530
2009	0.772
2010	0.537
2011	0.550
2012	0.572
2013	0.343
2014	0.349
2015	0.602
2016	1.243
2017	1.294
2018	0.705
2019	0.535
2020	0.400
2021	0.614
2022	0.427
2023	0.533

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	10
2000	9
2001	11
2002	12
2003	16
2004	18
2005	17
2006	17
2007	19
2008	20
2009	17
2010	16
2011	14
2012	20
2013	23
2014	20
2015	19
2016	21
2017	22
2018	19
2019	21
2020	36
2021	20
2022	18
2023	22

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.476
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.548
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.575
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.475
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.643
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.854
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.947
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.127
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.118
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.380
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.425
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.233
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.292
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.731
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.149
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.151
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.377
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.268
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	2.554
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.890
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.716
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.554
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.796
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.010
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.147
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.476
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.548
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.552
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.467
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.625
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.026
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.978
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.980
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.019
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.170
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.321
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.161
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.302
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.106
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.020
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.965
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.397
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.710
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.517
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.677
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.468
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.387
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.895
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.727
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.476
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.550
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.211
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.783
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.821
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.735
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.943
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.971
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.056
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.103
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.027
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.727
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.067
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.618
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.791
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.767
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.923
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	2.075
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.341
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.650
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.404
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.911
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.895

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	0
Self Cites	2000	1
Self Cites	2001	1
Self Cites	2002	1
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	3
Self Cites	2005	3
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	6
Self Cites	2008	1
Self Cites	2009	5
Self Cites	2010	5
Self Cites	2011	2
Self Cites	2012	8
Self Cites	2013	7
Self Cites	2014	1
Self Cites	2015	6
Self Cites	2016	4
Self Cites	2017	3
Self Cites	2018	4
Self Cites	2019	4
Self Cites	2020	4
Self Cites	2021	5
Self Cites	2022	4
Self Cites	2023	5
Total Cites	1999	10
Total Cites	2000	17
Total Cites	2001	16
Total Cites	2002	14
Total Cites	2003	20
Total Cites	2004	40
Total Cites	2005	45
Total Cites	2006	50
Total Cites	2007	53
Total Cites	2008	62
Total Cites	2009	74
Total Cites	2010	65
Total Cites	2011	69
Total Cites	2012	52
Total Cites	2013	51
Total Cites	2014	55
Total Cites	2015	88
Total Cites	2016	168
Total Cites	2017	151
Total Cites	2018	104
Total Cites	2019	91
Total Cites	2020	86
Total Cites	2021	144
Total Cites	2022	133
Total Cites	2023	185

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.476
External Cites per document	2000	0.516
External Cites per document	2001	0.517
External Cites per document	2002	0.433
External Cites per document	2003	0.625
External Cites per document	2004	0.949
External Cites per document	2005	0.913
External Cites per document	2006	0.980
External Cites per document	2007	0.904
External Cites per document	2008	1.151
External Cites per document	2009	1.232
External Cites per document	2010	1.071
External Cites per document	2011	1.264
External Cites per document	2012	0.936
External Cites per document	2013	0.880
External Cites per document	2014	0.947
External Cites per document	2015	1.302
External Cites per document	2016	2.645
External Cites per document	2017	2.467
External Cites per document	2018	1.613
External Cites per document	2019	1.403
External Cites per document	2020	1.323
External Cites per document	2021	1.829
External Cites per document	2022	1.675
External Cites per document	2023	2.432
Cites per document	1999	0.476
Cites per document	2000	0.548
Cites per document	2001	0.552
Cites per document	2002	0.467
Cites per document	2003	0.625
Cites per document	2004	1.026
Cites per document	2005	0.978
Cites per document	2006	0.980
Cites per document	2007	1.019
Cites per document	2008	1.170
Cites per document	2009	1.321
Cites per document	2010	1.161
Cites per document	2011	1.302
Cites per document	2012	1.106
Cites per document	2013	1.020
Cites per document	2014	0.965
Cites per document	2015	1.397
Cites per document	2016	2.710
Cites per document	2017	2.517
Cites per document	2018	1.677
Cites per document	2019	1.468
Cites per document	2020	1.387
Cites per document	2021	1.895
Cites per document	2022	1.727
Cites per document	2023	2.500

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	10.00
2000	11.11
2001	0.00
2002	16.67
2003	6.25
2004	16.67
2005	0.00
2006	5.88
2007	0.00
2008	15.00
2009	5.88
2010	6.25
2011	14.29
2012	0.00
2013	17.39
2014	10.00
2015	31.58
2016	9.52
2017	9.09
2018	26.32
2019	28.57
2020	5.56
2021	20.00
2022	16.67
2023	31.82

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	2
Non-citable documents	2007	2
Non-citable documents	2008	3
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	1
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	2
Non-citable documents	2016	3
Non-citable documents	2017	2
Non-citable documents	2018	3
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	4
Non-citable documents	2021	13
Non-citable documents	2022	13
Non-citable documents	2023	13
Citable documents	1999	21
Citable documents	2000	31
Citable documents	2001	29
Citable documents	2002	30
Citable documents	2003	32
Citable documents	2004	39
Citable documents	2005	46
Citable documents	2006	49
Citable documents	2007	50
Citable documents	2008	50
Citable documents	2009	54
Citable documents	2010	53
Citable documents	2011	51
Citable documents	2012	46
Citable documents	2013	50
Citable documents	2014	56
Citable documents	2015	61
Citable documents	2016	59
Citable documents	2017	58
Citable documents	2018	59
Citable documents	2019	59
Citable documents	2020	58
Citable documents	2021	63
Citable documents	2022	64
Citable documents	2023	61

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	15
Uncited documents	2000	19
Uncited documents	2001	20
Uncited documents	2002	17
Uncited documents	2003	21
Uncited documents	2004	19
Uncited documents	2005	22
Uncited documents	2006	26
Uncited documents	2007	26
Uncited documents	2008	19
Uncited documents	2009	28
Uncited documents	2010	24
Uncited documents	2011	28
Uncited documents	2012	22
Uncited documents	2013	29
Uncited documents	2014	29
Uncited documents	2015	29
Uncited documents	2016	16
Uncited documents	2017	20
Uncited documents	2018	25
Uncited documents	2019	22
Uncited documents	2020	32
Uncited documents	2021	40
Uncited documents	2022	44
Uncited documents	2023	28
Cited documents	1999	6
Cited documents	2000	12
Cited documents	2001	9
Cited documents	2002	13
Cited documents	2003	11
Cited documents	2004	20
Cited documents	2005	24
Cited documents	2006	25
Cited documents	2007	26
Cited documents	2008	34
Cited documents	2009	28
Cited documents	2010	32
Cited documents	2011	25
Cited documents	2012	25
Cited documents	2013	21
Cited documents	2014	28
Cited documents	2015	34
Cited documents	2016	46
Cited documents	2017	40
Cited documents	2018	37
Cited documents	2019	40
Cited documents	2020	30
Cited documents	2021	36
Cited documents	2022	33
Cited documents	2023	46