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Cultural Geographies
H-index 6

Cultural Geographies

1474-4740

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/cgj

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 710 4 4 2
Social Sciences and Humanities 1134 8 9 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 19
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 73
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.77
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at cultural geographies?

Cultural geographies investigates studies in Media studies, Visual arts, Art history, Politics and Aesthetics. The arts is the primary subject of Visual arts works presented in the journal. Art history works presented in cultural geographies have a specific focus on Performance art.

  • Media studies (15.39%)
  • Visual arts (14.93%)
  • Art history (12.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Materialist returns: practising cultural geography in and for a more-than-human world (705 citations)
  • Bringing good food to others: investigating the subjects of alternative food practice (400 citations)
  • Biopolitics and the molecularization of life (330 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at cultural geographies:

The main points discussed in the journal publications deal with Epistemology, Visual arts, Politics, Social science and Environmental ethics. Cognitive psychology and Cultural geography are some topics wherein Epistemology research discussed in the most cited articles has an impact. While the primary focus in the most cited articles is Visual arts, they also dissect topics surrounding Aesthetics and Resistance (psychoanalysis) as a whole.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • World War II
  • Law
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Aesthetics, Visual arts, Politics, Media studies and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Aesthetics research featured in cultural geographies incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Gentrification and Temporality. Visual arts research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Filmmaking.

The journal focused on Politics research but expanded to cover Epistemology. The journal blends together research topics in Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The bad environmentalism of ‘nature is healing’ memes (2 citations)
  • Hunting ghosts: on spectacles of spectrality and the trophy animal: (2 citations)
  • Forging alternatively sacred spaces in Singapore’s integrated religious marketplace: (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in cultural geographies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hayden Lorimer (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen Daniels (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Merriman (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Bissell (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James Kneale (7 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in cultural geographies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Bristol (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Glasgow (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Royal Holloway, University of London (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Durham University (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 28.74% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.13% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.81% of all publications and 46.77% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Career Opportunities in Cultural Geographies

If your interests lie in the intersection of the arts, politics, and social sciences, considering a career in cultural geographies can be a rewarding choice. There are various career paths that you can pursue with a degree in cultural geographies, such as becoming a cultural geographer, an urban planner, a researcher, an environmental consultant, or a substance abuse counselor. For instance, if you're interested in helping people recover from addiction while leveraging your understanding of societal influences, you might want to consider becoming a substance abuse counselor. You can learn more about this career How to be a substance abuse counselor in Illinois.

Besides, cultural geographies open up opportunities in academia as well. Many graduates go on to pursue higher studies and research in this field. If you are fascinated by the most cited papers published in the journal, you might want to consider a career in academia. As a researcher, you can contribute to the existing body of knowledge and perhaps even be a part of the next most cited papers in cultural geographies.

Ultimately, a background in cultural geographies can give you a unique perspective on societal issues, which can be a valuable asset in various professions.

Top Publications

  • Ghost species: spectral geographies of biodiversity conservation:

    Shane McCorristine;William M Adams

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Exhausting rhythms: the intimate geopolitics of resource extraction

    Elizabeth R Straughan;David Bissell;Andrew Gorman-Murray

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Remembering and forgetting floods and droughts: lessons from the Welsh colony in Patagonia:

    Hywel M Griffiths;Stephen Tooth

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Experiments in becoming: corporeality, attunement and doing research:

    Alan Latham;Lauren B Wagner

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • The bones beneath the streets: drifting through London’s Quaternary:

    David Overend;Jamie Lorimer;Danielle Schreve

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • ‘A Walk 21/1/35’: a psychiatric-psychoanalytic fragment meets the new walking studies:

    Sarah Phelan;Chris Philo

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Dreamlands: stories of enchantment and excess in a search for lost sensations:

    Luke Dickens;Tim Edensor

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Doing disability activism through the embodied experiences of creative practice: participating in a community art exhibition

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Australian landscape memoir as conservationist vehicle: Winton, Tredinnick, Greer

    (2020)
    1 Citations
  • Watery traces and absences: sensations and speculative histories of an ancient well and a carse landscape

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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