Ready to submit? Start a new submission or continue a submission in progress

Go to submission site (link opens in a new window)

Journal overview

Papers in Applied Geography is the official journal of the Applied Geography Conferences. It encourages high quality scholarship on a broad range of topics in the field of Geography, including but not limited to:

  • Applied climatology
  • Business and retail geography
  • Economic geography
  • Geographical information science
  • Geography of crime
  • Geography of health


Additional topics covered are: geospatial analysis, medical geography, military geography, geomorphology, remote sensing, physical geography, policy and planning, urban geography, and water resources.

Papers in Applied Geography publishes three types of articles. Research articles consist of regular length journal articles that are scholarly contributions to the literature of applied geography. Application articles consist of short papers that discuss the applications of geographical concepts, theories, models or methods to solve practical problems in societies. Technical notes are contributions to present new methods or improvement of existing methods in geography.

The editors invite submissions that emphasize the application of theories or concepts in geography in search of solutions to practical problems our society faces. They also welcome contributions to effective applications of models or analytical methods in geography to the understanding of geographic phenomena and their processes in space and over time.

Peer Review Policy: All articles submitted to this journal undergo a “double-anonymous” peer review by two to three referees, one of which will be the editor or designate.

Publishing office: Taylor and Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.

Read full aims and scope

Explore articles

Explore the most recently published articles

Diane Nunez et al.
Article |
John C. Kostelnick et al.
Article |
Open Access
Wesley de Souza Campos Correa et al.
Article |

Latest issues