Submissions

Author Guidelines

* Manuscripts submitted to the journal GEOgraphia must not have been published and should not be submitted simultaneously to another journal.

* Submitted texts must comply with the journal's Ethical Policy [https://periodicos.uff.br/geographia/ethicspolicy].

* Papers submitted to this publication can be written in Portuguese, Spanish, English, or French, always adhering to the formal norms of these languages.

* Manuscripts previously deposited in preprint servers must provide the link, DOI, etc., at the time of submission (in the comments to the editor). They will be evaluated using the single-blind system, where reviewers will know the author's identity. Other submissions not deposited in preprint servers will be evaluated using the double-blind system (reviewers do not know the authors' identities and vice versa). Check the list of accepted preprint servers by the journal [https://periodicos.uff.br/geographia/preprints].

* Registration in the system and subsequent access or login is mandatory for submission as well as to check the status of submissions. At the time of submission, the corresponding author must include all article metadata (title, abstract, and keywords), and provide the data of all authors (full name, affiliation, country, email, and ORCID).

* The GEOgraphia journal does not charge processing or submission fees for articles.

* All manuscripts must be accompanied by a separate identification page [[[download the template]]], which must be attached in the "supplementary documents" section, containing the following information: title; author note (in the case of multiple authorship, indicate the authors' names in order of responsibility in the work's development); author identification (profession, institutional affiliation, academic title, address, email, and phone number for contact); research funding sources; research data. (ABNT NBR 12256).

• Institutional affiliation information must include the full name of the institution, city, state (UF), and country. Example:
  • Authors affiliated with Brazilian institutions: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil. 
  • Authors affiliated with institutions from other countries: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Authorship credit must be defined using the Credit taxonomy. The author must have intellectually contributed to one or more of the following criteria: (1) Conceptualization; (2) Data curation; (3) Formal analysis; (4) Funding acquisition; (5) Investigation; (6) Methodology; (7) Project administration; (8) Resources; (9) Software; (10) Supervision; (11) Validation; (12) Visualization; (13) Writing – original draft; (14) Writing – review and editing. [https://periodicos.uff.br/geographia/credit].
• Indicate the funding sources (grants, scholarships) that contributed to the research and the funding number. Example:
  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) financing 012345678;
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) scholarship level 00;
• Research data must be provided when possible, as long as they are deposited in data repositories to be reused or shared. Examples: https://www.abcd.usp.br/apoio-pesquisador/dados-pesquisa/lista-repositorios-dados-pesquisa/ and https://portal.biblioteca.ufabc.edu.br/eventos/apoio-ao-pesquisador/repositorio-de-dados

* For articles, an abstract and keywords in Portuguese must precede the text. After the text, the title, abstract, and keywords in English must be added.

* Articles must be submitted complete and definitively reviewed. Proofs will be revised by the editor, based on the received text, and the author will be responsible for the submitted original;

* The article must adhere to the formal norms of the language, and its spelling must be revised before submission;

* To ensure blind review, author data will not be forwarded to reviewers. However, it is the authors' responsibility to ensure that there are no identifying data in the body of the text or file properties. To remove identification from file properties, follow these procedures: 

• In Microsoft Office or Mac documents: (in the File menu > Properties), starting from File in the main menu and clicking in sequence: File > Save as... > Tools (or Options on Mac) > Security Options... > Remove personal information from the file on save > OK > Save.

* All works will be signed, reflecting the opinions of their authors and not necessarily those of the Editorial Committee.

* The Editorial Committee and Advisory Board reserve the right to refuse or request changes to the original texts.

* Manuscripts will not be returned, even if not accepted for publication.

