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Past editors
Past editors of the journal have included:
 * Wallace Atwood, 1925-1945
 * W. Elmer Ekblaw, 1946-1949
 * Raymond E. Murphy, 1949-1962, 1964-1969
 * J.W. Birch, 1963
 * Gerald Karaska, 1970-1991
 * Richard Peet, 1992-1998
 * Susan Hanson (geographer), 1992-1999
 * Bjørn Asheim, 2004-2006 (Associate Editor 2000-2003)
 * David Angel, 1999-2006
 * Amy Glasmeier, 2004-2009
 * Gernot Grabber, 2007-2010
 * Yuko Aoyama, 2006-2014

Editorial policy
The journal describes its editorial policy thusly:"Economic Geography, founded and published quarterly at Clark University since 1925, is the leading English-language journal devoted to the study of economic geography and is widely read by academics and professionals around the world. Highlighting the publication of theoretically-based empirical articles and case studies of significant theoretical trends that are taking place within the field of economic geography, the journal serves as a forum for high-quality and innovative scholarship. In keeping with the international scope and impact of this work, Economic Geography focuses upon the exciting new research ideas and analyses emerging from scholarly networks throughout the world."

History
In its early decades (1920s through 1950s), Economic Geography mostly published articles regarding natural resource extraction and trade statistics of various countries and regions, reflecting the more regional focus of the discipline of geography in that period. More generally, the journal also published descriptions and statistics of various industries and overviews of population trends in various areas. Beginning in the 1960s, reflecting the influence of the quantitative revolution and the emergence of the field of regional science, articles describing theoretical economic patterns and empirical analyses of economic and population phenomena began to appear. Through the 1970s, the journal continued to publish regionally-focused articles, although empirical studies remained increasingly prevalent. During the 1980s, the journal began publishing articles discussing social justice, globalization, and global flows of capital, following strains of Marxist geography that had arisen during the 1970s and which contrasted with the primarily empirical and descriptive papers it has typically published. Additionally, articles began to reflect an increased interest in studies of innovation diffusion, urbanization, and suburbanization, and the 1980s also brought several special issues dedicated to specific topics. Special issues also proliferated in the 1990s, including such themes as rural geography, African development, and industrial geography. By this time, articles concentrating on particular geographic subregions had become much rarer, with most papers describing issues in a continent-wide or international context, and this has generally remained the case throughout the 2000s and 2010s.

In addition to original research, each issue also contains reviews of scholarly books on various related topics.