72 Geography, Planning and Development journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Social Sciences by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orvosi Hetilap | 0030-6002 | 262 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Hungary |
| Geo-spatial Information Science | 1009-5020 | 255 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,11,441 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Transactions in GIS | 1361-1682 | 202 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Annals of the American Association of Geographers | 2469-4452 | 169 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Geographical Information Systems | 0269-3798 | 152 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Dialogues in Human Geography | 2043-8206 | 135 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Environment and Planning E Nature and Space | 2514-8486 | 127 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Social & Cultural Geography | 1464-9365 | 90 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Geographical Journal | 0016-7398 | 76 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | 0020-2754 | 75 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Professional Geographer | 0033-0124 | 71 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Cultural Geographies | 0967-4608 | 70 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Közgazdasági Szemle | 0023-4346 | 64 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Hungary |
| Vezetéstudomány / Budapest Management Review | 0133-0179 | 59 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Cartography and Geographic Information Science | 1523-0406 | 58 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Progress in Human Geography | 0309-1325 | 56 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Jurnal Manajemen Pelayanan Publik | 2580-9970 | 54 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Magyar Állatorvosok Lapja | 0025-004X | 54 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Hungary |
| International Journal of Cartography | 2372-9333 | 53 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Tér és Társadalom | 0237-7683 | 52 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Revue internationale de géomatique | 1260-5875 | 51 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Environmental Humanities | 2201-1919 | 47 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Marketing & Menedzsment | 1219-0349 | 44 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| Statisztikai Szemle | 0039-0690 | 42 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| Magyar Pszichológiai Szemle | 0025-0279 | 40 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Hungary |
| Észak-magyarországi Stratégiai Füzetek | 1786-1594 | 39 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Law = Agrár- és Környezetjog | 1788-6171 | 39 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| European Journal of Geography | 1792-1341 | 38 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| GeoHumanities | 2373-566X | 38 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education | 1038-2046 | 38 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Australia |
| Journal of Geography in Higher Education | 0309-8265 | 37 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Pénzügyi Szemle = Public Finance Quarterly | 0031-496X | 37 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| The Senses and Society | 1745-8927 | 37 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Területi Statisztika | 0018-7828 | 36 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| Annals of GIS | 1082-4006 | 35 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,75,764 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Educatio | 1216-3384 | 35 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| The Geography Teacher | 1752-6884 | 35 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Acta Agraria Debreceniensis | 1587-1282 | 32 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| Modern Geográfia | 2062-1655 | 32 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania | 0003-8121 | 31 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,12,105 to publish | No | No | Australia |
| Hidrológiai Közlöny | 0018-1323 | 29 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| Civil Szemle | 1786-3341 | 28 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Journal of Geography | 0022-1341 | 28 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| KN - Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information | 2524-4957 | 27 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Geography | 0016-7487 | 25 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| The Cartographic Journal | 0008-7041 | 24 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Economy & finance | 2415-9379 | 23 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| Environment and Planning F | 2634-9825 | 23 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences | 2498-700X | 23 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Journal of Agricultural Informatics | 2061-862X | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Hungary |
| Journal of Spatial Science | 1449-8596 | 20 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Australia |
| Geografie | 0926-3837 | 18 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Czechia |
| Magyar Vízivad Közlemények | 1416-1389 | 17 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| Prosperitas | 2064-759X | 17 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Journal of Map & Geography Libraries | 1542-0353 | 16 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Swamphen a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) | 2652-2411 | 16 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Acta Periodica | 2063-501X | 14 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Hungary |
| Journal of Pacific Archaeology | 1179-4704 | 14 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | New Zealand |
| Journal of Regional and Rural Development Planning | 2549-3922 | 14 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Geographia Cassoviensis | 1337-6748 | 13 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Slovakia |
| Jogászegyleti értekezések / | 2939-6069 | 13 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Hungary |
| Matra Pembaruan | 2549-5151 | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences | 1416-3837 | 13 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| STADIUM - Hungarian Journal of Sport Sciences | 2676-9506 | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization | 0317-7173 | 12 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Romanian Review of Geographical Education | 2285-939X | 12 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Media+Environment | 2640-9747 | 11 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| The Journal of Geography Education in Africa | 2517-9861 | 11 | 1 | ≈ ₹5,822 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Hungarian Statistical Review | 2630-9130 | 10 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| Journal of Central European Green Innovation | 2064-3004 | 10 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hungary |
| Journal of Spatial Information Science | 1948-660X | 10 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Nepalese journal of geoinformatics/Journal of geoinformatics Nepal | 2676-1246 | 10 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Nepal |