Political Geography (journal)

This article is about the journal. For the discipline, see Political geography.

Political Geography is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier covering all aspects of political geography.^[1] Its editor-in-chief is Filippo Menga (University of Bergamo).^[2]

Political Geography

Discipline	Political geography
Language	English
Edited by	Filippo Menga
Publication details
Former name(s)	Political Geography Quarterly
History	1982–present
Publisher	Elsevier
Frequency	8/year
Impact factor	4.9 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Political Geogr.
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ISSN	0962-6298 (print) 1873-5096 (web)
LCCN	92655097
OCLC no.	25104907
Political Geography Quarterly
ISSN	0260-9827
Links
Journal homepage Online archive (1992–present) Political Geography Quarterly (1981–1991)

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 4.9.^[3]

History

The journal was established in 1982 as Political Geography Quarterly, obtaining its current title in 1992, when it switched to a bimonthly frequency. Starting in 2019, the journal began publishing eight issues per year.

Editors-in-Chief

Name[4]	Years
Peter J. Taylor	1982-1999
John O’Loughlin	2000-2015
Philip E. Steinberg	2015-2019
Kevin Grove	2020-2023
Filippo Menga	2024-present

See also

• List of geography journals
• List of political science journals