Geographical Research

Aims & Scope

Geographical Research aims to advance innovative, theoretically informed, methodologically rigorous, high-quality work that shows the strength and diversity of all parts of the discipline.

Wiley publishes the journal as continuous online content, which is then curated into issues in February, May, August, and November.

The journal includes editorials, original academic papers, commentaries, book panel papers, and book reviews, as well as festschrifts and obituaries.

The Editor-in-Chief accepts special section proposals.

She also organises specialist occasional essays entitled 'Antipodean Perspectives'.

These essays are written by discipline leaders as high-level reviews of 'global' developments that show how Geographical Research and geographical scholarship add to and extend international knowledge affecting Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific.

Short papers from practising (professional) geographers, and in geographical education, are also welcome.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.7
2024	2.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7550

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	392

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.739

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	58

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Can You Hear us Now? Voices from the Margin: Using Indigenous Methodologies in Geographic Research

  Citation: 343

  Authors: RENEE PUALANI

• The Challenge of Change: Australian Cities and Urban Planning in the New Millennium

  Citation: 151

  Authors: CLIVE

• Dynamics of Land Surface Temperature in Response to Land-Use/Cover Change

  Citation: 139

  Authors: XIAOLU, YI-CHEN

• Reconsidering the Geography of Tourism and Contemporary Mobility

  Citation: 130

  Authors: C. Michael

• The Canary in the Coalmine: Australian Ski Resorts and their Response to Climate Change

  Citation: 114

  Authors: SHARON, PHIL

• Neoliberalist Planning? Re-thinking and Re-casting Sydney's Metropolitan Planning

  Citation: 104

  Authors: PAULINE M.

• Maps Narratives and Trails: Performativity, Hodology and Distributed Knowledges in Complex Adaptive Systems – an Approach to Emergent Mapping

  Citation: 98

  Authors: DAVID

• The 'Cultural Turn' in Australian Regional Economic Development Discourse: Neoliberalising Creativity?

  Citation: 97

  Authors: CHRIS, NATASCHA

• Natural and Unnatural Disasters: Responding with Respect for Indigenous Rights and Knowledges

  Citation: 94

  Authors: RICHARD, OLGA, SIRI

• Doing Fieldwork in Development Geography: Research Culture and Research Spaces in Vietnam

  Citation: 92

  Authors: STEFFANIE, FIONA, KATE

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