Donald Patrick Albert (Sam Houston State University), Samuel Adu-Prah (Sam Houston State University), and Dhitinut Ratnapradipa, Creighton University
The International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR), an IGI Global publication, has been active since 2010. IGI Global monitors its peer-review process to assure ethical standards and maintains full membership with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). IJAGR’s Co-Editors-in-Chief include Donald Patrick Albert and Samuel Adu-Prah (Sam Houston State University, USA). The Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), SCOPUS, INSPEC and 10 other indices catalog IJAGR. The Journal highlights geographic information science and technologies (GIS&T) application domains that span the social and physical sciences. IJAGR has generated 12 volumes, 48 issues, and 239 research articles from 2010-2021. SCOPUS has ranked IJAGR in the 3rd quartile six of ten years (2010-2020) in its Geography, Planning and Development category. The objectives of this study are 1) to quantify IJAGR’s medical geography coverage and 2) to appraise its contribution using standard metrics. After 12 volumes, 12 percent of IJAGR’s articles were on medical and health geography topics. These studies employed a notable range of geospatial techniques and technologies to explore health and disease issues occurring within a diverse range of countries, including Columbia, Greece, India, Kenya, South Korea, United States, and Zimbabwe. Our goal is to encourage medical and health geographers to support IJAGR with submissions, manuscript evaluations, and citations as IJAGR continues into its second decade. IJAGR’s timeframe from Submission to Acceptance is 14 - 18 weeks and Acceptance to Publication is 36 - 40 weeks. Our Acceptance Rate is 34%, however, this statistic includes submissions rejected at the initial evaluation stage. IJAGR is available as individual subscriptions, and via IGI’s 110+ e-Journal Collection (11 academic areas) or Computer Science and IT Knowledge Solutions e-Journal Collection. (Source: IMGS 2022, Online Abstract Submission Entry).