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Progress in Human Geography
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Progress in Human Geography

0309-1325

Published by: SAGE

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

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 72 34 47 22

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 55
Documents by Best Scientists*: 70
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 187
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.087
Impact Factor: 6.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Progress in Human Geography?

Progress in Human Geography primarily focuses on research topics in Media studies, Social science, Human geography, Economic geography and Political economy. The studies in Media studies featured incorporate elements of Anthropology, Art history and Humanities. The study on Social science presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Environmental ethics.

Progress in Human Geography focused on Human geography research but expanded to cover Epistemology. The research on Political economy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Economic history and Politics.

  • Media studies (15.20%)
  • Social science (11.33%)
  • Human geography (11.18%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Clusters and knowledge: local buzz, global pipelines and the process of knowledge creation (3019 citations)
  • Social and Ecological Resilience: Are They Related? (2655 citations)
  • Vulnerability to environmental hazards (1420 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Progress in Human Geography:

The journal articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Epistemology, Economic geography, Human geography, Social science and Politics. While the journal papers focused on Epistemology, they were also able to explore topics like Space (commercial competition) and Scholarship. The published articles focus on Social science but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Environmental ethics, Gender studies and Political ecology.

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:

Progress in Human Geography primarily tackles Politics, Environmental ethics, Political economy, Epistemology and Human geography. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Politics and the similar topic of Aesthetics. The presented research on Environmental ethics deals specifically with Political ecology but it also addresses topics in Economic geography.

While Political economy is the focus of Progress in Human Geography, it also provided insights into the studies of State (polity), Gentrification, Movement (music) and Power (social and political). Phenomenology (philosophy) are all disciplines of Epistemology that connect with topics in 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The Human geography study featured in it draws connections with the study of Relation (history of concept).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • What’s so new about New Municipalism?: (21 citations)
  • Political ecology 1: From margins to center: (17 citations)
  • Moving urban political ecology beyond the 'urbanization of nature'. (16 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 Progress in Human Geography (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ron Johnston (65 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Noel Castree (49 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hugh Clout (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David M. Smith (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter J. Taylor (20 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 Progress in Human Geography (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Manchester (90 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University College London (89 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Durham University (86 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Bristol (83 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (67 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more 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, 9.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.37% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.99% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.37% of all publications and 36.26% 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 Human Geography

While the intellectual rewards of studying human geography are numerous and life-enriching, it is equally important to understand the career opportunities that may open up with a solid foundation in these studies. As a human geographer, you can apply your understanding of human societies and their geographic distributions on domestic and international scales to a variety of fields including urban and regional planning, transportation, market research, real estate, and even environmental consulting. Moreover, academia and research continue to be rich areas for human geographers, with plentiful opportunities for meaningful contributions.

If you are considering bringing your passion for human geography into the realm of mental health care, you might consider the pathway to becoming a mental health counselor. As a counselor equipped with human geography knowledge, you can understand a client's mental health within the context of their environment, community, and social structures. If this intersection of fields appeals to you, check out this guide on How to become a mental health counselor in Massachusetts to get started on your journey. This advice applies broadly, whether you are in Massachusetts or elsewhere.

With a degree in human geography, the world truly becomes your workplace, as your strong understanding of the social aspects of the human experience equips you to navigate and address complex societal issues in diverse roles and industries.

Top Publications

  • Moving beyond Marcuse: gentrification, displacement and the violence of un-homing

    Adam Elliott-Cooper;Phil Hubbard;Loretta Lees

    (2020)
    421 Citations
  • Slow emergencies: Temporality and the racialized biopolitics of emergency governance:

    Ben Anderson;Kevin Grove;Lauren Rickards;Matthew Kearnes

    (2020)
    240 Citations
  • Financial geography III: The financialization of the city:

    Manuel B. Aalbers

    (2020)
    210 Citations
  • Digital geographies, feminist relationality, Black and queer code studies: Thriving otherwise:

    Sarah Elwood

    (2021)
    204 Citations
  • Rethinking China’s urban governance: The role of the state in neighbourhoods, cities and regions

    Unknown

    (2022)
    180 Citations
  • Pluralizing and problematizing carbon finance

    Gavin Bridge;Harriet Bulkeley;Paul Langley;Bregje van Veelen

    (2020)
    106 Citations
  • Beyond capitalist enclosure, commodification and alienation. Postcapitalist praxis as commons, social production and useful doing

    Paul Chatterton;Andre Pusey

    (2020)
    101 Citations
  • Modelling urban change with cellular automata: Contemporary issues and future research directions:

    Yan Liu;Michael Batty;Siqin Wang;Jonathan Corcoran

    (2021)
    82 Citations
  • Qualitative methods I: On current conventions in interview research:

    Russell Hitchings;Alan Latham

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Freedom from the tyranny of neighbourhood: Rethinking sociospatial context effects

    Ana Petrović;David Manley;David Manley;Maarten van Ham;Maarten van Ham

    (2020)
    59 Citations

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