Journal Abbreviation
SAGJ
ISSN
0373-6245
EISSN
2151-2418
Focus & Scope

The South African Geographical Journal was founded in 1917 and is the flagship journal of the Society of South African Geographers. The journal aims at using southern Africa as a region from, and through, which to communicate geographic knowledge and to engage with issues and themes relevant to the discipline. The journal is a forum for papers of a high academic quality and welcomes papers dealing with philosophical and methodological issues and topics of an international scope that are significant for the region and the African continent, including:

  • Climate change
  • Environmental studies
  • Development
  • Governance and policy
  • Physical and urban Geography
  • Human Geography
  • Sustainability
  • Tourism
  • GIS and remote sensing

Journal Status
Active
Index/es (accredited by the DHET)
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), Scopus
Peer-review Date
30/06/2023
Peer-review Group
Social Sciences and Related Fields
Editor-in-Chief
Innocent Sinthumule
Editor-in-Chief
Prof David Hedding
Title Owner
South African Geographical Journal
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Seat of Publication
South Africa
Hosting Portal
Other
Number of Peer-reviewed Articles Per Year
28
Format
Print & Digital
Publication Frequency
Quarterly
Access
Hybrid Open Access
Submission Fees
ZAR 0.00
Article Processing Charges (APCs)
Per article