Economic Geography is the study of the spatial variation of human economic activities – production, consumption, and exchange, with emphasis on resource endowments, international trade and commerce, population growth, settlements, development, interaction and interdependencies, and regional supply and demand .It focuses on describing and analyzing patterns and trends in human behavior and activity to gain understanding of the processes and drivers that shape and affect the economic and cultural landscapes. Citations are important for a journal to get impact factor. Impact factor is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to recent articles published in the journal. The impact of the journal is influenced by impact factor, the journals with high impact factor are considered more important than those with lower ones. Impact factor plays a major role for the particular journal. Journal with higher impact factor is considered to be more important than other ones. Impact factor can be calculated as average number of citation divided by recent cited articles published in 2 years. A branch of geography that deals with the relations of physical and economic conditions to the production and distribution of commodities. Economic Geography is the study of man and his economic activities under varying sets of condi­tions. Geographers are of different opinions as regarding the definition of the subject.

In fact, different authorities have defined Economic Geography in a variety of ways but their opinions converge at a common point of accord, where it means the study of the spatial distribution of man’s economic activities in relation to its environment, be it physical or non-physical.