Studying the ten-year performance of Geographical Researches quarterly journal

Aims & Backgrounds: The mission of scientific research journals is to publish scientific articles and help to disseminate information and the results of research about current developments in a scientific field. Today, the quantity and quality of scientific articles and journals published in a country is considered as one of the indicators of development and scientific credibility of that country at the international level. One of the development main factors in any country is the amount of production and impact of scientific publications in that country. the Geographical Researches quarterly journal is one of the most credible journal of geographic that has an important role in expansion of this science. Therefore, the importance of studding Function of this journal and its strengths and weaknesses are well felt and can be an effective step in its increasing development and progress.   Methodology: The purpose of this study is to review the articles published in the Geographical Research Quarterly in terms of thematic orientation, time spent from reviewing until the articles are published, number of authors and analysis of quantitative and qualitative content of articles. For this purpose, all quarterly articles from 2010 to 2020 was reviewed. The research community contains 500 articles. Data were analyzed quantitatively by using SPSS, Excel and ArcGis software and qualitatively by using MAXQDA software.   Findings: Findings of the research include two parts: quantitative and descriptive review of the submitted articles and classification them in the first step and then qualitative studies and content analysis on the articles keywords in different fields and sections.   Conclusion: The results indicate a reduction in the time between acceptance to publication of articles and a high share of provinces such as Isfahan, Tehran and Khorasan Razavi in ​​submitting articles to this quarterly, other results are presented along with statistical analysis.