專(zhuān)業(yè)地理學(xué)家最初是美國(guó)專(zhuān)業(yè)地理學(xué)家協(xié)會(huì)的出版物，1949年成為美國(guó)地理學(xué)家協(xié)會(huì)的期刊。它發(fā)表學(xué)術(shù)或應(yīng)用地理學(xué)的短文，強(qiáng)調(diào)實(shí)證研究和方法論。這些特征可能包括內(nèi)容和方法，從嚴(yán)格的分析到廣泛的哲學(xué)或規(guī)定性。期刊提供了一個(gè)新觀點(diǎn)和另類(lèi)觀點(diǎn)的論壇。

The Professional Geographer, initially a publication of the American Society for Professional Geographers, became a journal of the American Association of Geographers in 1949. It publishes short articles of academic or applied geography, emphasizing empirical studies and methodologies. These features may range in content and approach from rigorously analytic to broadly philosophical or prescriptive. The journal provides a forum for new ideas and alternative viewpoints.