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Donald Patrick Albert

Donald Patrick Albert is a professor of geography in the Department of Geography and Geology at Sam Houston State University (Texas, U.S.A.). He earned geography degrees from Salem State College (B.S.), Appalachian State University (M.A.), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Ph.D.). His articles have appeared in such journals as Applied Geography, Complementary Health Practice Review, Journal of Geography, Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, The North Carolina Geographer, The Pennsylvania Geographer, The Geography Teacher, The Social Studies Texan, The Police Chief, Texas Journal of Rural Health, World Health Forum, and others. Dr. Albert has contributed as author, co-author, editor, or co-editor on the following books: Geospatial Technologies and Advancing Geographic Decision Making: Issues and Trends (2012), The Geography of Naturopathic Physicians in the United States and Canada (2006), GIS in Law Enforcement: Implementation Issues and Case Studies (2003), A Case Study in the Role of Environmental Values in Conservation: The Roanoke River Project (2002), and Spatial Analysis, GIS, and Remote Sensing Applications in the Health Sciences (2000). Dr. Albert is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research.

Publications

IJAGR at the International Medical Symposium Geography 2022 Edinburgh, Scotland

Donald Albert (co-Editor-in-Chief) from Sam Houston State University and Dhitinut Ratnapradipa (Associate Editor) from Creighton University participated in the 19th International...

Commentary: Observations From Recent Medical Geography Presentations

This commentary reflects on two observations concerning trends in presenting medical geography studies. These include lack of cartographic rigor, and not defining or recognizing...

Questionable Research Ethics: Four Case Studies

This commentary reviews four case studies involving questionable research and publication tactics in academia. Warnings and possible solutions are proposed for each ethical...

The Second Five Years: International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research

This report is an appraisal of the International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research for its second five years from 2015-2019. It reviews IJAGR statistics during this period...

Emerging Methods and Multidisciplinary Applications in Geospatial Research

We need to understand how to utilize Geospatial Research in order to help us solve problems in environmental, life science, and defense industries, as well as intelligence...

Geospatial Technologies and Advancing Geographic Decision Making: Issues and Trends

The availability of geographically referenced data, the proliferation of geospatial technologies, and advances in spatial analytics have been a boom to applied geographers....

International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR)

Donald Patrick Albert, Samuel Adu-Prah. Est. 2010.

The International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal specializing in studies from applied geography that interface with...

Interjurisdictional Law Enforcement Data Sharing Issues: Benefits of the Use of Geo-Spatial Technologies and Barriers to More Widespread Cooperation

This chapter discusses the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to create and disseminate geospatial data among multiple law enforcement agencies in the same metropolitan...