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Publications

Publications

One of the main activities of the Society is being focused on publication of research findings of geographers mainly. The first publication of the journal, titled as “The Calcutta Geographical Review” (renamed as The Geographical Review of India since 1951) made its maiden appearance in September 1936, being enriched with various information and several valuable papers of world standard. Publication of the Review, ever since its inception, has been the most important and a vital activity of the Society. By the time of Golden Jubilee of the Society in 1983 as many as 1,115 articles and notes, contributed by no less than 582 authors were brought out in the Society’s journal. By the time of Platinum Jubilee of the Society in 2008 more than 2,000 research papers have been brought out in the journal. All these articles published in the journal covered as many as 50 topics of geography. The Geographical Review of India is brought out quarterly in the months of March, June, September and December. The journal contains articles, notes, book reviews, news etc. for professional geographers and others.

At present, it is desired that the contributors to the journal follow the norm set-out in the sequel under the head, “Notes for Contributors to the Journal”.

Notes for Contributors to the Journal

The Journal, “Geographical Review of India” is peer reviewed and published quarterly (March, June, September and December) by the Geographical Society of India. It contains full length articles, short communication, book reviews etc. on all aspects of Geography deemed relevant to the professional geographers and researchers in allied fields. Following are the guidelines for submission of articles to the journal.

  1. The paper should be printed in Times New Roman font. 12 points in double space on one side of A4 size paper with margins of at least 1.5 inches and should not exceed 5000 words/12 pages, including original drawings, essential tables and cited references. The hard and soft copies of the paper should be sent to The Geographical Society of India. The CD will include one file in docx / doc format containing complete paper i.e. text with diagrams in their respective positions. The diagrams used in the paper also be submitted separately in jpeg / tiff files in that CD. A copy of the paper should also be sent to the following e-mail address geosocietyindia@gmail.com. A copy of the paper may be retained by the author for ready reference. The papers will not be returned to the authors in case of rejection or delay in publication. The copyright will belong to The Geographical Society of India.
  1. The paper should also contain (i) A short title, (ii) An abstract of the paper not exceeding 100 words along with at least five keywords and (iii) Author’s designation, e-mail address, mobile number.
  1. Relevant references should be given at the end of the paper arranged alphabetically by the author, followed by the year of publication within parentheses, name of the book/article/ journal, name of the publishers, the place of publication and relevant pages in succession conforming to the standard followed in the journal. Only those references which are used in the text should be included. Sample references are as under.
    Article in Journals:Agrawal, A. (1995): Dismantling the Divide between Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge, Development and Change, London, 26(3), pp. 413-439.
    Article in Edited Books: Teli. B.L. (1999): Water resources of the U.P. Himalaya: Potentials and Planning, in Rawat, M.S.S. et. al (eds.), Environmental Management and Regional Development in the Himalaya, Surya International Publication, Dehradun, p. 45.
    Article in Books: Choudhury, P.C. (1987): The History of Civilisation of the People of Assam in Twelfth Century A.D., Spectrum Publications, Guwahati, pp. 334-337.
    Unpublished Thesis: Basu, S.R. (1972): The Decay and Associated Problems of the River Dynamics of the Bhagirathi Valley, unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, p. 206.
    Internet Resource: Mention DOI number (if applicable), full URL and date of retrieval as YYYY-MM-DD at the end of reference. For example – NOAA: National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (2009), Sothern Oscillation Index (SOI) monthly data: 1866 to 2006, Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Science Division. www.cdc.noaa.gov/gcos_wgsp/Timeseries/Data/soi.long.data (retrieved on 2010-10-21).
  1. Maps and diagrams should be of good quality suitable for reproduction on the page format (14 cm x 8 cm) of the journal and should be captioned. Essential colour maps and diagrams may be published, provided the cost is borne by the author(s).
  1. Measurement should be in the international system of units (SI).
  1. The oxford English diction, spelling should be followed.
  1. While submitting an article for publication in the Geographical Review of India, the author(s) should ensure that the concerned article has not been published and would not be submitted for publication elsewhere.
  1. All authors / co-authors should be members of the Geographical Society of India. They must continue their membership till the publication of the concerned article in the Geographical Review of India.
  1. The Honorary Editor is endowed with full right to edit and adjust articles in order to conform to the format of the journal.
  1. The Geographical Society of India or the Honorary Editor will not be held responsible for the views expressed by the author(s) in the published paper.
  1. The journal is distributed free of charge to the members of the Society.
  1. Papers not conforming to the above rules may not be considered for publication. Papers, geographical notes, book reviews etc. are accepted for publication with the approval of the Publication Committee of the Society.


Process of review of articles and their publication in the journal

Articles submitted by the contributors are sent to reviewers selected by the Publication Committee called other wise as Editorial Board. Hony. Editor acts as convener of the Editorial Board. On receiving the comments from the reviewer the article is sent back to the author for its revision, if needed. The two categories of articles – one okayed by the reviewer and the other revised by the author are scrutinized by the editor along with other members of the Editorial Board. The edited articles are sent to the press for final printing.

