The Professional Geographer 62.7k citations
3.4k papers ·
indexed · active since 1950
Topics Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography Education and Pedagogy Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers The Professional Geographer
Comparison fields: 5 of 241 Sociology and Political Science 21.7k Global and Planetary Change 10.8k Geography, Planning and Development 9.2k Economics and Econometrics 7.9k Transportation 7.7k Urban Studies 5.4k Political Science and International Relations 4.5k General Health Professions 3.6k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3.6k Ecology 3.5k Demography 3.5k Building and Construction 3.0k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2.9k Atmospheric Science 2.9k Environmental Engineering 2.5k Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2.5k Plant Science 2.0k Social Psychology 1.8k Education 1.8k Gender Studies 1.8k Strategy and Management 1.7k Nature and Landscape Conservation 1.7k Health 1.5k Automotive Engineering 1.5k Water Science and Technology 1.5k Finance 1.4k Soil Science 1.4k General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.3k Anthropology 1.3k Epidemiology 1.1k Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1.1k Marketing 1.1k Ocean Engineering 1.1k Clinical Psychology 936 Signal Processing 883 Management Science and Operations Research 865 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 865 Artificial Intelligence 855 Media Technology 782 Cultural Studies 738 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 734 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 664 Communication 610 Food Science 591 Safety Research 567 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 562 Ecological Modeling 561 Earth-Surface Processes 550 Archeology 479 Speech and Hearing 462 History 461 Development 459 Management of Technology and Innovation 457 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 453 Information Systems 446 Civil and Structural Engineering 407 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 387 Public Administration 371 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 358 Pollution 356 Accounting 352 Nutrition and Dietetics 339 Philosophy 332 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 317 Modeling and Simulation 316 General Social Sciences 305 Environmental Chemistry 292 Emergency Medical Services 286 Oceanography 284 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 283 Literature and Literary Theory 282 Infectious Diseases 266 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 263 Cognitive Neuroscience 241 Human-Computer Interaction 236 Genetics 235 Computer Networks and Communications 235 Paleontology 225 Mechanical Engineering 217 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 215 Law 211 Geochemistry and Petrology 208 Oncology 205 Developmental and Educational Psychology 205 Aerospace Engineering 204 Information Systems and Management 199 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 190 Forestry 187 History and Philosophy of Science 184 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 174 Museology 171 Agronomy and Crop Science 164 Business and International Management 163 Molecular Biology 163 Insect Science 161 Management Information Systems 155 Geology 149 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 149 Statistics and Probability 143 Physiology 129 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 125 Control and Systems Engineering 114 Computer Science Applications 113 Space and Planetary Science 111 Geophysics 104 Linguistics and Language 102 Pharmacy 93 Language and Linguistics 92 Conservation 87 Health Informatics 86 Astronomy and Astrophysics 86 Computational Theory and Mathematics 84 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 83 Biomedical Engineering 72 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 70 Psychiatry and Mental health 69 Applied Psychology 68 Music 65 Surgery 62 Mechanics of Materials 62 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 61 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 56 Emergency Medicine 56 Animal Science and Zoology 53 Occupational Therapy 48 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 43 Human Factors and Ergonomics 41 Horticulture 39 Archeology 38 Health Information Management 36 Small Animals 35 Geometry and Topology 35 Materials Chemistry 35 Computational Mechanics 33 Reproductive Medicine 33 Parasitology 32 Obstetrics and Gynecology 31 Aquatic Science 29 Religious studies 29 Pharmacology 29 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 29 Architecture 27 Complementary and alternative medicine 26 Library and Information Sciences 25 Microbiology 24 Endocrinology 24 General Energy 23 Developmental Biology 23 General Decision Sciences 22 Analytical Chemistry 21 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 20 Applied Mathematics 17 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 Pharmacology 16 Virology 15 Cell Biology 14 Dermatology 13 Sensory Systems 13 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 13 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 13 Periodontics 12 Process Chemistry and Technology 12 General Psychology 12 Immunology 11 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 Inorganic Chemistry 9 Biochemistry 9 Neurology 9 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 9 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 9 Geriatrics and Gerontology 9 Ophthalmology 9 Biomaterials 8 Research and Theory 8 Cancer Research 8 Rehabilitation 7 Immunology and Allergy 7 Numerical Analysis 7 Classics 7 Condensed Matter Physics 7 Hepatology 7 Biophysics 6 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 6 Mathematical Physics 6 Otorhinolaryngology 6 Hematology 6 Family Practice 6 Organic Chemistry 6 Life-span and Life-course Studies 6 Medical Laboratory Technology 5 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 5 Biotechnology 4 Biochemistry 4 Software 4 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 4 Toxicology 4 Genetics 4 Clinical Biochemistry 3 Leadership and Management 3 Pharmaceutical Science 3 Bioengineering 3 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 Catalysis 3 Computational Mathematics 3 Complementary and Manual Therapy 3 Orthodontics 2 Nephrology 2 Equine 2 Oral Surgery 2 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 General Dentistry 2 Radiation 2 Neurology 2 Instrumentation 2 Theoretical Computer Science 2 General Materials Science 2 Transplantation 2 Developmental Neuroscience 2 Rheumatology 2 Spectroscopy 2 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 2 Medical Terminology 1 Behavioral Neuroscience 1 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 Chemical Health and Safety 1 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 1 Ceramics and Composites 1 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Urology 1 Hardware and Architecture 1 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 1 Gastroenterology 1 Polymers and Plastics 1 Algebra and Number Theory 1 Molecular Medicine 1 Physiology 1 Fuel Technology 1 General Arts and Humanities 1 General Engineering 1 Industrial relations 1 Anatomy 1
Sociology and Political Science 21.7k Global and Planetary Change 10.8k Geography, Planning and Development 9.2k Economics and Econometrics 7.9k Transportation 7.7k Geographical Review United States
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers United Kingdom
Geographical Journal United Kingdom
Urban Geography United States
European Planning Studies United Kingdom
Applied Geography United States
Political Geography United Kingdom
This map shows the geographic impact of research published in The Professional Geographer. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in The Professional Geographer with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites The Professional Geographer more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers published in The Professional Geographer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in The Professional Geographer.
About The Professional Geographer The 3.4k papers published in The Professional Geographer in the last decades have received a total of 62.7k indexed citations . Papers published in The Professional Geographer usually cover Geography, Planning and Development (651 papers), Urban Studies (210 papers) and Transportation (222 papers) specifically the topics of Geographic Information Systems Studies (334 papers), Geography Education and Pedagogy (244 papers) and Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (223 papers). The most active scholars publishing in The Professional Geographer are Kim England , Mei‐Po Kwan , Gill Valentine , B. L. Turner , Jeffrey R. Crump , Arch C. Gerlach , Jeremy Mennis , John E. Oliver , Rüth Wilson Gilmore and Richard Hartshorne .
Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive
bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global
research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include
incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and
delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in
Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.
Explore journals with similar magnitude of impact Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in GeoJournal Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Geographical Review Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Geographical Journal Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Urban Geography Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Antipode Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in European Planning Studies Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Applied Geography Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Political Geography Breakdown of academic impact, for papers in Economic Geography