Editors
Jorge De la Roca
Stephen Gibbons
Simona Iammarino
Amanda Ross
James Faulconbridge
About the journal
Steered by a team of editors drawn from both Geography and Economics, Journal of Economic Geography publishes original academic research and discussion of the highest scholarly standard in the field of 'economic geography' broadly defined.
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Explore the current open calls for papers from the Journal of Economic Geography and submit your paper.
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Special Issues Guidelines
The Journal of Economic Geography welcomes Special Issue Proposals that fit with the interdisciplinary journal’s aims and scope and significantly contribute to current debates and research in economic geography, with particular attention to diverse and inclusive teams of contributors.
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Special Issue: Immigration in OECD Countries
Read the latest Special Issue, ‘Immigration in OECD Countries’. This issue brings together a range of articles reflecting on the state of immigration economics research.
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Special Issue: The Nature, Causes, and Consequences of Inter-Regional Inequality
This special issue brings together recent research on spatial, particularly inter-regional, economic inequalities, and identifies challenges for future research to spark further conversations on related topics.
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Prize Winners
Early Career Researcher Prize
The JOEG Early Career Researcher Prize is given annually, to up to two published papers with at least one author who completed their PhD seven years ago or less at the time of paper acceptance.
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Best Referee Award
The JOEG Best Referee Award is given annually to the referees used in the previous year who, in the views of the Editors, have made an outstanding contribution to Journal of Economic Geography in terms of the number of reviews provided, speed of response, and quality and helpfulness of the comments.
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Articles from Oxford Journals economics titles are classified according to the system used by the Journal of Economic Literature (commonly known as 'JEL codes').
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JoEG authors who have previously submitted their article to a select list of journals now have the option to share the decision letter(s) and reviews with the JoEG editors.
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Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
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