The California Geographer
The California Geographer is the refereed annual publication of the California Geographical Society (CGS). All statements and opinions that appear in The California Geographer are the full responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the California Geographical Society.
The California Geographer Goes Digital!
The California Geographical Society, in cooperation with EBSCO Information Services, is pleased to announce that the California Geographer is now available online. Beginning with Volume 1 (1960), full text articles from the California Geographer (and a complete set of search tools!) can be accessed through college and university libraries which subscribe to EBSCO’s newest and most comprehensive database, Academic Search Complete™. As one of the world's largest collections of active full-text peer reviewed journals, Academic Search Complete™ contains indexing for 9,000 journals, with full text for 5,500 titles.
See below to find instructions regarding submissions to the California Geographer, as well as contact information for both contributors to and subscribers of The California Geographer.
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Click below to link to sample Tables of Contents
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Contact Information for Contributors:
Editor, Dolly Freidel
Geography Department
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA 94928 -
freidel@sonoma.edu
(707) 664-2314 office
(707) 664-3332 fax
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Questions regarding subscriptions should be directed to:
Steve Slakey, Business Manager
California Geographical Society
1149 E. Steffen Street
Glendora, CA 91741
Subscription Information
Domestic subscription . . . . . . . . . .$20.00/yr
International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00/yr
Extra copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$20.00
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Instructions to Contributors
The California Geographical Society welcomes submissions in the following categories:
GEOGRAPHIC SCHOLARSHIP-refereed articles that reflect the diverse interests of our membership and the range and depth of geography (all subfields, regions, and approaches). Maximum length: 20 pages, double-spaced.
GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION-short articles on topics that stimulate geographic education at all levels, including innovative teaching techniques, classroom and field activities, educational initiatives, and special workshops.
GEOGRAPHIC CHRONICLES-chronicles of annual CGS meeting (including abstracts of presentations), reflective essays about the Society and its members, and items of general geographical interest such as commentary on issues within the discipline, notices of grant or travel/study opportunities, and research notes.
BOOK REVIEWS-reviews of recently published books or atlases of interest to our members.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
MANUSCRIPTS: Manuscripts may be submitted for review via email attachment. Manuscripts must conform to the guidelines published in recent issues of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers. (The Annals follows "Documentation Two" of the Chicago Manual of Style.) Pay special attention to formatting of references and citations, and use endnotes sparingly and only to explicate the text. Provide an abstract of 150 words or fewer. Place tables/charts within the body of the manuscript, but provide graphics separately as described below.
GRAPHICS: All graphics-maps, photographs, drawings, graphs-must be clearly readable in black and white and cited within the text (as figures). For proper formatting of figure citations and captions follow Annals examples. For final submission, graphics must be in one of two digital formats: EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) for most illustrations, or TIFF (Tagged-Image File Format) for raster images. Resolution should be 300 dpi or better. Provide each graphic as a separate document, and in addition provide a list of captions.
TABLES: Follow examples in the Annals for proper formatting. Place tables in appropriate location in the manuscript, not at the end.
DISCLAIMER: In your cover letter, provide a statement that your manuscript has not been published elsewhere, is not under review elsewhere, and will not be submitted to another publication while under consideration by The California Geographer. Articles that have been previously published or are being considered for publication elsewhere cannot be considered.
PEER REVIEW: Manuscripts are subject to anonymous peer review, a process that takes approximately four to six weeks.
SUBMISSION: Please send email attachments of the manuscript (MS Word) and figures (JPEG or TIFF) via email to Dolly Freidel, CG Editor, at freidel@sonoma.edu or three double-spaced hard copies to Freidel at:
Department of Geography and Global Studies,
Sonoma State University ,
Rohnert Park, CA 94928.
Do not identify yourself as author anywhere in the manuscript except on a cover page. Email inquiries to Dolly Freidel at freidel@sonoma.edu
