Publication practices in physical and human geography: a comment on Nigel Thrift’s ‘The future of geography’ |
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| Authors: | Rob Ferguson |
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| Institution: | Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK |
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| Abstract: | This note expands on, and in some respects challenges, the distinction Thrift (Geoforum 33 (2002) 291) makes between the publication practices of young human and physical geographers. Evidence on highly-cited papers by eminent British geographers is used to suggest that human geographers have been publishing mainly in human-geography journals, but physical geographers in a wider range of outlets, for at least two decades; and that the most influential papers of all, human or physical, have generally been in multi- or inter-disciplinary journals. Publication in ‘non-geographical’ journals is desirable since it helps geographers have a wider impact. Conversely, the discipline is harmed if influential outsiders perceive geographers as only concerned with internal debates and seeking to impress each other. |
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| Keywords: | Journals Citations Influence Multidisciplinarity |
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