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Use when deciding whether a topic is review-worthy for Progress in Human Geography (PiHG) — a large, live, contested literature with real disciplinary stakes, not a gap-filling empirical study. Tests fit and scope; it does not build the argument or gather sources.

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# Topic Selection & Review-Worthiness (phg-topic-selection)

PiHG's first gate is not "is this interesting?" but "is this **review-worthy** for the discipline?" The
journal publishes **critical reviews and theory**, not empirical work, so a topic earns a PiHG essay only
if there is a **substantial, contested literature** whose state a synthetic argument can usefully re-order
— and if the essay would matter beyond one sub-field's specialists.

## When to trigger

- Choosing what to review, or narrowing a broad interest into an essay
- Unsure whether a literature is big and live enough to sustain a review
- A colleague said "this is just a summary" or "why does the field need this now?"
- Deciding whether the piece is a review article or a scoped Progress Report
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