About this journal
Aims and scope
Papers in Applied Geography is the official journal of the Applied Geography Conferences. It encourages high quality scholarship on a broad range of topics in the field of Geography, including but not limited to:
- Applied climatology
- Business and retail geography
- Economic geography
- Geographical information science
- Geography of crime
- Geography of health
Additional topics covered are: geospatial analysis, medical geography, military geography, geomorphology, remote sensing, physical geography, policy and planning, urban geography, and water resources.
Papers in Applied Geography publishes three types of articles. Research articles consist of regular length journal articles that are scholarly contributions to the literature of applied geography. Application articles consist of short papers that discuss the applications of geographical concepts, theories, models or methods to solve practical problems in societies. Technical notes are contributions to present new methods or improvement of existing methods in geography.
The editors invite submissions that emphasize the application of theories or concepts in geography in search of solutions to practical problems our society faces. They also welcome contributions to effective applications of models or analytical methods in geography to the understanding of geographic phenomena and their processes in space and over time.
Peer Review Policy: All articles submitted to this journal undergo a “double-anonymous” peer review by two to three referees, one of which will be the editor or designate.
Publishing office: Taylor and Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Journal metrics
Usage
- 18K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.555 (2023) SNIP
- 0.280 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 5 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 20 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 23% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jay Lee, Kent State University
INCOMING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Qingmin Meng, Mississippi State University
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Joseph Aversa, Ryerson University; Toronto Metropolitan University
Denise Blanchard, Texas State University
Dawna Cerney, Youngstown State University
Duan-Rung Chen, National Taiwan University
William Graves, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Wenliang Li, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Qingmin Meng, Mississippi State University
Brian Mikelbank, Cleveland State University
Jason Senkbeil, University of Alabama
Wei Song, University of Louisville
Wei Tu, Georgia Southern University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Harrison Campbell, Jr., University of North Carolina
Dawna Cerney, Youngstown State University
Jonathon Comer, Oklahoma State University
Tom Dwyer, Bank of Hope
Tony Hernandez, Ryerson University
Jay Newberry, Binghamton University
Linda Peters, ESRI, Inc.
Michael Ratcliffe, US Census Bureau
Jason Senkbeil, University of Alabama
Wei Song, University of Louisville
Brandon Vogt, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Clayton Whitesides, Coastal Carolina University
Pengyan Zhang, Capital University of Economics and Business
Abstracting and indexing
Papers in Applied Geography is Abstracted and Indexed in:
- Scopus
- ProQuest
SciTech Premium Collection
Natural Science Collection
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central Basic (Korea)
- OCLC
- ANVUR
Open access
Papers in Applied Geography is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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