期刊名称：PROFESSIONAL GEOGRAPHER
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Addressing questions and problems of interest to a wide group of geographers, The Professional Geographer, published for the Association of American Geographers provides a forum for new ideas and alternative viewpoints in academic and applied geography. The journal publishes concise research articles ranging in content and approach from the rigorously analytic to the broadly philosophical. It also includes brief reviews of important new publications, as well as occasional focus sections and discussions of topics of particular interest.
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Academic ASAP; Expanded Academic ASAP; Academic Search Elite; Academic Search Premier; Agricultural Engineering Abstracts; American Bibliography of Slavic & Eastern European Studies; Asian-Pacific Economic Literature; Bibliographica Cartographica; Bibliography and Index of Geology; CatchWord; Coal Abstracts; Criminal Justice Abstracts; Current Advances in Ecological and Environmental Science; Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Science; EBSCO MasterFILE Elite; EBSCO MasterFILE Premier; EBSCO MasterFILE Select; EBSCO Online; Ecology Abstracts; Energy Information Abstracts; Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management; Forestry Abstracts; GEOBASE; GeoRef; ISI Basic Social Sciences Index; InfoTrac OneFile; Ingenta; International Bibliography of Sociology; International Development Abstracts; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; JCR Social Sciences Edition; Journal of Planning Literature; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; Online Computer Library Center FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online; Periodical Abstracts Research II; Pollution Abstracts; Social Sciences Citation Index; Social Sciences Index/Full Text; Vocational & Career Collection; Vocational Search; Western Historical Quarterly; Wilson OmniFile V; Wilson Social Sciences Abstracts; Wilson Social Sciences Index; and World Agricultural Economics and Rural Society Abstracts. |
Instructions to Authors
The Professional Geographer, initially a publication of the American Society for Professional Geographers, became a journal of the Association of American Geographers in 1949. It publishes short articles of academic or applied geography, emphasizing empirical studies and methodologies, as well as book reviews. These features may range in content and approach from rigorously analytic to broadly philosophical or prescriptive. The journal provides a forum for new ideas and alternative viewpoints.
Submission. All manuscripts should be submitted electronically through AAG Manuscript Central (http://aag.manuscriptcentral.com). Submissions must include a cover letter containing a statement that the manuscript has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, and will not be submitted elsewhere until a decision has been rendered by the editor. Authors who do not have access to the Internet should contact the Managing Editor (profgeog@aag.org or 202-234-1450) to arrange for an alternate form of submission.
Review. After evaluation by the editor, manuscripts are normally sent to at least two outside reviewers. The review process normally takes four to six months and every effort is made to respond as quickly as possible.
Manuscripts. Prepare your manuscript using a word processing program and save it as a .doc or .rtf. Do not put any identifying information in your manuscript or your file names to ensure a blind review. This includes names of the authors, their affiliations and bio sketches, or acknowledgements. All author contact information will be saved separately when uploading your submission to Manuscript Central. Please include the title, abstract, and key words in the body of your manuscript even though you will be asked to save them separately as part of the upload process. Reviewers will only have access to these if they are part of your manuscript file.
Do not embed figures in your manuscript file. Upload each figure separately. Figure files can be uploaded as .gif, .jpg, .eps, and .tif; however, only .eps or .tif files can be used for publication purposes. Tables may be embedded in the manuscript file, but should be placed at the end of the file rather than worked into the text. Each table and figure should appear on a separate page.
Manuscripts, with the exception of references, tables, or figures, should be no longer than 21 pages or approximately 5000 words. Text must be in a 12-point font with 2.54 cm (1 inch) margins. All parts of the manuscript (abstract, text, notes, references, tables, and figure captions) must be double-spaced and paginated. Format manuscript as follows, starting each section with a new page: (1) title page, (2) abstract, (3) text, (4) notes, (5) references, (6) appendix, (7) tables, (8) figure captions.
Title Page. The title serves as the authors invitation to a diverse audience; it should be chosen with care. Do not include any identifying information on the title page, including the names of the authors, their affiliations or contact information, bio sketches, or acknowledgements.
Abstract/Key Words. Include an abstract of 100 words or less that summarizes the purpose, methods, and major findings of the paper. All authors should provide three to five key words or phrases by which an article can be indexed in periodical references. These should appear in italics at the end of the abstract.
Units of Measure. The Professional Geographer uses the International System of Units (metric); other units should be noted in parentheses.
Equations. Equations should appear in the text in an appropriate type style (Greek letters, bold type, etc.). Authors should carefully distinguish between capital and lower-case letters, Roman and Greek characters, and letters and numerals. Number equations sequentially, in parenthesis on the right edge of the text. All constituent terms should be defined when they initially appear.
