The Journal of Geography in Higher Education ( JGHE) was founded upon the conviction that the development of learning and teaching was vitally important to higher education. It is committed to promote, enhance and share geography learning and teaching in all institutions of higher education throughout the world, and provides a forum for geographers and others, regardless of their specialisms, to discuss common educational interests, to present the results of educational research, and to advocate new ideas.
Peer Review Statement
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two referees and an editorial board panel. Submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Journal metrics
Usage
164K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.4 (2023) 5 year IF
5.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.621 (2023) SNIP
0.971 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
79 days avg. from submission to first
decision
106 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
8 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
41% 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.
Editors Derek France - University of Chester, UK David Higgitt - Lancaster University, UK/China
Commissioning Editors Bob Bednarz - Texas A&M University, USA Sarah W-Bednarz - Texas A&M University, USA Etienne Nel - University of Otago, Australia
Editorial Board Members Derek Alderman - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Péter Bagoly-Simó - Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany David DiBiasez - Penn State University, USA James Dunn - University of Northern Colorado, USA Andrew M. Folkard - Lancaster University, UK Eric Fournier - University in St. Louis, USA Ian Fuller - Massey University, New Zealand Amy Griffin - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia Tim Hall - University of Winchester, UK Ruth Healey - University of Chester, UK Jennifer Hill - University of Gloucestershire, Bristol, UK Jongwon Lee - Ewha Womans University, South Korea Mark McGuiness - Bath Spa University, UK Siobhan McPhee – University of British Columbia, Canada Alan Marvell - University of Gloucestershire, UK Jerry Mitchell - University of South Carolina, USA Niamh Moore-Cherry - University College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Sonja Rewhorn - The Open University, UK Mairead de Roiste - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Rueben Rose-Redwood - University of Victoria, Canada Elizabeth Rushton, University College London, UK Ifan Shepherd - Middlesex University, London, UK David Simm - Bath Spa University, UK Diana Sinton - University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, USA Michael Solem - Texas State University, USA Rachel Spronken-Smith - University of Otago, New Zealand Christo Van der Westhuizen - University of Johannesburg, South Africa Helen Walkington - Oxford Brookes University, UK Harry West - University of the West of England, UK Jennie Winter - Plymouth Marjon University, UK Shaun Lin Ziqiang - National University of Singapore, Singapore
Editorial Advisory Panel Richard Baker - Australian National University, Australia Brian Chalkley - Plymouth University, UK María Dolors García Ramón - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Kenneth E. Foote - University of Connecticut, USA Eric Fournier - Washington University in St. Louis, USA Iain Hay - Flinders University Mick Healey - University of Gloucestershire, UK Nikolai S. Kasimov - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Pauline Kneale - Plymouth University, UK Hugh Matthews - University of Northampton, UK Janice Monk - University of Arizona, USA M. Duane Nellis - Ohio University, USA Elaine Stratford - University of Tasmania, Tasmania
Abstracting and indexing
The contents and article abstracts for Journal of Geography in Higher Education, since it was first published in 1977 until 2007, is available on the Geography Discipline Network pages at University of Gloucestershire. The index is searchable by author, year of publication and volume number.
Journal of Geography in Higher Education is also covered in:
Australian Education Index;British Education Index;Contents Pages in Education; Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences; ERIC; Geographical abstracts; Human Geography International Bibliography of book reviews; International Bibliography of Periodical Literature; National Database for Research into International Education (NDRI); Research Alrt; Research into Higher Education abstracts; Social SCISEARCH; Thomson Reuters - Social Science Citation Index and Web of Science.
Open access
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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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