Investigaciones Regionales

The founding aim of Investigaciones Regionales–Journal of Regional Research was to create a prestigious journal through which to disseminate quality research carried out in the broad academic and professional field of regional, urban and territorial studies. The journal was launched by the Spanish Association of Regional Science (AECR) section of the ERSA (European Regional Science Association) and the RSAI (Regional Science Association International). The first issue was published in autumn 2002. Articles and other contributions submitted to this Journal are published either in Spanish, with an abstract in English, or in English. The Editorial Board especially values works with a high added value, both in terms of methodological approach and empirical analysis. The Journal has a multidisciplinary approach, welcoming submissions from fields such as Economics, Geography, Sociology, Land Planning and Political Science, whose scientific focus, originality and added value contribute to the dissemination of new ideas and methodological approaches, strengthening and improving the quality of the publication. The review process of the papers submitted to the Journal follows international standards. All articles, reports and possible collaborations are appraised by the Editorial Board, which applies criteria of scientific interest and quality and requests at least two anonymous external reviews before deciding whether submissions are suitable for acceptance. The journal has an International Scientific Council formed by leading experts from various countries who advise on the quality and scientific content of manuscripts submitted for publication. The journal also has an Advisory Board that suggests topics of interest and identifies potential collaborators, as well as participating in the review process of work submitted for publication, along with an extensive group of national and international partners.

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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
Development	2008	Q4
Development	2009	Q3
Development	2010	Q3
Development	2011	Q4
Development	2012	Q3
Development	2013	Q4
Development	2014	Q3
Development	2015	Q3
Development	2016	Q3
Development	2017	Q2
Development	2018	Q3
Development	2019	Q2
Development	2020	Q3
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2008	Q4
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2009	Q3
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2010	Q3
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2011	Q4
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2012	Q3
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2013	Q3
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2016	Q3
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2008	Q4
Geography, Planning and Development	2009	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2010	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2011	Q4
Geography, Planning and Development	2012	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2013	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2014	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2015	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2016	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2017	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2018	Q3
Geography, Planning and Development	2019	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2020	Q3

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
2008	0.101
2009	0.167
2010	0.164
2011	0.131
2012	0.154
2013	0.151
2014	0.251
2015	0.251
2016	0.170
2017	0.361
2018	0.259
2019	0.360
2020	0.282

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
2007	21
2008	18
2009	32
2010	16
2011	35
2012	26
2013	24
2014	27
2015	27
2016	30
2017	26
2018	28
2019	45
2020	23

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)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.143
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.179
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.254
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.195
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.297
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.294
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.386
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.393
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.673
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.037
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.827
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.135
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.225
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.143
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.179
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.254
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.091
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.265
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.234
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.376
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.468
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.615
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.048
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.711
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.131
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.081
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.143
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.179
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.042
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.275
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.197
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.420
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.392
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.593
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.070
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.625
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.981
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.082

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	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	1
Self Cites	2009	2
Self Cites	2010	4
Self Cites	2011	1
Self Cites	2012	2
Self Cites	2013	4
Self Cites	2014	10
Self Cites	2015	1
Self Cites	2016	7
Self Cites	2017	15
Self Cites	2018	4
Self Cites	2019	5
Self Cites	2020	9
Total Cites	2007	0
Total Cites	2008	3
Total Cites	2009	7
Total Cites	2010	18
Total Cites	2011	6
Total Cites	2012	22
Total Cites	2013	18
Total Cites	2014	32
Total Cites	2015	36
Total Cites	2016	48
Total Cites	2017	88
Total Cites	2018	59
Total Cites	2019	95
Total Cites	2020	107

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	2007	0
External Cites per document	2008	0.095
External Cites per document	2009	0.135
External Cites per document	2010	0.206
External Cites per document	2011	0.081
External Cites per document	2012	0.250
External Cites per document	2013	0.187
External Cites per document	2014	0.262
External Cites per document	2015	0.455
External Cites per document	2016	0.532
External Cites per document	2017	0.890
External Cites per document	2018	0.679
External Cites per document	2019	1.084
External Cites per document	2020	1.021
Cites per document	2007	0.000
Cites per document	2008	0.143
Cites per document	2009	0.179
Cites per document	2010	0.254
Cites per document	2011	0.091
Cites per document	2012	0.265
Cites per document	2013	0.234
Cites per document	2014	0.376
Cites per document	2015	0.468
Cites per document	2016	0.615
Cites per document	2017	1.048
Cites per document	2018	0.711
Cites per document	2019	1.131
Cites per document	2020	1.081

% 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
2007	9.52
2008	22.22
2009	9.38
2010	25.00
2011	5.71
2012	11.54
2013	8.33
2014	3.70
2015	14.81
2016	20.00
2017	23.08
2018	10.71
2019	8.89
2020	43.48

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	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	4
Non-citable documents	2012	3
Non-citable documents	2013	2
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	2
Non-citable documents	2018	2
Non-citable documents	2019	1
Non-citable documents	2020	3
Citable documents	2007	0
Citable documents	2008	21
Citable documents	2009	37
Citable documents	2010	68
Citable documents	2011	62
Citable documents	2012	80
Citable documents	2013	75
Citable documents	2014	84
Citable documents	2015	77
Citable documents	2016	77
Citable documents	2017	82
Citable documents	2018	81
Citable documents	2019	83
Citable documents	2020	96

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	2007	0
Uncited documents	2008	19
Uncited documents	2009	33
Uncited documents	2010	60
Uncited documents	2011	60
Uncited documents	2012	65
Uncited documents	2013	62
Uncited documents	2014	58
Uncited documents	2015	51
Uncited documents	2016	51
Uncited documents	2017	43
Uncited documents	2018	50
Uncited documents	2019	41
Uncited documents	2020	53
Cited documents	2007	0
Cited documents	2008	2
Cited documents	2009	6
Cited documents	2010	11
Cited documents	2011	6
Cited documents	2012	18
Cited documents	2013	15
Cited documents	2014	27
Cited documents	2015	26
Cited documents	2016	27
Cited documents	2017	41
Cited documents	2018	33
Cited documents	2019	43
Cited documents	2020	46