Dialogues in Human Geography
The primary aim of Dialogues in Human Geography is to stimulate open and critical debate on the philosophical, methodological and pedagogic foundations of geographic thought and praxis. It publishes articles, with responses, which seek to critique present thinking and praxis and set the agenda for future avenues of geographic thought, empirical research and pedagogy. Dialogues is theoretical in orientation, forward looking, and seeks to publish original and innovative work that pushes the boundaries of geographical theory, praxis and pedagogy through a unique (in Geography) and innovative format of open peer commentary. This format strongly encourages engaged dialogue. The scope of the journal is both the broad agenda of human geography as a whole (and in relation to the social sciences, humanities, and environmental sciences more generally) and specific ideas, debates, and modes of praxis within disciplinary sub-fields. It has relevance and utility to those interested in all aspects of the discipline.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The primary aim of Dialogues in Human Geography is to stimulate open and critical debate on the philosophical, methodological and pedagogic foundations of geographical thought and praxis. It publishes research articles, with commentaries and author responses, which seek to critique present thinking and praxis and to set the agenda for future avenues of geographical thought, empirical research and pedagogy. Dialogues is theoretical in orientation, forward looking, and seeks to publish original and innovative work that pushes the boundaries of geographical theory, praxis and pedagogy through a unique (in Geography) and innovative format of open peer commentary. This format strongly encourages engaged dialogue. The scope of the journal is both the broad agenda of human geography as a whole (and in relation to the social sciences, humanities and environmental sciences more generally) and specific ideas, debates and modes of praxis within disciplinary sub-fields. It therefore has relevance and utility to those interested in all aspects of the discipline.
| Reuben Rose-Redwood | University of Victoria, Canada |
| Elia Apostolopoulou | Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain |
| Han Cheng | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Anindita Datta | University of Delhi, India |
| Federico Ferretti | University of Bologna, Italy |
| Agnieszka Leszczynski | Western University, Canada |
| James Riding | Newcastle University, UK |
| Anu Sabhlok | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India |
| Jeremy Crampton | George Washington University, US |
| Tyler Blackman | University of Waterloo, Canada |
| Derek Alderman | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA |
| Ben Anderson | Durham University, UK |
| Núria Benach Rovira | Universitat de Barcelona, Spain |
| Mia Bennett | University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Nicholas Blomley | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Brett Christophers | Uppsala University, Sweden |
| Verónica Crossa | El Colegio de México, Mexico |
| Ayona Datta | University College London, UK |
| Kate Derickson | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Stuart Elden | University of Warwick, UK |
| Federico Ferretti | University College Dublin, Ireland |
| Verónica Gago | Universidad De Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Matthew Hannah | Universität Bayreuth, Germany |
| Myriam Houssay-Holzschuch | Université Grenoble Alpes, France |
| Donna Houston | Macquarie University, Australia |
| Jinn-yuh Hsu | National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
| Paola Jirón Martínez | Universidad de Chile, Chile |
| Robin Kearns | University of Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand |
| Rob Kitchin | National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland |
| Audrey Kobayashi | Queen’s University, Canada |
| Weiquiang Lin | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Minelle Mahtani | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Virginie Mamadouh | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Margaret Marietta Ramírez | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Sandro Mezzadra | Università di Bologna, Italy |
| Oli Mould | Royal Holloway University of London, UK |
| Lorena Munoz | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Diana Ojeda | Universidad De Los Andes, Colombia |
| Junxi Qian | University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Laura Sakaja | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| Arun Saldanha | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Jovan Scott Lewis | University of California at Berkeley, USA |
| James Sidaway | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| Innocent Sinthumule | University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Sanjay Srivastava | SOAS, University of London, London, UK |
| Elaine Stratford | University of Tasmania, Australia |
| Farhana Sultana | Syracuse University, USA |
| Ethemcan Turhan | KTH, Sweden |
| Alberto Vanolo | University of Turin, Italy |
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dhg to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Dialogues in Human Geography will be reviewed.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this Journal. Open Access options are available - see section 3.3 below.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
If you have any questions about publishing with Sage, please visit the Sage Journal Solutions Portal
- What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
1.2 Article types
1.3 Writing your paper - Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
2.2 Authorship
2.3 Acknowledgements
2.4 Funding
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
2.6 Research ethics and patient consent
2.7 Clinical trials
2.8 Reporting guidelines
2.9 Data - Publishing policies
3.1 Publication ethics
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
3.3 Open access and author archiving - Preparing your manuscript
4.1 Formatting
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplementary material
4.4 Reference style
4.5 English language editing services - Submitting your manuscript
5.1 ORCID
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
5.3 Permissions - On acceptance and publication
6.1 Sage Production
6.2 Online First publication
6.3 Access to your published article
6.4 Promoting your article - Further information
The primary aim of Dialogues in Human Geography is to stimulate open and critical debate on the philosophical, methodological and pedagogic foundations of geographical thought and praxis. It publishes research articles, with commentaries and author responses, which seek to critique present thinking and praxis and to set the agenda for future avenues of geographical thought, empirical research and pedagogy. Dialogues is theoretical in orientation, forward looking, and seeks to publish original and innovative work that pushes the boundaries of geographical theory, praxis and pedagogy through a unique (in Geography) and innovative format of open peer commentary. This format strongly encourages engaged dialogue. The scope of the journal is both the broad agenda of human geography as a whole (and in relation to the social sciences, humanities and environmental sciences more generally) and specific ideas, debates and modes of praxis within disciplinary sub-fields. It therefore has relevance and utility to those interested in all aspects of the discipline.
