期刊名称：TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
TopAims and Scope
Transactions is one of the foremost international journals of geographical research. It publishes the very best scholarship from around the world and across the whole spectrum of research in the discipline. In particular, the distinctive role of the journal is to:
?nbsp;Publish 'landmark' articles that make a major theoretical, conceptual or empirical contribution to the advancement of geographical knowledge.
?nbsp;Stimulate and shape research agendas in human and physical geography.
?nbsp;Publish articles, 'Boundary crossing' essays and commentaries that are international and interdisciplinary in their scope and content
TopIndexed / Abstracted in
AgeLine
Bibliographia Cartographica
Bibliographic Index
Bibliography of Asian Studies
British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Current Contents
Dietrich's Index Philosophicus
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
GEOBASE
GeoRef
IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur
International Abstracts in Operations Research
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur
Irrigation and Drainage Abstracts
Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts
Maize Abstracts Online
Numismatic Literature
PAIS International in Print
Periodicals Index Online
Personal Alert
Pollution Abstracts
SCOPUS
Social Sciences Citation Index
Soils and Fertilizers
South Pacific Periodicals Index
Speleological Abstracts
Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
Wheat, Barley and Triticale Abstracts
World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts
Instructions to Authors
Author Guidelines
Notes for contributors
Manuscript Central
You can now submit your paper to Transactions of the IBG online using Manuscript Central. Benefits of online submission include:
Fast decisions on your paper. Submission, review and communication are all handled online.
Easy. Write your paper on any word processor. Simply save text as RTF or Word. Graphics can be uploaded separately in any popular format including tiff, EPS and Excel.
Convenient. Submit from any computer with an Internet connection. No software needs to be installed. All you need is a Web browser, Acrobat Reader and email.
Responsive. Decisions sent by email, revisions made online. The moment a decision is taken, an email is dispatched. You can respond to the comments and submit a revised version online.
Transparent. Track your manuscripts online. Return to the site at any time to see the current status of your submission.
To make a submission, please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/Tran
Authors may find it helpful to know that the referees of papers submitted to Transactions are asked to bear in mind two questions above all when making their recommendations:
1. Does the paper demonstrate and develop the intellectual status of geography as an academic discipline?
2. Will it be remembered and referred to by geographers and others working in related fields?
To be accepted, therefore, a paper must make a significant contribution to geographic knowledge and be grounded in the relevant literature. Where possible, links should be made with themes and issues in the wider discipline, and with concerns in the world beyond geography on which the discipline may offer insight, understanding and critical comment.
Online production tracking is now available for your article through Blackwell's Author Services.
Author Services enables authors to track their articles - once accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Pre-submission English-language editing
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscripts professionally edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/english_language.asp
All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.
Typescripts
An electronic copy, preferably in either Microsoft Word, rich text or PDF format, should be emailed to the Journals Office (journals@rgs.org), or, if this is not possible, two paper copies and an electronic copy on disk submitted. The maximum target length of papers is 8000 words equivalent (5000 words in the case of Commentaries), but shorter papers are welcomed. Papers that significantly exceed the target length may be returned. Typescripts should be double-spaced and use 12 point font. They should be set out in the manner of recent issues of Transactions and in conformity with the information set out below.
Boundary crossings
Essays of 2-3000 words published in this section of Transactions cross a wide range of boundaries, whether between different parts of the discipline, between geography and other disciplines, and/or between geography and the wider world. Submissions in the form of collaborative essays or dialogues between members of different geographical organisations and networks; geographers working with practitioners and policy-makers; those working geographically beyond the academy; and those engaging with geographical ideas from other disciplines are welcomed. Essays should be submitted via Manuscript Central, and will receive feedback from the Editor and at least one member of the Editorial Board.
Editorials
Editorials of up to 1000 words should provide timely and concise engagements with ideas and practices both within and beyond geography. Editorials should be submitted via Manuscript Central and will receive feedback from the Editor and at least one member of the Editorial Board.
Title page
The title of the paper, name(s), main professional/academic affiliation(s) and full address(es), including email, of the author(s) should appear on a separate title page, as papers are submitted anonymously to referees.
Abstract and key words
An abstract not exceeding 300 words is required. Six key words should follow on a separate line: one for locality, one for topic, one for method and three others.
Headings
Only the first letter and proper names are capitalized. A maximum of three levels may be used:
A This is a first-level heading
First-level headings are flush left on a separate line. The first text line following is flush left.
B This is a second-level heading
Second-level headings are flush left on a separate line. The first text line following is flush left.
C This is a third-level heading Third-level headings are flush left. The text follows on the same line.
