Progress in Human Geography

Aims & Scope

Progress in Human Geography is the peer-review journal of choice for those wanting to know about the state of the art in all areas of human geography research - philosophical, theoretical, thematic, methodological or empirical.

Concerned primarily with critical reviews of current research, PiHG enables a space for debate about questions, concepts and findings of formative influence in human geography.

It is published six times per year in paper format and - in Online First - continuously in electronic format.

The six editors of PiHG are supported by an international Editorial Advisory Board.

Four major strands - Perspectives, Reviews, Biographies and Key Publications - shape the agenda setting content of the journal.

In combination, these strands make PiHG the most innovative, distinctive and wide-ranging journal of human geography today.

They enable it to offer critically informed and diverse accounts of the intellectual traditions and contemporary developments that shape and direct human geographical research and teaching.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6.1
2024	6.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	3.087

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	187

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	675

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2071

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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 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.

• Social and ecological resilience: are they related?

  Citation: 3093

  Authors: W. Neil

• Clusters and knowledge: local buzz, global pipelines and the process of knowledge creation

  Citation: 2913

  Authors: Harald, Anders, Peter

• Vulnerability to environmental hazards

  Citation: 1436

  Authors: Susan L.

• Situating knowledges: positionality, reflexivities and other tactics

  Citation: 1370

  Authors: Gillian

• The social construction of scale

  Citation: 1174

  Authors: Sallie A.

• Diverse economies: performative practices for `other worlds'

  Citation: 1168

  Authors: J.K.

• Living with difference: reflections on geographies of encounter

  Citation: 914

  Authors: Gill

• Cultural geography: the busyness of being `more-than-representational'

  Citation: 891

  Authors: Hayden

• Preemption, precaution, preparedness: Anticipatory action and future geographies

  Citation: 877

  Authors: Ben

• Resilience thinking meets social theory

  Citation: 844

  Authors: Muriel, Andrea J.

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