* The journal publishes theoretical or thematic texts in the field of geography in the following sections:

• Articles: contributions resulting from empirical research, with explicit methodological rigor, and/or theoretical-conceptual review, provided they offer original and relevant contributions to the research field.
• Thematic Dossier: works proposed by research groups, work groups (GTs), and round tables, as long as they are original texts. This section can also include articles with themes defined by the journal's editors.
• If the dossier is proposed by research groups, GT coordinators, and tables, the proponent should contact the Geographia editor via email at revistageographia@gmail.com. Justification of the dossier's relevance within the journal's scope and the originality of the texts to be submitted should be provided.
• The dossier should consist of at least 5 articles, and the dossier editor should submit a presentation.
• The dossier editor will work with the journal's editors to agree on the reviewers' selection.
• The evaluation will be double-blind, similar to other submissions to the journal.

• Fundamental Concepts of Geography: dedicated to presenting different concepts of geographic science, in an extended entry form, forming short articles of 5 to 7 pages, with basic bibliography, peer-reviewed based on the author's proposal with research history on the respective concept(s).
• Our Classics: aims to bring contributions from classic authors of Geography through unpublished translations of articles or book chapters, which may be accompanied by presentation articles of the author and/or translated text. Proposals should be submitted for review to the GEOgraphia journal's email (revistageographia@gmail.com) and will be evaluated by the section editor(s), who may refer to peers with recognized expertise in the history of geographic thought and the relevant foreign language.
• Translations: The GEOgraphia Journal prioritizes the publication of original texts. In case of significant foreign contributions of great interest to the Brazilian community, translations may be accepted. The editorial committee will evaluate and decide on the relevance of the translation.
• Reviews: syntheses of books relevant to the field of Geography and related areas, provided they fit the journal's scope. Reviewed books must have been released within the last five (5) years.

* Text formatting criteria are specified as follows:

• Typing: Times New Roman font size 12, 1.5 line spacing, 3 cm left and right margins, paragraphs starting with a 1 cm tabulation.

• • Articles: should not exceed 25 pages (including tables, graphs, illustrations, and references).
  • Fundamental Concepts of Geography: should contain 5 to 7 pages (including tables, graphs, illustrations, and references).
  • Our Classics: should not exceed 15 pages.
  • Reviews: should not exceed 6 pages, avoiding tables, graphs, and illustrations.

• Citations: quotes of up to three lines in the text should be enclosed in double quotation marks. Single quotation marks are used for quotes within quotes. Quotes longer than three lines should be indented 4 cm from the left margin, in Arial 10, and without quotation marks. Omission indicators and additions should be placed in parentheses (,,,). It is recommended to use the author-date-page number system in parentheses for source identification. (ABNT NBR 10520)

• Explanatory notes: used for comments, clarifications, or explanations that cannot be included in the text. They should be inserted as footnotes, in Arabic numerals, with unique and consecutive numbering throughout the article. (ABNT NBR 10520)
• Supplementary elements: notes, tables, charts, and figures should be presented separately from the text to facilitate editing. Tables, charts, and figures are numbered consecutively and independently in Arabic numerals and typed on separate sheets, each identified at the top by the term TABLE, CHART, or FIGURE, followed by its order number. In the text, the desired location of a particular table, chart, or figure should be indicated by the word TABLE, CHART, or FIGURE followed by its order number, between two horizontal lines, in the space of a blank line. (ABNT NBR 12256)
• References: essential elements include author(s), publication date, title, subtitle (if any), edition, location, publisher, pages, and volumes (if any). (ABNT NBR 6023)

Attention: Mandatory inclusion of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for those references that have one.

• • Access the website https://apps.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery
  • Copy and paste the references into the appropriate space.
  • Click on "submit."
  • After the results, simply copy the DOIs.
  • All links must be active.

Throughout the article: with the surname of the author, publication date, and page number(s) consulted. If more than one work by the same author in the same year, use a, b, c immediately after the date. Example: (MORTARA, 1982a, p. 427). Repeat previous citations to avoid expressions like ibid., op. cit. etc.

At the end of the article: the bibliography should follow the format of the texts in this volume.

