The AAG Review of Books began publication in 2013 as a quarterly online journal of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). The AAG Review of Books was created to hold scholarly book reviews as formerly published in the AAG’s flagship journals, Annals of the American Association of Geographers and The Professional Geographer. The AAG Review of Books contains scholarly reviews of current books which are either geographic in sensitivities, or which are reviewed and interpreted through the multiple lenses that geography offers. Books – of different formats – remain at the heart of geographic scholarship. Not only as a way to disseminate ideas and research, but also as sources of inspiration which may come from (well) beyond the discipline of geography, to include books of poetry, works of fiction, and visual imagery. Contents include book reviews, review essays, and book review fora.
Peer Review Policy: The AAG Review of Books publishes book reviews and is not a peer-reviewed journal.
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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
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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
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Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
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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.
Editor-In-Chief Debbie Hopkins, University of Oxford
Associate Editor Noel Castree, University of Manchester and University of Technology Sydney
Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief Neha Arora, Stockholm University
Publications Director and Managing Editor Jennifer Cassidento, American Association of Geographers Editorial Office American Association of Geographers 1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 325 Washington, DC 20006 phone: (202) 234-1450, fax: (202) 234-2744 [email protected], http://www.aag.org
Editorial Board John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Louise Amoore, Durham University, UK Noel Castree, University of Manchester, UK, and University of Technology Sydney, Australia Julie Cupples, University of Edinburgh, UK Sasha Engelmann, Royal Holloway University, UK Desiree Fields, University of California, Berkeley, USA Jessica Graybill, Colgate University, USA Sam Hind, University of Siegen, Germany Benjamin Iaquinto, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Rutul Joshi, Cept University, India Maya Kearney, American University, USA Wangui Kimari, University of Manchester, UK Rob Kitchin, Maynooth University, Ireland Agnieszka Leszczynski, Western University, Canada David Lowenthal, University College London, UK Laura Loyola-Hernández, Leeds University, UK Michel Lussault, University of Lyon, France Bonface Manono, South Eastern Kenya University, Kenya Mary Mostafanezhad, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA Alexander Murphy, University of Oregon, USA Grace Mwaura, African Academy of Sciences, Kenya Joseph Nevins, Vassar College, USA Nipesh Palat Narayanan, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada Ben Rogaly, University of Sussex, UK Mónica Salas Landa, Lafayette College, USA Jörn Seemann, Ball State University, USA James Sidaway, University of Singapore, Singapore Sara Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Farhana Sultana, Syracuse University, USA Brandi Summers, University of California, Berkeley, USA Michelle Thompson-Fawcett, University of Otago, New Zealand Michiel van Meeteren, Loughborough University, UK Joaquin Villanueva, Gustavus Adolphus College, USA Peter Wagner, Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and University of Barcelona, Spain Joseph Wood, University of Baltimore, USA
Open access
The AAG Review of Books 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.
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Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
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Book reviews are written on invitation from the editorial offices. Please contact the Editor should you wish to suggest a book to be reviewed. If you have been invited to review a book for the journal, please see the Guidelines for Reviewers.
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