《世界地理研究》雜志是中國科學技術協會主管、中國地理學會主辦的學報級學術期刊。本刊主要刊登以下方面的研究成果：世界政治與經濟地理理論及實證研究，全球經濟聯系和經濟要素空間運動規律，世界各國區域發展、城鄉建設、生產布局、產業結構變動的理論與實踐，世界熱點地區形成的地理背景分析，世界地理教育改革和世界各國地理學發展動態等。

　　World Regional Studies (WRS) is one of the academic journals sponsored by the Geographical Society of China (GSC), and superintended by China Association for Science Technology. The journal publishes rigorous academic articles in the following main fields: 1) theoretical and empirical analysis on world geopolitics and economic geography; 2) analysis on global economic connectivity and spatial flow of economic factors; 3)theories and practices on international regional development, urban and rural construction, and spatial production and restructuring; 4) analysis on the background and evolution of global geopolitical hotspots; 5) international development of geography as a discipline and reform trends of geography in both K12 and higher education.

　　《世界地理研究》創刊于1992年，但其淵源可追溯到1981年。那時正值中國改革開放伊始，鑒于中國了解外部世界的巨大需求，及分析研究國外情況、學習國外先進經驗的必要，中國地理學會編輯出版了《世界地理集刊》，此即《世界地理研究》的前身，由我國著名地理學家李春芬教授擔任主編。在30多年發展中，本刊始終堅持“從中國的視角研究世界，從全球視野研究中國”的辦刊特色，是中國唯一的以刊發全球性地理現象和世界區域地理研究成果為主的地理學術期刊，成為中國“世界地理”專業的研究者們重要的學術成果展示和交流平臺，為中國地理學的發展及國家建設做出了積極的貢獻。

　　WRS was officially established in 1992, but its predecessor can be traced back to 1981 when China started to implement its reform and opening-up policies. To meet the immense demand of Chinese to understand, analyze and learn foreign advanced experiences, the Geographical Society of China published the journal “Collected Papers of World Regional Studies.”The well-known Chinese geographer, Dr. Chunfen Lee, served as the editor-in-chief of the journal that was later renamed as WRS. Over the last several decades, WRS has always kept the unique feature of ‘studying the world from the perspective of China, researching China against the background of world’. Being the only academic journal publishing articles in world regional geography, WRS has long been an important platform for exhibition and exchange of research achievements by experts, academics and researchers in this field.

　　目前，《世界地理研究》是中國中文核心期刊，也是中文社會科學引文索引(CSSCI)擴展版來源期刊;在2011年中國人民大學復印報刊資料“人文地理學學科期刊”中，轉載率排列第三名，綜合指數排名第四，被列為人大《復印報刊資料》的重要轉載來源期刊;2012年，《世界地理研究》又被評為華東地區優秀期刊。目前，刊物被《中國學術期刊綜合評價數據庫來源期刊》、《中國期刊網》、《中國學術期刊(光盤版)》、《中國核心期刊(遴選)數據庫》、《中文科技期刊數據庫》和《中國學術期刊文摘》等收錄。

　　As a state level academic publication, WRS is ranked as a core Chinese academic journal in China, and a source journal of the extended Chinese Social Science Citing Index (CSSCI). It was ranked the third in terms of articles appearing in “human geography article reprinting”, published by the information center for social sciences, Renmin University of China in 2011. In 2012, it was awarded the “Excellent Journal”in East China area by the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Press and Publication. WRS has been included as a fundamental journal in many databases, such as China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Longyuan Journals, and so on.

　　《世界地理研究》編委由40余名國內外相關研究領域的著名專家學者組成。現任主編為華東師范大學人文地理學系主任、中國地理學會世界地理專業委員會主任杜德斌教授。編輯部設于華東師范大學。

　　The editorial Committee of WRS consists of more than 40 members, including famous academicians, experts and professors throughout the country. Dr. Du Debin, the Head of the Department of Human Geography in East China Normal University, the Director of the World Regional Geography Commission of GSC, is currently serving as the editor-in-chief. The editorial work is carried out by a group of geographers from the East China Normal University, Shanghai, where the editorial office is housed.