Social & Cultural Geography publishes theoretically consequential empirical research that makes a strong intellectual contribution to critical human geography and its allied fields. The journal confronts topical issues relating to social/cultural problems and issues in geography and fosters scholarly debate about them. It strives for international authorship and readership, as well as in the peer-review process.
Social & Cultural Geography publishes research in a variety of formats, including original articles, provocations, forums and special issues. Information about each of these formats is avaliable in the 'About the Journal' section of the website.
Special Issues We welcome proposals for special issues, which should be consequential and innovative. We limit the number of special issues to 3 per volume. Guidelines for special issues can be found here.
Peer Review Statement
All submitted manuscripts, including those which form part of special issue sets, are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to double anonymized peer review by three independent, anonymous expert referees. Submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Journal metrics
Usage
379K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.4 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.6 (2023) 5 year IF
6.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.700 (2023) SNIP
1.077 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
25 days avg. from submission to first
decision
117 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
12 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
17% 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.
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.
David Bissell - The University of Melbourne, Australia
Editors: Elaine Ho - National University of Singapore, Singapore Cesare Di Feliciantonio, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Michele Lobo - Deakin University, Australia Sharlene Mollett - University of Toronto, Canada Helen F. Wilson - Durham University, UK
Founding Editor: Rob Kitchin - National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland
Book Review Editors: Dave McLaughlin - University of East Anglia, UK Andrew Lapworth – University of New South Wales, Australia
Editorial Assistant: Elisabetta Crovara - The University of Melbourne, Australia ([email protected])
Editorial Advisory Board: Derek Alderman - University of Tennessee, USA Jon Anderson - Cardiff University, UK Michael Brown - University of Washington, USA John Paul Catungal - University of British Columbia, Canada David Conradson - University of Canterbury, New Zealand Francis L. Collins - The University of Waikato, New Zealand Anindita Datta - University of Delhi, India Geoff DeVerteuil - Cardiff University, UK Tara Duncan - Dalarna University, Sweden Mary Gilmartin - National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland Clare Holdsworth - Keele University, UK John Horton - The University of Northampton, UK Philip Hubbard - King’s College London, UK Petra Kuppinger - Monmouth College, USA Sarah Mills - Loughborough University, UK Avril Maddrell - The University of Reading, UK Heidi J. Nast - DePaul University, USA Anoop Nayak - Newcastle University, UK Kimberley Peters - University of Liverpool, UK Julie A. Podmore - John Abbott College, Canada Junxi Qian - Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Parvati Raghuram - The Open University, UK Emma Roe - University of Southampton, UK Paul Simpson - University of Plymouth, UK Shanti Sumartojo - Monash University, Australia Eleanor Wilkinson - University of Southampton, UK Matthew W. Wilson - University of Kentucky, USA Robert Wilton - McMaster University, Canada Nancy Worth - University of Waterloo, Canada
Abstracting and indexing
Social & Cultural Geography is currently noted in IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences); Social Sciences Citation Index; ISI Alerting Services; Social Scisearch; Current Contents/Social and Behavioural Science and ISI Social Science Citation Rankings.
Open access
Social & Cultural 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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
Twenty years on from the inaugural issue of Social and Cultural Geography we want to celebrate the journal’s importance in fostering a rich array of research exploring a diverse range of geographies. To this end, a series of Virtual Special Issues have been created showcasing the vibrant, and often challenging, themes explored in the journal.
You can access these special collections for free, by clicking on the links below.
We welcome proposals for special issues twice a year, with 1 May and 1 November deadlines. We limit the number of special issues to three per volume. Guidelines for special issues can be found here. Special issue proposals should be consequential, innovative and relate to themes developed in the journal.
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