Journal profile · GEOGRAPHY
Australian Geographer
ISSN 0004-9182 · eISSN 1465-3311 · Taylor & Francis
Australian Geographer: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.12; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 385 days to acceptance (47 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 51% (journal website); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Australian Geographer is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Rural development and sustainability, Australian History and Society and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, together about 24.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GEOGRAPHY
Editor-in-chief Kathy MeePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 4, United Kingdom 2 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rural development and sustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences12%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences7.8%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences5.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.9%
- Mining and Resource ManagementEngineering4.5%
- Migration and Labor DynamicsSocial Sciences4.3%
- Historical Geography and Geographical ThoughtSocial Sciences4.3%
- Island Studies and Pacific AffairsSocial Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Abstracts in Anthropology, Agroforestry Abstracts (Online), Asian - Pacific Economic Literature, Bibliography of Asian Studies (Online Edition), C A B Abstracts (Online), C S A Human Population & Natural Resource Management, Current Abstracts, EBSCOhost, GEOBASE, F R A N C I S, FLUIDEX, Global Health, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Ovid, Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies, Water Resources Abstracts (Online, Bethesda), World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts, World Banking Abstracts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.12LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.53Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.01LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.01Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 666OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 124,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,147 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 17 | 6 |
| 2025 | 26 | 11 | 37 |
| 2024 | 27 | 16 | 89 |
| 2023 | 37 | 31 | 313 |
| 2022 | 36 | 8 | 285 |
| 2021 | 24 | 7 | 294 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
385 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 228 days – 517 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (47 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 402 days
- Sample
- 47 articles with submission and acceptance dates (55 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 51%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 89 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 140 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted6
- book reviewsAustralian Geographer publishes full research articles, book reviews and forums, special issues, research notes and our distinctive “Thinking Space” commentarie…Length not stated
- forumsAustralian Geographer publishes full research articles, book reviews and forums, special issues, research notes and our distinctive “Thinking Space” commentarie…Length not stated
- full research articlesAustralian Geographer publishes full research articles, book reviews and forums, special issues, research notes and our distinctive “Thinking Space” commentarie…Length not stated
- research notesAustralian Geographer publishes full research articles, book reviews and forums, special issues, research notes and our distinctive “Thinking Space” commentarie…Length not stated
- special issuesAustralian Geographer publishes full research articles, book reviews and forums, special issues, research notes and our distinctive “Thinking Space” commentarie…Length not stated
- “thinking space” commentariesAustralian Geographer publishes full research articles, book reviews and forums, special issues, research notes and our distinctive “Thinking Space” commentarie…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Australian Geographer is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Statement
Double anonymized peer review by two referees Model summary
All suitable manuscripts submitted to the Australian Geographer are sent to two referees in a full ’double anonymized’ refereeing process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0004-9182
- Electronic ISSN
- 1465-3311
- Society / sponsor
- Geographical Society of New South Wales
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 57, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Australian Geographer
What CAS zone is Australian Geographer in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Australian Geographer is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Geography. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Australian Geographer?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.12; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 69.
How long does peer review take at Australian Geographer?
Based on the dates recorded on 47 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 385 days (interquartile range 228–517 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 51%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Australian Geographer in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Sociology.
Where are the editorial board members of Australian Geographer based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (4) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Australian Geographer?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Australian Geographer is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Australian Geographer open access, and what is the APC?
Australian Geographer is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .