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aaag-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a topic fits the Annals of the American Association of Geographers and which of its four areas to target. Tests geographic significance and area fit; it does not design the study or write the paper.
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# Topic Selection & Area Fit (aaag-topic-selection)
The Annals is the AAG's **broad four-area flagship**. A topic earns a place by being *geographic* —
space, place, scale, region, or spatial process is constitutive of the question — and by speaking to
one of the journal's areas with enough reach that geographers outside that subfield see why it matters.
## When to trigger
- Choosing a project, or deciding if a draft fits the Annals vs. a specialty venue
- A reviewer or colleague said "this isn't really geography" or "this is too narrow"
- Unsure whether to declare Geographic Methods, Human, Nature-Society, Physical, or General Geography
## The two-part fit test
