Dialogues in Human Geography
Dialogues in Human Geography is a triannual peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE Publishing, covering human geography. Founded in 2011, it is the highest-impact journal in geography, with a 2025 impact factor of 9.6, indexed in SSCI and Scopus.《人文地理学对话》（Dialogues in Human Geography, 简称 DHG）是由 SAGE 出版的季刊同行评审期刊，涵盖人文地理学。该刊创刊于 2011 年，是地理学领域影响因子最高的期刊，2025 年影响因子为 9.6，被 SSCI 与 Scopus 收录。
Scope
The journal's stated aim is to stimulate open and critical debate on the philosophical, methodological, and theoretical foundations of human geography, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为激发关于人文地理学哲学、方法论与理论基础的开放批判性辩论，官方声明的征稿范围包括：
- Philosophy and theory: articles on the philosophical and theoretical foundations of human geography, including debates on epistemology, ontology, and the nature of geographic knowledge.哲学与理论： 关于人文地理学哲学与理论基础的文章，包括关于认识论、本体论与地理知识本质的辩论。
- Methodology and methods: critical discussions of research methodologies and methods in human geography, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches.方法论与方法： 对人文地理学研究方法论与方法的批判性讨论，包括定性、定量与混合方法路径。
- Key concepts and debates: interventions in core conceptual debates in human geography, such as space, place, scale, power, identity, and nature-society relations.核心概念与辩论： 对人文地理学核心概念辩论的介入，如空间、地方、尺度、权力、身份以及自然-社会关系。
- Critical and public geography: critical engagements with contemporary social, political, and environmental issues, and the role of human geography in public debate and policy.批判与公共地理学： 对当代社会、政治与环境问题的批判性介入，以及人文地理学在公共辩论与政策中的作用。
- Article types: the journal publishes peer-reviewed articles, review essays, dialogues, and commentaries, with a distinctive dialogue format that includes multiple responses to lead articles.栏目设置： 该刊发表同行评审论文、综述随笔、对话与评论，采用独特的对话格式，包含对主文的多篇回应。
History
- Founding: the journal was established in 2011 by SAGE Publishing, with Rob Kitchin of Maynooth University as the founding editor.创刊： 该刊于 2011 年由 SAGE 出版创办，梅努斯大学的罗布·基钦（Rob Kitchin）任创刊主编。
- Dialogue format: the journal's distinctive format encourages scholarly dialogue, with lead articles accompanied by invited responses and rejoinders, fostering critical debate within human geography.对话格式： 该刊独特的格式鼓励学术对话，主文配有特邀回应与答辩，促进人文地理学内部的批判性辩论。
- Rapid impact: despite its relatively recent founding, the journal quickly became one of the highest-impact journals in geography, reflecting the appetite for critical theoretical debate in the discipline.快速影响力： 尽管创刊时间相对较短，该刊迅速成为地理学领域影响因子最高的期刊之一，反映了该学科对批判性理论辩论的需求。
- Independent journal: Dialogues in Human Geography is not affiliated with a specific professional society, positioning itself as an independent forum for critical geographical scholarship.独立期刊： 《人文地理学对话》不隶属于特定专业学会，将自身定位为批判性地理学术研究的独立论坛。
Editors
The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by an editorial board:该刊由主编领导，编委会协助工作：
- Editor-in-chief: Reuben Rose-Redwood of the University of Victoria serves as the editor-in-chief, responsible for the journal's editorial direction.主编： 维多利亚大学的鲁本·罗斯-雷德伍德（Reuben Rose-Redwood）担任主编，负责该刊的编辑方向。
- Editorial board: the journal has an international editorial board comprising human geographers from universities around the world.编委会： 该刊拥有国际编委会，成员为来自全球各大学的人文地理学者。
- Review model: the journal operates a rigorous peer review process, with manuscripts evaluated on their theoretical contribution, intellectual rigor, and relevance to debates in human geography.评审模式： 该刊实行严格的同行评审流程，稿件基于其理论贡献、学术严谨性以及与人文地理学辩论的相关性进行评估。
- Open access option: authors can choose to publish open access in this journal, making their articles freely available to readers upon publication in exchange for an article processing charge.开放获取选项： 作者可选择在该刊发表开放获取文章，使论文发表后即向读者免费开放，并支付文章处理费。