1. Name of Journal: GHANA JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY
JOURNAL EDITORIAL POLIICY
The Ghana Journal of Geography publishes the best of original research and scholarship in physical and
human geography as well as research from other disciplines working on issues of spatial relevance. It
provides a forum for discussing new issues and ideas of relevance to the developing world.
EDITORS
Prof. Samuel Agyei-Mensah
Prof. Alex B. Asiedu
Dr. Joseph. A. Yaro
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. Jan Hesselberg, Department of Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway
Prof. Allan Findlay, Department of Geography, University of Dundee, UK
Prof. Barry Riddel, Department of Geography, Queens University, Canada
Prof. Janet Momsen, University of California (Davis), United States of America
Prof. Asbjorn Aase, Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway
SUBMISSION DETAILS FOR PAPERS
The title page should include:
• The name(s) of the author(s)
• A concise and informative title
• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
• The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author
Abstract
Please provide an abstract of 150 to 200 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined
abbreviations or unspecified references.
Presentation
Manuscripts should be written in English and typed with font type New Times Roman and size
12, double spaced and with a wide left hand margin. Footnotes must be avoided. If English is not
the author's mother tongue, please arrange proofreading by a native English speaker before
submission.
Text
The text should be double-spaced and organized under appropriate section headings. All
2. headings should be placed on the left-hand side of the text. The pages in the manuscript must be
numbered. All illustrations, tables, etc. should be inserted at the appropriate location in the text.
Only three levels of headings are accepted in the text and do not number the headings. Avoid
unnecessary formatting and codes. Avoid the automatic hyphenation function and do not
hyphenate manually at line breaks. All measurements should be given in metric units.
Acknowledgements may be made briefly just before the list of references.
Illustrations
Illustrations, figures, diagrams, and photos should be ready for immediate use and included in a
single numbered series. The format should be designed to occupy 1 or 2 columns i.e. 85 mm
respectively 176 mm, alternatively 124 mm, - they must not exceed one page. Grades in the
legend should be easy to distinguish. The font size of text in illustrations should not be too large,
say 8 pt is suitable. Folded or detached illustrations or tables are not accepted. Colour plates only
accepted if costs are covered by the author. Photos should have a resolution of 300 dpi and must
not exceed one page. File formats for the photo: Tiff (pc), psd, bmp, jpeg.
Tables and figures
(a) All illustrations other than tables are to be numbered consecutively as Figures (e.g. graphs,
drawing and photographs) using Arabic numerals.
(b) Lines on line drawings should be thick enough to allow for reduction.
(c) Photographs and other illustrations will be reproduced in black and white unless otherwise
agreed with the editors. Any printed in colour will be at the discretion of the editors and at the
author's expense.
(d) Tables should be numbered in separate sequence with Arabic numerals.
(e) Figures and Tables should be constructed to be reducible to the published page width (16.8
cm) or to the column width (8 cm). All Figures and Tables are to be referred to in the text by
their number.
Citations in text
Cited references in the text are to be cited in the text using the surname(s) of the author(s)
followed by the year of publication of the work referred to, for example: Tivy (1990), (Tivy,
1990), (Tivy & Smith, 1993) or for references to page (Tivy, 1990: 7). In case of more than two
authors, use name of first author followed by "et al." (Smith et al., 1995). If several works are
cited, they should be organized chronologically, starting with oldest work. In the case of more
than two authors the reference is to be written Jensen et al. (1988). Multiple citations must be
separated by; in-between author surnames only
Reference list
3. The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been
published or accepted for publication. Also include personal communications and unpublished
works. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. Reference list entries
should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work.
Articles in journals:
Whittsley, D. (1936): Major agricultural regions of the World. Annals of the Association of
American Geographers 26(2):190-240.
Book chapters with an editor:
Hunter, J. M. (1972): Population pressure in a part of the West African savannah. Pp. 152-161
in: Prothero, R. M. (ed.): People and land in Africa South of the Sahara. New York, Oxford
University Press.
Books
Tivy, J. (1990): Agricultural Ecology. Harlow, Longman.
Copyright
If the manuscript includes material formerly published elsewhere, written permission must be
obtained from the author or source and submitted with the manuscript.
Proof
A first proof (page proof) will be sent to the corresponding author, who should in particular
check numbers, proper names, tables, and mathematical expressions. Moreover, it is the
responsibility of the contributors that calculations, references, names of places and of people as
well as biological terms, etc. are correct. At this stage it is not possible to add further text, tables
or illustrations to the paper. The editors may make minor changes in the text; greater ones, e.g.
proposed by the referees, are made in cooperation with the contributor.
Contributors will receive one complimentary copy each for free.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Papers submitted to the journal should follow the guidelines set out below. All correspondence
between editor and author is performed by e-mail, and paper copies are not required at all stages.
A manuscript must be submitted electronically as email attachment (or on a cd/dvd/pendrive).
The manuscript, including illustrations, tables, etc., must carefully consider the guidelines given
below. Articles should be a minimum of 6,000 words and a maximum of 9,000 words.
Contributions are received with the understanding that they comprise original, unpublished
material and have not been submitted/considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions be
sent as email attachment to:
4. Ghana Journal of Geography
Department of geography and Resource Development
P.O.Box LG 59
Legon-Accra.
Tel:
Email: jayaro@ug.edu.gh or samensah@ug.edu.gh or abasiedu@ug.edu.gh
Subscription rates are as follows
Local
Overseas
1. Individuals
2. Libraries
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE JOURNAL
The Journal was constituted in 1958 as the Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical Association. It
was the mouthpiece of geographers in the country’s universities, secondary schools and public
service organisations. Initially majority of contributions came from the proceedings of the annual
conference of the association. Gradually, it became internationally known and led to several
contributions from other African, European and American geographers.
Due to financial constraints the ability to sustain annual publications was curtailed and led to
intermittent breaks with several years without publications.
This situation was abated by collaborative research work with sister universities overseas such as
the Norwegian University of Science and Technology which funded the printing of the journal
from NUFU projects for a period of 5 years.
Subsequently, the Department Of Geography And Resource Development of the University of
Ghana sourced funding from the TALIF fund to improve and build capacity of graduate students
and young staff in the field of research and publication countrywide. Funding from TALIF has
been used to continue publication of the journal under a new name ‘Ghana Journal of
Geography’. This name was agreed upon by the association at two meetings, the first in the
Geography department in Legon, from where the idea was born and accepted. We then proposed
the name change and rationale to the national level where it was accepted unanimously by all
members representing the various regions and educational institutions.
In order to enhance the visibility and quality of the newly named journal, an international
editorial advisory board was constituted. Also, the journals reviewer database now includes
several geographers from Norway, Germany, England, Netherlands, the USA and the Ghanaian
5. diaspora. Contributions are from Ghanaian researchers in the social sciences and also from other
African universities such as Nigeria and Botswana, the USA, Europe and the Ghanaian diaspora.
