The SJTG vision and the tropical mission

Editorial: Prize‐winning papers for 2015 and the continuing value of geographical diversity

“…We also take this opportunity to reiterate that we welcome tropical geography manuscript submissions from authors based in any region of the world. During the period of political decolonization in the second half of the twentieth century, the SJTG 's antecedents ‘served as a platform for many indigenous voices of the then so‐called third world’ (Bunnell et al ., : 2). Singapore itself, of course, went on to experience spectacular economic transformation during subsequent decades, troubling the colonial association of tropical locality and economic ‘underdevelopment’.…”

SJTG paper prizes for 2014

“…For every one direct institutional subscription in 2013, there were 25 institutions (3688 in total) with electronic access to the SJTG as part of a wider collection of Wiley journals. Importantly, given the wider mission of the journal (Bunnell et al, 2011), it is also now available in 5217 institutions in the developing world via philanthropic initiatives. These figures mean that papers published in the SJTG are more widely accessible than ever.…”