The Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers is a peer-reviewed annual journal publishing original geographic scholarship with particular attention to the Pacific Coast and related regions. The journal encourages a broad range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches within geography.

Founded in 1935, the Yearbook serves as the official publication of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers and includes research articles, research notes, book reviews, and abstracts of papers presented at the Association’s annual meeting.

Sponsor: Association of Pacific Coast Geographers

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• Author Guidelines

• Author Guidelines

  Submissions: Manuscripts for the Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers are submitted electronically. Research articles may be up to 7,000 words in length, excluding maps and illustrations, and should include an abstract of 150–200 words and 3–5 keywords.

  Figures, tables, charts, and maps may be included where appropriate. Color versions of graphics are strongly encouraged for the online edition. Tables and charts should be provided in spreadsheet format. Manuscripts should follow the citation and documentation style of the Annals of the American Association of Geographers.

  Detailed submission, formatting, and file preparation requirements are maintained by the editorial team in the Yearbook submission guidelines.

  Journal Policies

  Peer Review and Editorial Oversight: Research articles submitted to the Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers are subject to double-blind peer review. Manuscripts are prepared with a title page that contains no identifying information to support anonymity during review.

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  Copyright and Licensing: Copyright of articles published in the Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers is held by the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted material included in their submissions.

  Fees: This journal does not charge authors submission or publication fees. Authors may request Open Access publication for a fee.

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  Disclosures: Authors must disclose funding sources and any use of generative AI tools.

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• Editorial Board

• Editor

  Craig S. Revels, Central Washington University, USA

  Cover Design

  David Deis, California State University, Northridge, USA

  Copy Editor

  Rick Cooper Editing & Design

  Board of Editorial Consultants

  Elvin Delgado
  Central Washington University, USA

  Maria Fadiman
  Florida Atlantic University, USA

  John Harner
  University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA

  Jennifer Lipton
  Central Washington University, USA

  Michael Pease
  Central Washington University, USA

  Megan Walsh
  Central Washington University, USA

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• Indexes

• Articles appearing in the APCG Yearbook are indexed and/or abstracted in:

  Bibliography and Index of Geology

  Ecological Abstracts

  Geographical Abstracts

  Physical Geography

  International Development Abstracts

  Association for Asian Studies–
  Bibliography of Asian Studies (Online), 1970-1972

  EBSCOhost–
  Academic Search Alumni Edition, 1/1/2004-
  Academic Search Complete, 1/1/2004-
  Academic Search Elite, 1/1/2004-
  Academic Search Premier, 1/1/2004-
  Academic Search R&D, 1/1/2004-
  Academic Search: Main Edition, 1/1/2004-
  America: History and Life, 1/1/1999-
  Biotechnology Source, 1/1/2004-
  Current Abstracts, 1/1/2005-
  GeoRef
  MainFile, 1/1/2004-
  Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, 1/1/2004-
  Science Reference Center, 1/1/2004-
  STM Source, 1/1/2004-
  TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 1/1/2004-

  Elsevier BV–
  Scopus, 1988-1996, 1986, 1978-1983

  Gale–
  Academic OneFile, 01/2000-
  Advanced Placement Government and Social Studies, 01/2000-
  Expanded Academic ASAP, 01/2000-
  General OneFile, 01/2000-
  InfoTrac Custom, 1/2000-
  Science in Context, 01/2000-

  OCLC–
  ArticleFirst, vol.66, no.1, 2004-vol.73, no.1, 2011
  Electronic Collections Online, vol.66, no.1, 2004-vol.73, no.1, 2011

  Ovid–
  GeoRef

  ProQuest–
  GeoRef

  Science Reference Center: Main Edition, 1/1/2004-

  Speleological Abstracts