Before submitting your manuscript to Dialogues in Human Geography, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
Dialogues in Human Geography publishes original research articles, solicited commentaries, author responses as part of Article Forums on all aspects of Human Geography. Every article published will form the heart of a forum. In addition, the journal also publishes further engagements forums and book review forums.
- Article Forums - Article forums are a primary sections of the journal. Each issue will contain 2-3 article forums, each divided into three parts: the primary article (max. 12,000 words, all inclusive), followed a set of solicited commentaries (max. 2000 words each, all inclusive) and an author reply to the commentaries by the author(s) of the primary article (max. 2000 words, all inclusive). Dialogues in Human Geography only publishes articles that make a strong theoretical contribution to geographical scholarship. Manuscripts that focus primarily on presenting empirical data without a substantive engagement with geographical theory are generally not suitable for an article forum. Unsolicited article manuscript submissions are welcome, but unsolicited commentaries for article forums are typically not considered without prior discussion with the journal’s Managing Editor. If you are interested in submitting a commentary on an article published on the OnlineFirst webpage, please consult with the Managing Editor.
- Further Engagements - This section will publish commentaries by readers of the journal in response to article forums published in previous issues (max. 2000 words per commentary, all inclusive). Again the authors of the primary article will be given the opportunity to respond (max. 2000 words, all inclusive). Please consult with the journal’s Managing Editor before writing and submitting a further engagement commentary to ensure that such a commentary submission is suitable for the journal.
- Book Forums - This section will concentrate on 1-2 selected research monograph(s) per issue, with up to six reviewers critiquing the work (max. 2000 words, all inclusive), followed by a response from the book’s author (max. 2000 words, all inclusive). The book to be reviewed will be selected by the Book Review Editors in negotiation with the other editors, and will be chosen on the basis of its scholarship and argument. Edited books will generally not be considered.
The Sage Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.
Dialogues in Human Geography operates a two stage review process.
Stage 1: Double-anonymized peer review. Every research article is subject to a standard, double-anonymized refereeing process wherein the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and the author’s name from the reviewer. Each article manuscript is typically reviewed by at least three referees. All article manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible, and an editorial decision is generally reached within 4–6 weeks of submission. Submissions may go through multiple rounds of anonymized review prior to acceptance.
Stage 2: Open peer commentary. Once an article is formally accepted by the editors, it will then be sent to a number (e.g. 34–8) of commentators who will write responses for publication alongside the accepted paper. Commentators may or may not have been in the original group of reviewers. Published commentaries will be reviewed by an editor, and in most cases are not subject to peer review. The author will be invited to respond to these commentaries.
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.
Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.
Please supply any personal acknowledgements separately to the main text to facilitate anonymous peer review.
2.3.1 Third party submissions
Where an individual who is not listed as an author submits a manuscript on behalf of the author(s), a statement must be included in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript and in the accompanying cover letter. The statements must:
• Disclose this type of editorial assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input
• Identify any entities that paid for this assistance
• Confirm that the listed authors have authorized the submission of their manuscript via third party and approved any statements or declarations, e.g. conflicting interests, funding, etc.
Where appropriate, Sage reserves the right to deny consideration to manuscripts submitted by a third party rather than by the authors themselves.
2.3.2 Writing assistance
Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance. It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services.
2.4 Declaration of conflicting interests
Dialogues in Human Geography encourages authors to include a declaration of any conflicting interests and recommends you review the good practice guidelines on the Sage Journal Author Gateway.
The journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages.
Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to:
- share your research data in a relevant public data repository
- include a data availability statement linking to your data. If it is not possible to share your data, we encourage you to consider using the statement to explain why it cannot be shared.
- cite this data in your research
Sage is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the Sage Author Gateway.
3.1.1 Plagiarism
Dialogues in Human Geography and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action
3.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a Sage journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the Sage Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, Sage requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. Sage’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants Sage the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than Sage. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the Sage Author Gateway.
3.3 Open access and author archiving
Dialogues in Human Geography offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please visit Sage Open Access. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit Sage’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. LaTeX files are also accepted. Word and (La)Tex templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit Sage’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines.
Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article
This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files.
Dialogues in Human Geography adheres to the Sage Harvard reference style. View the Sage Harvard guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the Sage Harvard EndNote output file.
4.5 English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using Sage Language Services. Visit Sage Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information.
Dialogues in Human Geography is hosted on Sage Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dhg to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
All papers must be submitted via the online system. If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, please refer to the contact details below:
Reuben Rose-Redwood
Department of Geography
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 BC V8W 2Y2
Canada
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities ensuring that their work is recognised.
The collection of ORCID IDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID ID you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID ID will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID ID is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.
If you do not already have an ORCID ID please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the Sage Author Gateway.
6. On acceptance and publication
Your Sage Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate.
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the Sage Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.
6.3 Access to your published article
Sage provides authors with online access to their final article.
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The Sage Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice.
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the Dialogues in Human Geography editorial office as follows:
Reuben Rose-Redwood
Department of Geography
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2
Canada