 

Editorial Board (Publication Committee) Members, 2025-26 and 2026-27

Sl. NoFull NameContact No.E-mail
1PROF. APURBA RABI GHOSH9433161773ghoshar@yahoo.co.in
2DR. ASIT KUMAR SARKAR9830564687asit90@gmail.com
3PROF. KANAN CHATTERJEE9830564687kanan_chatterjee01@yahoo.co.in
4PROF. LAKSHMI NARAYAN SATPATI9830171576satpati.ln@hotmail.com
5SHRI MADAN MOHAN PAL983317576palmadamanohan@yahoo.co.in
6PROF. LAKSHMI SIVARAMAKRISHNAN9433342769lakshmi.bu@gmail.com, editorgr16@gmail.com
7PROF. PRATIMA ROHATGI9833410579rohatgratima@gmail.com
8PROF. SUMANA BANDYOPADHYAY9433015697sumona_bm@yahoo.com
9DR. SK. MAFIZUL HAQUE9434897192maf_haque@yahoo.co.in
10DR. PANCHALI MAJUMDAR9477001138 / 8420539690myselfpanchal@gmail.com
11PROF. SASWATI MOOKHERJEE9830716750saswati.mookherjee@rediffmail.com
12PROF. SUNANDO BANDYOPADHYAY9851706890sunando@live.com
13PROF. NARAYAN CHANDRA JANA9547789019jana.narayan@gmail.com
14PROF. SUBHIMITA CHAUDHURI9830108829subhimita.chaudhuri@gmail.com
15DR. ASHISH BHATTACHARYYA7384743646ashish.bhattacharya2015@gmail.com
16DR. LAKPA TAMANG9474876548tamanglakpa@gmail.com
17DR. KAPIL GHOSH9735163184ghoshk.geo@gmail.com
18DR. ANWESHA HALDAR9433560156anweshaladar@ecgcollege.in
19DR. SAYANTAN DAS9831245622sayantdas@gmail.com
20PROF. SARFARAZ ALAM9454160999sarfarazalam05@gmail.com
21PROF. ANURADHA BANERJEE9899703318(not provided)
22PROF. AMIT DHORDE9225516700amitdhorde@gmail.com
23DR. PRIYANK PRAVEEN PATEL9830353124priyank.geo@presinuv.ac.in
24DR. RANITA KARMAKAR8240141593ranitakarmakar94@gmail.com
25DR. ASRAFUL ALAM8910127267alam@sarfalul@gmail.com


Prof. Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan is the Editor of the journal.

Name of the Editors of the journal since 1936

1935-38Dr. D. N. Wadia
1938-49 Dr. S. P. Chatterjee
1950-54,56,57 Sri N. K. Bose
1955, 58-61 Sri K. Bagchi
1961-63 Dr. S. C. Bose
1963-64 Dr. N. R. Kar
1964-68 Dr. M. R. Chowdhury
1968-69 Dr. Mira Guha
1969-74 Dr. M. K. Bandyopadhyay
1974-78 Prof. S. K. Munshi
1978-80 Prof. S. C. Chakraborty
1980-85 Prof. B. Banerjee
1985-89 Sri S. P. Dasgupta
1989-94 Prof. P. K. Saha
1994-02 Dr. R. Bhattacharyya
2002-11 Prof. H. R. Betal
2011-15 Prof. Ranjan Basu
2015- (contd.) Prof. L. Sivaramakrishnan

List of Reviewers, 2025-27 

NameProfessional Occupation


 

Some important features of the journal, “Geographical Review of India”

Name of the JournalGeographical Review of India
ISSN Number0375-6386
Nature of PublicationOnly Hard Copy
PeriodicityQuarterly
Publisher, City and CountryThe Geographical Society of India

Department of Geography

University of Calcutta

35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata-700 019, India

The website of the Geographical Society of India provides information related to both the journal and the Society.
The website provides complete instructions to authors / reviewers.
The journal has a well-defined peer review and publication policy.
The journal has a well-defined Ethics policy.
The journal has a declared frequency of publication each year.
The journal is published regularly and in time following its declared frequency
The journal is indexed by ICI (Indian citation index)
The journal levies no submission / publication charges.
The journal is being regularly published since 1936.

 

Published Bulletins and Monographs

The Society also brought out, time to time, almost from the very beginning, a number of occasional Bulletins and other research Monographs in addition to the regular Journal. Some of these valuable occasional publications are as under :

  1. Poland and its Frontiers, by S. P. Chatterjee, 1939, 28 pp.
  2. Turkey and Her Problems, by S. P. Chatterjee, 1940, 42 pp.
  3. Holy Places of India, by B. C. Law, 1940, 57 pp.
  4. Notes on Geological Maps and Sections, by N. L. Sharma, 16 pp with 6 plates.
  5. Mountains of India, by B. C. Law, 1944, 27 pp. with illustrations.
  6. Rivers of India by B. C. Law, 1944, 56 pp. with illustrations.
  7. While submitting an article for publication in the Geographical Review of India, the author(s) should ensure that the concerned article has not been published and would not be submitted for publication elsewhere.
  8. All authors/co-authors should be members of the Geographical Society of India. They must continue their membership till the publication of the concerned article in the Geographical Review of India.
  9. Land Utilization in the District of 24-Parganas, by S. P. Chatterjee, 1947, 66 pp. with maps + xii photographic plates.
  10. Essays in Geography-S. P. Chatterjee Volume to Commemorate Completion of his 60th year, ed. by M. R. Chaudhury, 1964, xi + 219 pp.
  11. Geographical Review of India : Index Volume (1936 – 2011).
  12. Multi-Lingual Dictionary of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry (English, French and Bengali), by G. B. Das,1991, v + 55 pp.
  13. Impact of Development on Environment, Symposium Papers, Volume I, ed. by B. Banerjee.
  14. Impact of Development on Environment, Symposium Papers, Volume II, ed. by P. K. Saha
  15. Calcutta : Land and People, ed. by P. K. Saha, 1993.
  16. Environment and Development, ed. by R. Bhattacharyya, 2001.
  17. The Partition of Bengal, by S. P. Chatterjee, 2nd edition, with a Foreword by S. P. Das Gupta, 2006, xx + 80 pp. with 19 maps and figures.