Instructions for authors

(Eligibility)
Manuscript submission is, in principle, limited to members of the Korean Geographical Society. However, exceptions may be made for non-members whose manuscripts are considered to make a substantial contribution to the advancement of geographical research.

(Types and Length of Submissions)

1. Submissions to the journal may include research articles, research notes, data, technical reports, critiques, and book reviews in the field of geography.

1) Article: Creative research results or reviews on trends and prospects in academic format.

2) Research Note: An interim report of a study that is comparable in content and quality to a full research article.

3) Technical Report: Interim results akin to a full article.

4) Data: Materials such as survey records, statistical data, and maps that are deemed valuable for disseminating to the geographical community.

5) Critique: An academic commentary or rebuttal concerning the content of books, reviews, research articles, research notes, or book reviews.

6) Book Review: The introduction and critical commentary on newly published books, both domestic and international.

2. The manuscript must not have been published in any other publication, and papers of exceptional quality presented at academic conferences hosted by the Korean Geographical Society shall be given priority for publication.

3. Manuscripts, including the abstract, keywords, main text, references, figures, and tables, should be approximately 14 pages in length on A4 paper (210×297 mm). Research notes, technical reports, data, and critiques should be around 8 pages, while book reviews should not exceed 2 pages (The font type should be Times New Roman, font size 10 pt, and line spacing set to single spacing in Microsoft Word. Page margins should be 20 mm at the top, 15 mm for the header, 15 mm on both left and right sides, and 15 mm at the bottom and footer.).

(Submission Due)
Manuscripts may be submitted at any time. However, when there is a large number of accepted papers, publication may be deferred to a future issue in the order of submission.

(Submission Requirements)

1. Manuscripts should be prepared in the following order: title, author(s), author(s)’s institutional affiliation(s) and position(s), abstract and keywords, main text, acknowledgments, endnotes, and references.

2. Manuscripts must be written in Korean or English.

3. All manuscripts must include an English abstract of approximately 200 words and about five keywords on the first page.

4. When indicating the original language after academic terms, personal names, or place names in English, the original term should be provided in parentheses only upon its first occurrence.

5. Section headings should be numbered using Arabic numerals in the following hierarchical order:

1

1)

(1)

①

6. Endnotes should be indicated in the text by superscript numbers enclosed in single parentheses (right parentheses) and listed collectively in a separate section after the main text.

7. In-text citations should include the author’s name and year of publication as follows. Page numbers may also be included when necessary:

1) Single-author works: “According to Roh (1963, 91-96)...,” “According to Lee (1963)...,” or “These studies (Kennedy, 1963; Cruise, 1986) suggest that...”

2) Co-authored works: “Clinton and Smith (2025)...,” “Berry and Horton (1970)...” (for two authors),” or “Adams et al. (1971)...” (for three or more authors)

3) When citing two or more works published by the same author in the same year within the text, distinguish them by adding lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.) after the year (Tomlinson (2020a; 2020b)).

4) When citing multiple references, they should be arranged in chronological order. For multiple works published in the same year, arrange them in alphabetical order by the first author’s name (Cruise, 2020; Smith, 2020, Cruise, 2022).

8. References should be formatted as follows:

1) References must be listed in alphabetical order according to the last name of the first author.

2) Multiple works by the same author should be listed in chronological order. If there are two or more publications in the same year, they should be distinguished by adding lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.) after the year in the order of publication.

3) All co-authors must be listed, even if there are three or more; however, if the number of authors exceeds 30, omit the additional names and indicate this by “et al.” for brevity.

4) Guidelines for preparing references other than those specified above are as follows:

[Books]

Hartshorne, R., 1959, Perspective on the Nature of Geography, Association of American Geographers and Rand McNally & Company, Chicago.

Martin, G. J. and James, P. E., 1993, All Possible Worlds, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.

[Journal Articles]

Buttimer, A., 1976, Grasping the dynamism of lifeworld, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 66(2), 277-292.

Park, J., Yu, K., Lim, H. and Shin, Y., 2012, Holocene environmental changes on the east coast of Korea, Journal of Paleolimnology, 48, 535-544.

[Book Chapters]

Abler, R., 1993, Desiderata for geography: An institutional view from the United States, in Johnston, R. J. (ed.), The Challenge for Geography, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford.

[Classical Texts or Historical Documents]

Title of the item, author (if applicable), publisher (if applicable), type of edition (if applicable), name of collection (if applicable), (year of publication if applicable).

牧民心書, 丁若鏞, 朝鮮光文會影印本 (1914).

新增東國輿地勝覽, 東國文化社, 影印本 (1971).

