Australian Geographer

Journal overview

Australian Geographer publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research that aims to shift academic and public debate on matters of societal and environmental consequence. Papers from across the breadth of Geography and cognate disciplines that promote distinctive insights and perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region are welcome.

Australian Geographer reflects and celebrates Geography’s diversity of philosophical and methodological approaches, encompassing the physical and social sciences and humanities. With efficient and rigorous peer-review, and typically rapid path to publication, articles in Australian Geographer report on timely empirical research, advance new concepts, intervene in current debates, and/or encourage readers to rethink social, environmental, economic and political issues through analysis of new evidence.

The journal emphasizes accessible, high-quality writing that communicates clearly to a wide-ranging readership across academic, educational, policy and general interest communities. Australian Geographer publishes full research articles, book reviews and forums, special issues, research notes and our distinctive “Thinking Space” commentaries in which geographers provide informed opinion on current public debates.

Australian Geographer is the journal of the Geographical Society of New South Wales Inc. For membership and other enquiries please contact:

Geographical Society of NSW

School of Social Sciences, Kingswood
University of Western Sydney
Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751

Peer Review Statement

All suitable manuscripts submitted to the Australian Geographer are sent to two referees in a full ’double anonymized’ refereeing process.
All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.

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

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

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