The No.1 Geography Journal. Online submission now available
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Published on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)
Edited by:
Alison Blunt
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 1/51 Geography
Impact Factor: 3.967
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:
• Publish 'landmark' articles that make a major theoretical, conceptual or empirical contribution to the advancement of geography as an academic discipline.
• Stimulate and shape research agendas in human and physical geography.
• Publish articles, 'Boundary crossing' essays and commentaries that are international and interdisciplinary in their scope and content.
TopNews and Announcements
Top Ranking in ISI for Transactions of the IBG
We are delighted to announce that Transactions of the IBG is ranked the number 1 journal in the Social Sciences Citation Index Geography category since 2006, with an impact factor of 3.967. We are now pleased to offfer you free access to the following articles:
Moral Economies of Food and Geographies of Responsibility
Peter Jackson, Neil Ward and Polly Russell
Economic Geography Under Postcolonial Scrutiny
Jane Pollard, Cheryl McEwan, Nina Laurie and Alison Stenning
Landscape, Absence and the Geographies of Love
John Wylie
The World Development Report 2009 'Reshapes Economic Geography': Geographical Reflections
Jonathan Rigg et al
Transactions of the IBG Virtual Issues - Free online
The RGS-IBG invites you to enjoy the following Virtual Issues, compiled by the Journal's editors.
'Women and Geography' - Celebrating International Women's Day, March 2008
'The Geographies of Knowledge' - January 2009
Boundary Crossings in Transactions of the IBG
The Boundary Crossings section of Transactions of the IBG comprises essays that 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.
Free articles- We are pleased to offer you free access to a sample of recently published Boundary Crossings essays, simply click on the titles below to read the essays:
Geographical work at the boundaries of climate change
Mike Hulme
Taking stock of participatory geographies: envisioning the communiversity
mrs kinpaisby
Now FREE Online - A Guide to Publishing in Geography for New Researchers
www.rgs.org/GettingPublished
We would encourage you to download a free copy of the guide from the RGS-IBG website. You can either download the whole guide or browse and print by section, and you can also access additional materials from the Publishing in Geography: Key Issues for New Researchers panel session at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2009.
If you would like us to send you a printed copy of the guide we are happy to do so. Please contact rrees@wiley.com with your request.
ScholarOne ManuscriptsAuthors are able to submit their paper to Transactions of the IBG online via the new Electronic Editorial Office. Benefits will include:
• Quicker peer review
• Web-based manuscript tracking
• Online Reviewing
• Faster Response
Submit your paper online to Transactions of the IBG
Transactions of the IBG Articles on EarlyView
Transactions of the IBG features EarlyView articles. These articles are in final form and published online in advance of their appearance in a regular issue. They have been through the full peer review process and proofs have been corrected by the author. Click here to view the latest EarlyView material.
NEW: Online production tracking is now available for your article through Wiley-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 http://authorservices.wiley.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.
Free Online Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) in conjunction with UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme.
RGS-IBG Book Series
The RGS- IBG also publishes a book series of the highest international standing. It seeks to promote scholarly publications that leave an intellectual mark and change the way readers think about particular issues, methods or theories.
View the latest titles in the book series.
TopHighlights
FREE ACCESS - The World Development Report 2009 'reshapes economic geography': geographical reflections
Jonathan Rigg, Anthony Bebbington, Katherine V Gough, Deborah F Bryceson, Jytte Agergaard, Niels Fold, Cecilia Tacoli
Class and space: social segregation in Japanese cities
Anthony J Fielding
Conceptual framework for the persistence of flood-initiated geomorphological features
Ann Calver and Malcolm G Anderson
Transnational spaces and everyday lives
David Ley
Regulating economic globalization
Ash Amin
TopEndorsements
'One of the premier geography journals in the world ... The content is very high quality and covers the diversity that is our discipline.'
Thomas R. Leinbach, University of Kentucky, USA
'Focused on cutting-edge research'
Stuart C. Aitken, San Diego State University, USA
'Clearly a world leader'
Hilary Winchester, University of Newcastle, Australia
