專業地理學家最初是美國專業地理學家協會的出版物，1949年成為美國地理學家協會的期刊。它發表學術或應用地理學的短文，強調實證研究和方法論。這些特征可能包括內容和方法，從嚴格的分析到廣泛的哲學或規定性。期刊提供了一個新觀點和另類觀點的論壇。

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.