Illustrations
These should be submitted as eps or 300 dpi tiff files wherever possible. Black-and-white prints of illustrations must be submitted to a standard suitable for reproduction (page size 14 x 19 cm; column width 7 cm). All scale lines should be labelled in Km. All maps should feature a North arrow. After a paper has been accepted, the author must submit the originals of all illustrations. These will not be returned unless specifically requested. Electronic copies of illustrations should be supplied: continuous tone images as .tif at 300 dpi, line art of combination line/tone as .eps at 800 dpi. Ensure that heavy lines in line art are saved as pure black, and avoid using uncommon fonts in illustrations. The use of colour, particularly for complex maps and diagrams, is encouraged for the electronic version of the journal. Figures and photographs (Plates) are numbered separately consecutively using Arabic numerals for both (Figure 4, Plate 2 etc.).
Captions must be typed on a separate sheet. Figures and photographs are numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals (Figure 4, etc). All are referred to as `Figures'.
Tables must be typed using few horizontal rules and no vertical rules. They are numbered consecutively using Roman numerals (Table IV, etc). Titles should be concise, but as informative as possible. The approximate position of Tables and Figures in the text should be marked in the typescript.
Equations should be numbered consecutively with bracketed Arabic numerals in the right-hand margin. Authors must provide instructions in the margin for any special typeface required (eg bold, italic, Greek, etc). Careful attention must be paid to sub- and superscript symbols, and upper- and lower-case letters.
Measurements must all be given in SI metric system. In exceptional cases, English equivalents in brackets may be allowed. Numerals should be used in the text for all full units of measurement, but words should be used for quantities of objects, persons, etc and for numbers from one to ten.
Supplementary Material
Supplementary electronic material that can be published as part of the online version of a paper is welcomed. Supplementary material must be important, ancillary information that is relevant to the parent article but does not or cannot appear in the printed edition of the journal. For further information, please see: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/suppmat.asp
Copyright
It is the author's responsibility to obtain copyright permission for the reproduction of images, tables or supplementary material and to ensure adequate acknowledgement.
Notes
Informational notes must be restricted to the minimum; usually the material can be incorporated into the text.
References
Authors must use the Harvard system, in which authors' names (no initials) and dates are given in the main body of the text, with specific pages indicated if required (Linton and Moisley 1960, 29). References are listed alphabetically at the end of the paper under the heading References, and set out as follows:
Papers
Macklin M G and Rumsby B T 2007 Changing climate and extreme floods in the British uplands Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 32 168-186
Theses
Musson S 2002 Business competitiveness and the local economy of Oldham Unpublished PhD thesis Department of Geography, University of Manchester
Books
Allen J 2003 Lost geographies of power Blackwell, Oxford
Chapter of book
Beven K 2002 Runoff generation in semi-arid areas in Bull L J and Kirkby M J eds Dryland rivers: hydrology and geomorphology of semi-arid channels Wiley, New York 32-47
World Wide Web pages
RGS-IBG 1998 Notes for contributors(http://www.rgs.org/pu/8publano.html)Accessed 1 December
Other publications
Where there is doubt (eg Occasional papers), include all bibliographical details. The place of publication should always be given when books are referred to.
We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting.
EndNote reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp
Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp
Non-sexist, non-racist language
Papers should be written in non-sexist, non-racist language. It may be helpful to refer to Area 23, 290-94 and the Journal of Geography in Higher Education (1996, 123-36).
Exclusive Licence Form (ELF)
Authors will be required to sign an Exclusive Licence Form for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the ELF is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. Please note that signature of the Exclusive Licence Form does not affect ownership of copyright in the material. (Government employees need to complete the Author's Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned). After submission, authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various media/circumstances (please see the form for further details). A copy of the form can be downloaded here
Online Early
Transactions is included in Blackwell Publishing's OnlineEarly service. OnlineEarly articles are complete full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in a printed issue. OnlineEarly articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are in final form, no changes can be made after online publication. The nature of OnlineEarly articles means that they do not yet have volume, issue or page numbers, so OnlineEarly articles cannot be cited in the traditional way. They are therefore given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is allocated to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article. To receive an e-mail alert once your article has been published, please see this page.
Editorial Board
Editorial Information
New Editor
Alison Blunt, Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS
Editorial Advisory Board
Nick Blomley, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Gail Davies, University College, London, UK
Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Martin Evans, University of Manchester, UK
Kate Gough, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Gernot Grabher, University of Bonn, Germany
Robyn Longhurst, University of Waikato, New Zealand
David Martin, University of Southampton, UK
Tavi Murray, University of Wales, Swansea, UK
Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota, USA
Bill Nickling, University of Guelph, Canada
Phil O'Neill, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Hester Parr, University of Dundee, UK
Jonathan Phillips, University of Kentucky, USA
Barbara Rumsby, University of Hull, UK
Alison Stenning, Univeristy of Newcastle, UK
John Wylie, University of Exeter, UK
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