Journal Guide

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal of architecture, urban design and planning, and built environment studies.

Arctic Anthropology, founded in 1962 by Chester S. Chard, is an international journal devoted to the study of Old and New World northern cultures and peoples. Archaeology, ethnology, physical anthropology, and related disciplines are represented, with emphasis on: studies of specific cultures of the arctic, subarctic and contiguous regions of the world; the peopling of the New World, and relationships between New World and Eurasian cultures of the circumpolar zone; contemporary problems and culture change among northern peoples, new directions in interdisciplinary northern research. Editor: Christyann Darwent, University of California, Davis

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research is a quarterly international journal. It publishes original research papers, shorter contributions, resulting correspondence, and book reviews. The subject matter deals with any scientific or cultural aspect of Arctic, Antarctic, and alpine environments and related topics on subarctic, subantarctic, subalpine environments, and paleoenvironments. Papers may be uni- or multidisciplinary but should have interdisciplinary appeal. Special thematic issues and proceedings are published from time to time.

Arctic is North America's premier journal of northern research! Now in its seventh decade of continuous publishing, Arctic contains contributions from any area of scholarship dealing with the polar and subpolar regions of the world. Articles in Arctic present original research and have withstood intensive peer review. Arctic also publishes reviews of new books on the North, profiles of significant people, places and northern events, and topical commentaries. For examples of recent content please see the Arctic Contents page.Arctic also contains the general interest section InfoNorth, which contains a contributed essay of northern interest and Institute news. To obtain an idea of the subjects covered by InfoNorth essays please look at the last item in each issue of Arctic since March 1997 using the Arctic Contents page.A subscription to Arctic will keep you informed of current thought and directions that cross disciplinary boundaries, enabling a broader understanding of today's rapidly changing circumpolar world. Arctic is distributed to members and organizational subscribers quarterly. See the "Join AINA" page for prices and ordering information. Unless noted otherwise on the Arctic Contents page, Arctic single and back issues are available for $25.00 each. To order back issues, please contact arctic@ucalgary.ca for ordering information. Please have the appropriate volume and number of the issue you wish to purchase. Microfilm copies may be ordered from University Microfilms International, 300 N. Zeeb Road, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1346, U.S.A.Researchers who wish to submit papers for publication in Arctic, and members and subscribers who wish to learn more about the journal's peer review and editorial processes, should consult our detailed Guide for Authors. Book reviewers should consult our Guide for Book Reviewers.Arctic is a member of the Canadian Association of Learned Journals . (ISSN 0004-0843).

Area publishes ground breaking geographical research and scholarship across the field of geography. Whatever your interests, reading Area is essential to keep up with the latest thinking in geography. At the cutting edge of the discipline, the journal:* is the debating forum for the latest geographical research and ideas* is an outlet for fresh ideas, from both established and new scholars* is accessible to new researchers, including postgraduate students and academics at an early stage in their careers* contains commentaries and debates that focus on topical issues, new research results, methodological theory and practice and academic discussion and debate* provides rapid publicationTo be accepted, therefore, an article must make a concise, significant and original contribution to geographic knowledge. It should be situated in the relevant literature within and beyond the discipline, and should make a distinctive contribution to debates within human or physical geography. Where possible, links should be made with themes and issues within the wider discipline, with other relevant disciplines, and with concerns in the world beyond geography on which the discipline may offer insight, understanding and critical comment.Calling all physical geographers!Area is very keen to encourage more submissions of physical geography papers, and especially those written by postgraduates. The journal prefers short, pithy articles which focus on topical issues, new research results or discussions of methodology, theory and practice. We aim for a rapid turnaround time between submission and publication. Recently Area has published papers on desertification, soil erosion, geomorphological ideas and urban fluvial hazards. If you would like to submit a paper, or even discuss an idea at an early stage of writing, then please contact Paul Wood, Co-Editor for physical geography at p.j.wood@lboro.ac.uk.

Area Development and Policy ( ADP) is to be a world-class journal publishing original academic research examining the multi-scalar and geographically differentiated relationships between economic and political organization, ways of life and work and their context, as they shape regions, cities, rural areas and their inter-relationships.

Geographically it concentrates on issues relating to the Greater BRICS and aims to publish research emerging from these countries as well from the developed world.

ADP recognizes that the economic, political, cultural and geographical context plays a fundamental role in shaping development. ADP therefore recognizes that research should examine the role of diverse national and regional institutional configurations and values, and that theories should derive from the experiences of these countries and regions and not necessarily from theories derived from the possibly exceptional experiences of Northwest Europe and North America.

ADP aims to expand common ground while accepting differences, improve mutual communication and increase cooperation and shared learning.

Peer Review Statement

All submitted research is subject to rigorous peer review, involving initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two referees. In the light of the referee reports, contributions will be evaluated and decisions made by a distinguished board of Editors and accepted for publication only if they meet high scholarly standards of originality, significance and rigour in advancing understanding of area development and policy.