Notes. Specific arguments or single points may be amplified by concise Notes numbered sequentially in the text. The list of Notes appears immediately after the text.
References. References should be cited parenthetically in the text in this order: author¡¯s last name, year of publication, and page number. All sources in the text of a paper must be listed in the references section and vice versa. List all references alphabetically by the author¡¯s last name and chronologically, and if possible, please include full names for all authors. Provide the full, unabbreviated title of books and periodicals. Personal communications can be cited either in endnotes or in the references section. All newspaper articles and articles from weekly magazines should be fully cited in the references section rather than worked into the text of the paper. For examples of the correct style for various forms of publication, see recent articles in The Professional Geographer, The Professional Geographer Style Sheet or by request from profgeog@aag.org), and the Manual of Style, published by the University of Chicago Press.
Tables. All tables must be referenced in the text. Each table must be typed double-spaced on a separate page in the same 12-point font as the text, and numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals. Each table must have a descriptive title as well as informational column and row headings. Decimals appearing in tables should include leading zeros: 0.1273 rather than .1273. For examples of the preferred table style, see recent articles in The Professional Geographer.
Illustrations. Maps, graphs, and photos should convey ideas efficiently and tastefully. Graphics must be legible, concise, and referenced in the text. Illustrations must be designed to fit the page and column format of The Professional Geographer; 12.7 X 19.5 cm (5 X 7.65 inches) or 6.3 cm (2.48 inches) for a single column. For printing purposes, all graphics must be computer generated and will be accepted in the following formats only: EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) for most illustrations or TIFF (Tagged-Image File Format) for raster images. Type sizes below 6 point should be avoided. Detailed guidelines and support for authors may be obtained from Thomas Hodler, Cartography Editor (cartedit@uga.edu or 706-542-6913).
Authors wishing to include color illustrations are expected to cover a percentage of the cost of printing. On request, the Managing Editor (profgeog@aag.org) will provide an estimated cost. Authors of map supplements will be responsible for all associated costs.
Copyright. Authors must sign a copyright transfer agreement before their paper can be published. In accordance with copyright laws, the manuscript must not duplicate substantial portions of previously published material. If a manuscript incorporates previously published material (in the form of text, tables, or figures), the author is responsible for obtaining written permission from the copyright holder and for any costs associated with the use of the copyrighted materials.
Final Submission. The final (revised) version of each article must be submitted in digital form using any common word-processing software and formatted according to the Guidelines for Final Submission of Accepted Manuscripts. These guidelines may be accessed at www.aag.org or requested from the Managing Editor (profgeog@aag.org). Figures should be submitted in accordance with the Guide to Preparing Graphics. Please note, figures uploaded to AAG Manuscript Central are for review purposes only. Copyediting will be undertaken once the manuscript has been accepted, using the final version of the paper submitted in digital form. The publisher will advise authors about outstanding questions concerning style or omissions at this time. Authors will be responsible for any additional costs incurred in making substantive changes to the manuscript at proof stage.
Editorial Board
Editor
Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen, University at Buffalo---SUNY
Associate Editor
Sean J. Bennett, University at Buffalo---SUNY
Book Review Editor
Peter Muller
Ferre Building Room 223
Department of Geography and Regional Studies
1000 Memorial Drive
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33146
USA
Cartography Editor
Thomas W. Hodler, University of Georgia
Managing Editor
Robin Friedman, Association of American Geographers
Editorial Office
Association of American Geographers
1710 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009-3198
Voice (202) 234-1450
Fax (202) 234-2744
profgeog@aag.org
www.aag.org
Editorial Board
William Anderson, Boston University
Sam Aryeetey-Attoh, University of Toledo
Sarah Bednarz, Texas A&M University
Richard Bernknopf, US Geological Survey
Tracy Brennand, Simon Fraser University
Perry Carter, Texas Tech University
Altha Cravey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Colin Flint, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jay Gatrell, Indiana State University
Ruth Wilson Gilmore, University of Southern California
Michael Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara
Susan Hanson, Clark University
Lisa Harrington, Kansas State University
George Hepner, University of Utah
Mei-Po Kwan, The Ohio State University
Nina Lam, Louisiana State University
Robin Leichenko, Rutgers University
Jonathan Mayer, University of Washington
Patricia McDowell, University of Oregon
Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota
Joseph R. Oppong, University of North Texas
Kavita Pandit, University of Georgia
John Rogan, Clark University
Scott Salmon, New School University
Richard Shearmur, INRS
Peter Soule, Appalachian State University
Phil Steinberg, Florida State University
Mary Thomas, The Ohio State University
Jon Unruh, McGill University
Sarah Whatmore, Oxford University
David Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Julie Winkler, Michigan State University
Richard Wright, Dartmouth College
Karl Zimmerer, University of Wisconsin--Madison
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