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Florida Geographer

Policies

Contents

Philosophy of Florida Geographer

For more information, please see Florida Geographer Aims and Scope page.

Types of Submissions

Geographers, students, and faculty may submit an original article of the following types to be considered for publication in Florida Geographer provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

The Florida Geographer will publish peer-reviewed articles based on geographic research—either about Florida (or some place or topic in Florida), or work by Florida-based geographers examining places or phenomena outside the Sunshine State.

"My Favorite Florida Place"

The Florida Geographer is now accepting short geographic essays called "My Favorite Florida Place". The aim is to capture the essence of a Florida place in 700 words or less. One or two photographs or maps may be included. Essays may be written in first person, or not. You may include facts about this small piece of Florida and combine them with personal observations. You can also connect this place to a broader constellation of places or tell us why it is unique. There is no need for references.

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Book Reviews

The Florida Geographer will publish book reviews. Such reviews can focus on any aspect of geography or the Florida experience. The University Press of Florida publishes a range of Florida titles every year that might be good to review in the pages of the , but reviews of titles from other publishers of books are valued as well. Please contact the editor before submitting a review. See the AAG Review of Books, The Southeastern Geographer or previous editions of The Florida Geographer for models. Review Articles of Current Literature

Significant review articles of selected research domains of interest to geographers will be considered for publication in the Florida Geographer. To graduate students in particular: this is an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of both the historic arc of scholarship in a particular area of inquiry and the current literature in that field. Please contact the editor for further discussion.

Illustrative Submissions

Illustrative submissions, such as maps generated in ArcGIS, satellite imagery, and so forth, may be accepted for publication. Please also submit a brief description/explanation of your imagery in a separate Word document, with references, if applicable. One of these submissions may be considered for the cover of a future issue.

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General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to Florida Geographer, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at Florida Geographer. If you have concerns about the submission terms for Florida Geographer, please contact the editors.

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Formatting Requirements

Electronic submissions to Florida Geographer are required in MS WORD format. Authors should submit all tables and figures electronically embedded within the document, in JPEG, or in gif format; tables may also be submitted in Excel format. Please refer to each figure/table number in the text [EX: (See figure 1) ]. Provide a descriptive caption below each figure/table, including a source (EX: Figure 1. Weeki Wachee Springs in July 2026. Source: Photo by Author). Figure/table numbers and titles should not be in all caps. Headings, paragraphs, and references should be in a consistent format. The references section should conform to APA style. In-text citations (author last name, year published) should be used; footnotes will not be accepted. Endnotes should only be used sparingly.

Although bepress can provide limited technical support, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the article as a high-quality Microsoft Word that can be converted to a PDF file.

It is understood that the current state of technology of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is such that there are no, and can be no, guarantees that documents in PDF will work perfectly with all possible hardware and software configurations that readers may have.

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Submitting the Document and the Peer Review Process

. Submissions to macro publication.title are best sent to ????, although email submissions to the editor are accepted if the file size of the submission permits. Once submissions are accepted, authors will work directly with the Production Editor to make sure the paper, bibliography, and graphics are in an acceptable format for publication.

Articles will be reviewed by both the editor and one or more blind, anonymous reviewers.

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Open Acces, Rights for Authors and Digital Commons @ Florida Atlantic

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater exchange of knowledge.

As further described in our submission agreement (the Submission Agreement), in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to Digital Commons @ Florida Atlantic all copyright in the article, subject to the expansive personal--use exceptions described below.

Attribution and Usage Policies

Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of Digital Commons @ Florida Atlantic, requires credit to Digital Commons @ Florida Atlantic as copyright holder (e.g., Digital Commons @ Florida Atlantic © 2026).

Personal-use Exceptions

The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from Digital Commons @ Florida Atlantic provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:

  • Storage and back-up of the article on the author's computer(s) and digital media (e.g., diskettes, back-up servers, Zip disks, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);
  • Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;
  • Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)'s place of employment (e.g., a Phrenology professor at the University of Southern North Dakota can have her article appear in the University of Southern North Dakota's Department of Phrenology online publication series); and
  • Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author.

People seeking an exception, or who have questions about use, should contact the editors.

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General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the Digital Commons @ Florida Atlantic website and/or software agree not to misuse the Digital Commons @ Florida Atlantic service or software in any way.

The failure of Digital Commons @ Florida Atlantic to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between Digital Commons @ Florida Atlantic and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.

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