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Archives of impact: The politics of craters on Earth 撞击档案：地球上陨石坑的政治

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Geographical Research Pub Date : 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70068

Gareth Hoskins

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Archives of impact: The politics of craters on Earth 撞击档案：地球上陨石坑的政治

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Geographical Research Pub Date : 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70068

Gareth Hoskins

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Correction to “Assessing multifunctional mountain landscape in an Eastern European framework” 对“评估东欧框架下的多功能山地景观”的更正

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Geographical Research Pub Date : 2026-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70070

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Correction to “‘Weed troubles’ in Palestine: Environmental imaginaries of the harmful weed” 更正“巴勒斯坦的‘杂草问题’：有害杂草的环境想象”

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Geographical Research Pub Date : 2026-03-22 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70069

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Correction to “‘Weed troubles’ in Palestine: Environmental imaginaries of the harmful weed” 更正“巴勒斯坦的‘杂草问题’：有害杂草的环境想象”

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Geographical Research Pub Date : 2026-03-22 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70069

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Settler-colonial-evacuative infrastructures of mobility 移民-殖民-疏散的流动基础设施

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Geographical Research Pub Date : 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70057

Peter Adey

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Assessing multifunctional mountain landscape in an Eastern European framework 评估东欧框架下的多功能山地景观

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Geographical Research Pub Date : 2026-02-27 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70066

Viorel Gligor, Remus Crețan, Emanuela-Adina Nicula, Mircea Alexe, Alexandru-Sabin Nicula

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Gully erosion in India: Geo-environmental controls and region-specific characteristics 印度沟壑侵蚀：地质环境控制和区域特征

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Geographical Research Pub Date : 2026-02-27 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70065

Anindya Majhi, Martin Evans, Emma Shuttleworth, Angela Harris

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Subsidence on the predominantly strike-slip Alpine Fault, Aotearoa New Zealand 新西兰奥特罗阿的主要走滑阿尔卑斯断层的下沉

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Geographical Research Pub Date : 2026-02-25 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70059

Arthur Chan, James Goff, James Terry, Masaki Yamada, Roger Bilham

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The spatiality of performative authenticity on social media: A geographical understanding of young African fashion microcelebrities 社交媒体上表演真实性的空间性：对非洲年轻时尚微名人的地理理解

IF 2.7 2区社会学

Geographical Research Pub Date : 2026-02-24 DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.70061

Allen Hai Xiao, Qingyi Yan

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