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Geography: Journals

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The University of Manchester Library provides access to a wide range of journals relating to Geography

Peer-reviewed journal articles are evaluated and critiqued by researchers and experts in the field before being published. They are high quality academic sources of information.

E-journal Spotlight

Front cover of Progress in Human Geography

Progress in Human Geography

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 research in the field of human geography - 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 (Provided by Publisher).

Front cover of International Journal of Wildland Fire

International Journal of Wildland Fire

International Journal of Wildland Fire publishes new and significant papers that advance basic and applied research concerning wildland fire and welcomes research on fire science, including its fundamental principles, environmental and societal impacts, interactions with climate, modelling, and management strategies. The journal has an international perspective, since wildland fire plays a major social, economic and ecological role in many regions of the world and strongly interacts with global climate change.

(Provided by Publisher.)

Front cover of Area

Area

Area publishes high quality 5000-word papers and commentaries from within and beyond the discipline of geography.

Front cover of Progress in Environmental Geography

Progress in Environmental Geography

Progress in Environmental Geography aspires to be the peer-review journal of choice for those wanting to know about the state of the art in all areas of environmental geography research – philosophical, theoretical, thematic, methodological and empirical. Concerned primarily with critical reviews of current research, PEG will enable a space for debate about questions, concepts and findings of formative influence in environmental geography. It welcomes contributions from diverse authors (e.g., across disciplines, geography, career stage, etc.) and encourages collaborative, inter- and intra-disciplinary, and multi-authored submissions (Provided by Publisher).

Front cover of Migration and Development

Migration and Development

This key title publishes a diverse range of research perspectives on the multifaceted and complex topic of migration.

Following a request from academic teaching staff in the School of Environment, Education and Development, the Library now provides full access to content from this journal from its introduction in 2012 to the present day.

Geography e-journals

Search for journal articles using Library Search (you can do keyword searches for either the title of a journal or an article).

 

Notable Journals relating to Geography

 

The above list was compiled using Scopus and comprises a selection of the top journals relating to 'Geography, Planning and Development' based on Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) ranking. For more information on the SNIP ranking metric, please visit Elsevier's Measuring a Journal's Impact page.

 

You can also browse a selection of the Geography related journals we subscribe to using Browzine.

Browzine Geography

Google Scholar

Google Scholar can be a useful tool to use when searching for journal articles. However, it's important to be aware that Google Scholar will return results for articles, journals and other resources that the Library doesn't necessarily subscribe to and which you might not have free access to as a student at the University of Manchester.

Google Scholar Search

Library Access

In order to make it easier to identify and access content provided by the Library when searching Google (and without having to visit Library Search), we recommend that you download Library AccessThis is a useful browser extension that will pop-up and notify you when you are on a journal or website that the Library has a subscription for. 

Library Access

Order an Article

If you are unable to access an article that you need, fill in the Order an Article form and we will get it for you.

University staff should use the Order an Article (Staff) form.