Journal profile · GEOGRAPHY
Geohumanities
ISSN 2373-566X · eISSN 2373-5678 · Taylor & Francis
Geohumanities: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.4 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 241 days to acceptance (75 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 43% (journal website); 38 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Geohumanities 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 Geographies of human-animal interactions, Posthumanist Ethics and Activism and Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature, together about 45.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geography, Planning and Development. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
GeoHumanities was launched as a journal of the American Association of Geographers in 2015. It publishes original peer-reviewed articles that span conceptual and methodological debates in geography and the humanities; critical reflections on analog and digital artistic productions; and new scholarly interactions occurring at the intersections of geography and multiple humanities disciplines. GeoHumanities includes full length scholarly articles in the GeoHumanities Articles section and shorter creative pieces that cross over between the academy and creative practice in the Practices and Curations section. Peer Review Policy: All Articles and Practices and Curations pieces submitted to this journal undergo a “double-anonymous” peer review by one to three referees, one of which will be the editor or designate. Publication Office: Taylor & Francis Group, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Read the Instructions for Authors and the Editorial Policies to ensure you’ve correctly followed all the requirements. Disclaimer
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GEOGRAPHY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences28.8%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences9.5%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities7.4%
- Water Governance and InfrastructureSocial Sciences4.6%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences3.5%
- Historical Geography and Geographical ThoughtSocial Sciences3.5%
- Spatial and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences3.5%
- Geographic Information Systems StudiesSocial Sciences3.2%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.44Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.01LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.01Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 88OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 78,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 78,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 436 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 15 | 3 |
| 2025 | 38 | 16 | 23 |
| 2024 | 36 | 18 | 69 |
| 2023 | 25 | 14 | 116 |
| 2022 | 26 | 14 | 108 |
| 2021 | 53 | 34 | 292 |
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
241 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 156 days – 331 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 111 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 346 days
- Sample
- 75 articles with submission and acceptance dates (77 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)
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 68 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 68 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 89 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 89 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 148 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 148 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 accepted2
- geohumanities articlesGeoHumanities includes full length scholarly articles in the GeoHumanities Articles sectionLength not stated
- practices and curationsshorter creative pieces that cross over between the academy and creative practice in the Practices and Curations sectionLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
GeoHumanities 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 readershi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymous peer review by one to three referees, one of which will be the editor or designate. Model summary
All Articles and Practices and Curations pieces submitted to this journal undergo a “double-anonymous” peer review by one to three referees, one of which will be the editor or designate.
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
- 2373-566X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2373-5678
- Society / sponsor
- American Association of Geographers
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Geohumanities
What CAS zone is Geohumanities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Geohumanities 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 Geohumanities?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 26.
How long does peer review take at Geohumanities?
Based on the dates recorded on 75 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 241 days (interquartile range 156–331 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 43% (2025). 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 Geohumanities 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.
Which databases index Geohumanities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Geohumanities is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Geohumanities open access, and what is the APC?
Geohumanities 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .