Area
Last updated ISSN 0004-0894
Area is published by Wiley in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,760.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Area concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Rural development and sustainability
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
- Geography Education and Pedagogy
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0004-0894, 1475-4762 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,760 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,438 |
| Publishing since | 1970 |
| Journal website | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1475-4 |
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