| Discipline | Human geography |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Jian Peng and Yehua Dennis Wei |
| Publication details | |
| History | Since 1981 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 4.240 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Appl. Geogr. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 0143-6228 |
| LCCN | 84641848 |
| OCLC no. | 663066772 |
| Links | |
Applied Geography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier.1 The journal covers research that applies geographic methods to solve human problems, including human geography, physical geography, and geographical information system science.2
The co-editors-in-chief are Jian Peng (Peking University) and Yehua Dennis Wei (University of Utah).2
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Current Contents
- Ecological Abstracts
- Elsevier BIOBASE
- Envirofiche
- Environmental Abstracts
- GeoRef
- Geographical Abstracts
- International Development Abstracts
- Oceanographic Literature Review
- Scopus
- Social Sciences Citation Index
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.240.
References
References
- Juhász, Levente (2024). "Assessing publication trends in selected GIScience journals". International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 38 (8): 1443–1467. doi:10.1080/13658816.2024.2347306.
- "Applied Geography". ScienceDirect. Retrieved 2025-09-21.