thanks Sally, I did not see it on the list.
J
On 31 Jul 2009, at 03:38, Sally Weller wrote:
> Re Jane's comment - Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography has an "A"
> rank at present. Sally
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jane Jacobs
> Sent: Thursday, 30 July 2009 7:45 PM
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> Subject: Re: Australian ERA Metrics
>
> Dear Colleagues, what a sorry list that this is, and how sad the
> presses upon disciplines and the academy.
>
> I cannot agree more with Allen's point which raises the issue that
> certain 'regionally' specified journals are lowly ranked or off this
> list altogether. One such omission as far as I can see is the
> Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. What annoys me most about
> such an omission is this: it is not just that SJTG is an excellent
> journal and should be listed highly, the Australian academy is always
> banging on about its close relations (what? market relations?) to
> Asia!
>
> We need an archaeology of this list which has irrationalities
> comparable to that of Borges. Does anyone know how this list was
> made? Lists like this do not simply appear from a bureaucracy, they
> must shaped by advice from somewhere in the Australian geography
> discipline. Perhaps someone who helped shape this list could give a
> rational account of it.
>
> Jane Jacobs
>
> On 30 Jul 2009, at 08:52, Allen Scott wrote:
>
>> I am to say the least horrified by this list, not only on account
>> of its
>> utterly cranky rankings, but more importantly the bureaucratic
>> stupidity
>> that underlies this sort of effort. Presumably, if the ranking
>> comes into
>> effect, a great paper published in the Scottish Geographical
>> Journal will
>> have no value compared to some crappy piece in the Annals of the
>> Association of American Geographers. What kind of Kafkaesque
>> nightmare is
>> this? Can't people read? Allen Scott.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> that > In the context of continuing debates in the UK on the RAE/
>> REF (and
>>> following from the excellent article by Richards et. al recently
>>> published in Area), list members might be interested in the metrics
>>> system currently under review in the Australian context. The
>>> 'Excellence
>>> in Research for Australia' (ERA) initiative will use a
>>> combination of
>>> metrics and 'expert review'. One of these indicators is a
>>> discipline-specific tiered journal ranking system. Whilst the 'Human
>>> Geography' list is yet to be finalised, the provisional list is
>>> below
>>> with journals ranked from C to A*.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Clearly some significant implications for research and dissemination
>>> practice...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A* Annals of the Association of American Geographers 0004-5608
>>>
>>> A* Body and Society
>>>
>>> A* Economic Geography 0013-0095
>>>
>>> A* Environment and Planning A 0308-518X
>>>
>>> A* Environment and Planning B-Planning & Design 0265-8135
>>>
>>> A* Environment and Planning C
>>>
>>> A* Environment and Planning D-Society & Space 0263-7758
>>>
>>> A* International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 0309-1317
>>>
>>> A* Journal of Rural Studies 0743-0167
>>>
>>> A* Progress in Human Geography 0309-1325
>>>
>>> A* Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 0020-2754
>>>
>>> A Applied Geography 0143-6228
>>>
>>> A Area 0004-0894
>>>
>>> A Australian Geographer 0004-9182
>>>
>>> A Canadian Geographer-Geographe Canadien 0008-3658
>>>
>>> A Cities 0264-2751
>>>
>>> A Community Development Journal 0010-3802
>>>
>>> A Environment and Behavior 0013-9165
>>>
>>> A European Urban and Regional Studies 0969-7764
>>>
>>> A Geoforum 0016-7185
>>>
>>> A Geographical Research 1745-5863
>>>
>>> A Journal of Urban Affairs 0735-2166
>>>
>>> A Political Geography 0962-6298
>>>
>>> A Professional Geographer 0033-0124
>>>
>>> A Regional Studies 0034-3404#
>>>
>>> A Theory Culture & Society 0263-2764
>>>
>>> A Urban Affairs Review 1078-0874
>>>
>>> A Urban Studies 0042-0980
>>>
>>> B Antipode 0066-4812
>>>
>>> B Australasian Journal of Regional Studies
>>>
>>> B Cultural Geographies 1474-4740
>>>
>>> B Gender Place and Culture 0966-369X
>>>
>>> B Geografiska Annaler Series B-Human Geography 0435-3684
>>>
>>> B Geographical Analysis 0016-7363
>>>
>>> B Geographical Journal 0016-7398
>>>
>>> B Geography 0016-7487
>>>
>>> B Geojournal
>>>
>>> B New Zealand Geographer 0028-8144
>>>
>>> B Papers in Regional Science 1056-8190
>>>
>>> B Social & Cultural Geography 1464-9365
>>>
>>> C Boletin de la Asociacion de Geografos Espanoles 0212-9426
>>>
>>> C Children and Society 0951-0605
>>>
>>> C Children Youth and Environments
>>>
>>> C Children's Geographies
>>>
>>> C Education and Urban Society 0013-1245
>>>
>>> C Eurasian Geography and Economics 1538-7216
>>>
>>> C EURE-Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Urbano Regionales
>>> 0250-7161
>>>
>>> C Geographical Review 0016-7428
>>>
>>> C Geographische Zeitschrift 0016-7479
>>>
>>> C Habitat International 0197-3975
>>>
>>> C Journal of Geography 0022-1341
>>>
>>> C Journal of Urban Analysis 0091-1909
>>>
>>> C Journal of Urban Technology 1063-0732
>>>
>>> C Mitteilungen der Osterreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft
>>>
>>> C Mobilities 1745-0101
>>>
>>> C Post-Soviet Geography and Economics 1088-9388
>>>
>>> C Scottish Geographical Journal 0036-9225
>>>
>>> C Scripta Nova-Revista Electronica de Geografia y Ciencias Sociales
>>>
>>> C South Australian Geographical Journal 1030-0481
>>>
>>> C Urban Geography 0272-3638
>>>
>>> C Urban Interest 0192-4974
>>>
>>> C Urban League Review 0147-1740
>>>
>>> C Urban Life 0098-3039
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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