Book:

LAST NAME, Initial of the First Name(s) of the Author(s). Year of Publication. Title: Subtitle. Edition Number. Place: Publisher
Example:
GOMES, L. G. F. F. (1998) Novela e sociedade no Brasil. Niterói: EdUFF. 137 p.

Book Chapter:

LAST NAME, Initial of the First Name(s) of the Author(s). Title of the Chapter. In: LAST NAME, Initial of the First Name(s) of the Author(s) or Editor(s). Title: Subtitle. Place: Publisher, Year of Publication, Pages of the Referenced Chapter.
Example:
ROMANO, G. (1996) Imagens da juventude na era moderna. In: LEVI, G.; SCHIMIDT, J. (orgs.). História dos jovens 2: a época contemporânea. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, p. 7-16.

Journal Article:

LAST NAME, Initial of the First Name(s) of the Author(s). Date of Publication. Title of the Article: Subtitle. Journal Title, Place, Volume Number, Issue Number, Pages of the Referenced Article, Period Information.
Example:
COSTA, V. R. (1998) À margem da lei: o Programa Comunidade Solidária. Em Pauta - Revista da Faculdade de Serviço Social da UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, n. 12, p. 131-148.

Electronic Medium: Works of any nature consulted online must necessarily include the information about the electronic address, presented between the < > signs, preceded by the phrase "Available at:", and the access date, preceded by the phrase "Accessed on:".
Example:
SÃO PAULO. (Estado). (1999) Secretaria do Meio Ambiente. Tratados e organizações ambientais em matéria de meio ambiente. In: _____. Entendendo o meio ambiente. São Paulo. v.1. Disponível em: http://www.bdt.org.br/sma/entendendo/atual.html. Acessado em: 8 mar. 1999.

ATTENTION: The journal is not responsible for the bibliographic references provided by the authors.

Evaluation Process

Stage 1 - Desk Review

We clarify that, before being sent to external reviewers, articles will be evaluated by the Editorial Committee, following the criteria listed below.

1. a) Formal Criteria: Articles that do not comply with the formal standards established by the journal will not be accepted, although resubmission is permitted;
2. b) Theoretical and/or Empirical Content: Articles that correspond to simple descriptive works without analytical character will not be accepted. Preference will be given to articles that link consistent empirical analysis with theoretical foundation within the scope of the journal. Essentially theoretical texts will only be accepted if they constitute reviews or innovative conceptual/methodological proposals;
3. c) Adherence to Editorial Scope: Priority will be given to articles that clearly represent advances for geographical debates, in their Human and/or Physical dimensions, presenting novel data or significant contribution to the advancement of scientific knowledge;
4. d) Coverage: Articles with an excessively local focus and no connection to other scales will not be accepted;
5. e) Repetition: Manuscripts with copies of text or data will not be accepted.

Articles that do not meet these minimum criteria will not be forwarded to reviewers.

Stage 2 - Blind Peer Review

Approved in the Desk Review stage, the articles will be sent without identification to two reviewers from national and/or international teaching and/or research institutions with proven scientific production, with an average duration of 12 months. In case of divergent opinions, the article will be sent to a third reviewer. The final approval of an article for publication lies with the GEOgraphia journal's Editorial Committee. The Committee also reserves the right to make minor modifications to the text, tables, and figures to meet the journal's editorial criteria. The final proof of the articles will be subject to acceptance by the corresponding author.

Authors can monitor the evaluation process of the manuscript through the online evaluation system. Questions can be clarified through the email revistageographia@gmail.com.

Manuscripts submitted to GEOgraphia must not have been previously published and must not be simultaneously submitted to another journal.

Originality Statement

I declare that this article is original and has not been submitted for publication to any other national or international journal, either in part or in its entirety. I further declare that once published in GEOgraphia, edited by the Graduate Program in Geography of the Federal Fluminense University, it will never be submitted by me or any of the other co-authors to any other journal. I am aware that failure to adhere to this commitment will subject the offender t