Further information and the Special Issue Application Form can be found at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15448452

Please submit forms or queries to the editors of the journal: Professors Darren P. Smith ([log in to unmask]) and Aileen Stockdale ([log in to unmask]).

 

The applications will be subject to peer review by the editors and members of the International Advisory Board. From this round of applications, two special issues can be accepted.

 

A Special Issue should consist of five to eight papers, and an editorial Introduction on a specific theme. The Introduction provides an overview of the state-of-the-art of research on the theme of the Special Issue, and introduces the papers. All papers, including the Introduction, will be subject to rigorous external peer review. Please ensure the quality and number of papers included in the application is likely to be appropriate for a Special Issue following the peer review process. Please note that, with the application, extended abstracts (minimum 1,000 words) need to be handed in for each prospective paper of the special issue. For empirical papers, evidence must be supplied that the majority of the analyses has been carried out (e.g. in the form of tables). Alternatively, full papers can be submitted.

 

Evaluation criteria will include: Scientific quality; Relevance to population geography / geographical population studies; Coherence of the set of papers; Potential to make an important and influential contribution to the discipline, and; Readiness for completion of each paper and feasibility of getting the Special Issue ready for delivery within 6-8 months of commission by the editors of Population, Space and Place.