Starting from January 2004, the International Journal of Population Geography (in print since September 1995) has been re-launched as Population, Space and Place. The new bimonthly journal intends to explore all aspects of geographical population research, including theoretical, empirical and policy-relevant studies. It will focus especially on variations across space and place. The journal will cover developed as well as less developed countries and review and evaluate the significance of recent research findings, facilitating debate on issues of policy relevance.

A refereed journal, Population, Space and Place will aim at providing a high quality forum for population researchers to assess and apply philosophical and methodological developments in the social and behavioural sciences, and discuss the future course of population research. The new journal aims to build upon the excellence of its predecessor in informing population researchers of the best theoretical and empirical research on topics related to population, space and place.

Several reasons are behind this re-launch (as explained by the editors of the journal in a press release dispatched on 20 January). The majority of papers submitted to the former International Journal of Population Geography were, as the name would suggest, from population geographers. However, the potential for interesting and relevant results from other disciplines was recognized and the editors thus decided to broaden the scope of contribution and readership. The new title was designed to attract submissions from all those interested in population issues and how they vary over space and place.
In addition to widening the disciplinary focus of the publication, the editors also hope to attract different types of studies. While the former journal had developed a reputation for publishing leading edge research, much of which tended to be quantitative, the editors of the new journal would also welcome more qualitative studies from a range of theoretical perspectives.

The first issue (January 2004) is available online as a free sample copy at: http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal.psp.
For further information, please contact Jaida Harris on +44 1243 770674 or by email at: fharris@wiley.co.uk.