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Geographische Zeitschrift

The most important pages in the authors’ area

In our area for authors you will find all the general information you need about structuring your article, formatting your text, working with images and tables and so on. Here we have linked the most important pages for you:

Contribution header

In addition to the original title, provide an english translation of the main heading and the subheading (unless they are already in English).
An abstract and keywords in English as well as in the original language are obligatory for the Geographische Zeitschrift.
At least one thematic and one regional keyword from the GEODOK Thesaurus.

Abbreviated references in the text

References are placed directly in the text body in brackets. The source is given in brackets after the statement that is to be referenced. The abbreviated reference follows the author-year principle.

Here is a statement which needs to be referenced (Louis 1956, 27)

(Miller 1995, 7) or … as Miller (1995, 16ff.) has shown

In the case of two: (Miller/Meyer 1995, 36ff.)

In the case of more than two: (Miller et al. 1995, 72)

Several abbreviated references of different works are separated by semicolons:

(Schmid 2012, 27; Miller/Schulze 2011, 85ff.; Miller et al. 1995, 72)

If there are several publications by one person from the same year, they are differentiated by a lowercase letter after the year:

(Schmid 2012a, 13; Schmid 2012b, 45)

Detailed references in the bibliography

The detailed bibliographic information is provided in a bibliography at the end of each contribution. The heading for the bibliography is “References”.
The bibliography should not exceed two printed pages. It should contain only titles which are cited in the text and which have already been published or are in press.
First names are abbreviated to initials.
Alphabetize the bibliography by the author’s last name. If more than one article by the same author is cited, repeat the author’s name and arrange the articles in increasing order by the year of publication.
If a particular author appears both with single-author articles and in joint publications with other authors, the single-author publications are listed first.
Two people are connected by ”and”; if there are more than two, the first person’s name plus “et al.” is sufficient:

in the case of two: MIller, M. und Becker, B.

in the case of more than two: MIller, M. et al.

In the case of more than one places of publication, only the first-named place is given.

Monographs

Name (year): Title. Subtitle. Place: Publisher.

Giddens, A. (1988): Die Konstitution der Gesellschaft: Grundzüge einer Theorie der Strukturierung. Frankfurt am Main: Campus.

Journal article

Name (year): Title. Subtitle. In: Full journal title volume (issue), page numbers.

lungsräume. Eine institutionen- und steuerungstheoretische Perspektive auf die Konstruktion von Kulturlandschaft. In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 70(2), 147–160.

Rose, N. und Miller, P. (1992): Political Power beyond the State: Problematics of Government. In: The British Journal of Sociology 43(2), 173–205.

Contribution in an edited volume

Name (year): Title. Subtitle. In: Name (ed.): Title. Subtitle. Place: Publisher, page numbers.

Gailing, L. und Röhring, A. (2008): Institutionelle Aspekte der Kulturlandschaftsentwicklung. In: Fuerst, D. et al. (ed.): Kulturlandschaft als Handlungsraum. Institutionen und Governance im Umgang mit dem regionalen Gemeinschaftsgut Kulturlandschaft. Dortmund: Rohn-Verlag, 49–69.

Klemm, C. et al. (2003): Erhebungs- und Auswertungsmethoden im Naherholungsverkehr: Das Ausflugsverhalten der Berliner Bevölkerung. In: Becker, C. et al. (Hrsg.): Geographie der Freizeit und des Tourismus. Bilanz und Ausblick. München: Oldenbourg, 181–193.

Series

Name (year): Title. Subtitle. Series volume. Place.

Tzschaschel, S. (1986): Geographische Forschung auf der Individualebene: Darstellung und Kritik der Mikrogeographie. Münchener Geographische Hefte 53. Kallmuenz.

Contribution in an edited volume as part of a series

Name (year): Title. Subtitle. In: Name (ed.): Title. Subtitle. Series volume. Place, page numbers.

Dehne, P. (2002): Regionale Entwicklungskonzepte. Begriffsbestimmung und Funktionen. In: Keim, K.-D. und Kühn, M.A. (ed.): Regionale Entwicklungskonzepte. Strategien und Steuerungswirkungen. Arbeitsmaterial der Akademie fuer Raumforschung und Landesplanung 287. Hannover, 24–33.

Online sources

Name (year): Title. DOI [or] URL (DD.MM.YYYY).

Stadt Frankfurt am Main (2009): Quartiersmanagement. www.frankfurt-sozialestadt.de/quartiermanagement.htm (14.12.2012).