[Theses or Dissertations]

Tomlin, C. D., 1983, Digital Cartographic Modeling Techniques in Environmental Planning, PhD dissertation, Yale University, New Haven.

[Reports]

Ministry of Construction, 1992, Annual Report on National Land Use.

Kim, J. and Baek, S., 2024, A Study on Implementation of Rapid Transit Railway for Super Magacity Region, Korea Transport Institute, RR-24-06.

[Translated Books]

Oelkers, B. (Trans.), 2015, The Climates of the Geological Past, Borntraeger Science Publishers, Stuttgart (Köppen, W. and Wegener, A., 1924, Die Klimate der Geologischen Vorzeit, Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin).

[Conference Proceedings]

Chai, Y., 2017, International comparison of urban space-time behavior study, The 12th Korea-China-Japan Joint Conference on Geography, August 23-26, Jeju, Republic of Korea, 229.

Lee, J., 2024, Why integrate geographical inquiry and generative AI?, Paper Presented at the International Geographical Congress, August 25-30, Dublin, Ireland.

[Newspaper Articles]

Irwin, N. and Bui, Q., 2016, The rich live longer everywhere. For the poor, geography matters, New York Times, April 11, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/11/upshot/for-the-poor-geography-is-life-and-death.html, accessed August 15, 2025.

Rashid, R., 2025, South Korea postpones decision to let Google Maps work properly-again, The Guardian, August 8, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/08/south-korea-google-maps-geographic-data-restrictions, accessed August 13, 2025.

[Internet Web Sources]

Internet sources should be cited in the following order:

Name of the organization or author of the website, title of the page, date of upload or last revision (optional), URL, and date of access.

<Example>:

Korea Meteorological Administration, Domestic Climate Data, revised January 1, 2023, http://www.kma.go.kr/weather/climate/average_30years.jsp, accessed June 19, 2023.

9. The affiliations and positions of all authors, including the principal investigator and co-authors, shall be indicated as footnotes at the bottom of the first page of the manuscript. If funding sources are to be acknowledged, they should be stated before the authors’ affiliations and positions. The acknowledgments section should be placed after the conclusion of the paper. The dates of initial submission and final acceptance of the manuscript will be noted by the editorial board following the references.

10. All submitted manuscripts, research articles, research notes, technical reports, data, critiques, and book reviews must include the title, author(s)’ name(s), and author(s)’ institutional affiliation(s) and position(s).

11. If there are multiple co-authors, list the authors in order of their contribution to the paper after the first author. In cases where there are multiple primary authors (first author or corresponding author), the method of indicating author roles will be determined after consultation with the editorial board. Information regarding the corresponding author should be indicated on the last page of the manuscript under the heading “Corresponding Author,” followed by the author’s name, postal code, address, email address, and telephone and fax numbers in that order.

(Figures, Tables, and Mathematical Expressions)

1. Figures (maps, photographs, charts, etc.) should be prepared so they can be printed at a reduced scale without a loss of quality.

2. The numbering of figures, tables, and mathematical expressions shall be sequential, labeled as Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, …; Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, …; and Equation 1, Equation 2, Equation 3, … respectively.

3. Authors may specify the size of figures and tables, but the editorial board may adjust them as needed.

4. Figure captions should be placed below the figure, while table titles should be placed above the table. Data sources for tables should be noted below the table.

5. The placement of figures, tables, and mathematical expressions should be indicated appropriately within the manuscript by the author.

(Manuscript Submission-Others)

1. Research articles, research notes, technical reports, data, and book reviews should be submitted in electronic form (i.e. Microsoft Word).

2. Manuscripts must comply with the Society’s editorial and ethical guidelines.

3. Upon submission, authors must sign a research ethics agreement, consent to the editorial policy and copyright transfer, and submit a plagiarism check report.

4. For research involving human subjects, authors must follow prior approval procedures from an Institutional Review Board (IRB) in accordance with the Bioethics and Safety Act or other relevant laws.

5. For research involving human subjects, authors are required to review their submitted manuscripts in accordance with the guidelines recommended by the Gendered Innovations Policy.

6. Upon manuscript submission, authors must disclose any conflicts of interest by providing relevant information to the editorial board.

7. The acceptance and publication order of manuscripts other than full research articles and research notes shall be determined by the editorial board.

8. The editorial board may request revisions or corrections if the manuscript contains structural issues, content errors, or inappropriate expressions.

9. During the printing process, the author is responsible for the first proof, while the editorial board assumes responsibility from the second proof onward.

10. Authors are responsible for any additional costs incurred if the printed length exceeds 15 pages or if special printing is required for certain parts.

11. Ten complimentary offprints will be provided free of charge; however, any additional offprint costs shall be charged to the authors.

12. All other matters shall follow standard practices or be determined by the editorial board.