In 2012, the ESRC, in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council commissioned a review to benchmark the quality and impact of human geography research in the UK against international standards.

The review, which gathered evidence from a range of sources, was conducted by a panel of leading international scholars and chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia. The Society hosted the official launch of the review report on 4 March 2013.

• International Benchmarking Review of UK Human Geography Report, including Steering Group response (PDF, 683Kb)
  
• UK Human Geography bibliometric data by Thomson Reuters (Evidence) (PDF, 518Kb)
  
• UK Human Geography statistical overview by Paul Wakeling (PDF, 528Kb)
  
• Survey of Users of Human Geography by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Mills (PDF, 467Kb)