Objectives and Editorial Policy
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Geousp – Espaço e Tempo (Space and Time) is a publication of the Human Geography Graduate Program (PPGH) and the Physical Geography Graduate Program (PPGF) of the University of São Paulo. Access is free and non-commercial. Geousp is financed by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes) and by the Portal of Magazines of the University of São Paulo. Its main scope is to disseminate original and unpublished scientific articles from Brazilian geography. The magazine was launched in 1997 in print (ISSN 1414-7416) and, in 2009, started to be published in electronic format (ISSN 2179-0892). Manuscripts are received in a continuous flow and published exclusively in a virtual environment, every four months (January / April, May / August, September / December) and depend on the observance of editorial standards and the opinions of the editorial board or ad hoc advisors. The journal guarantees the anonymity of authors and reviewers during the editorial evaluation. The content of published texts is the sole responsibility of the authors. Geousp Journal supports and practices Open Science principles that allow greater agility and transparency to the editorial process. From the moment they are accepted for evaluation in the platform of Geousp Journal, the authors who so wish can publish the manuscripts in reliable preprints servers and/or publish them in institutional repositories during the editorial process, in order to allow productive contributions and increase the impact and citation of their work. Acceptance for evaluation is the process of receiving the manuscript, in which it is checked against the norms and verified by an anti-plagiarism program, which guarantees the reliability of the submissions evaluated by Geousp Journal. Aiming at transparency in the editorial process, the final version of the article will inform the Section Editor responsible for the evaluation, the reception and acceptance dates, as well as the contribution of each author, when applicable. It is the author's responsibility to meet the best practices in relation to open science, as well as respect the ethical standards regarding the scientific production and content of the published manuscript, and failure to comply with such parameters may result in the rejection of the submission in addition to legal sanctions under the law. MISSION The objective of Geousp – Espaço e Tempo (Space and Time) is to make public the record of geographic knowledge and its preservation feasible, to publish results of research involving innovative ideas and scientific proposals, to disseminate information and knowledge generated by the community of geographers and to create conditions for academic debate in the areas of Human Geography and Physical Geography. |
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Intellectual Property
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License Creative Commons attribution-type CC-BY. |
Sponsors
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The publication receives funding from:
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Editorial Team
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Editorial committee
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Scientific Committee
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Editing advisors
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Scope and policy
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Geousp publishes original articles, and the authors undertake to declare that their manuscript is unpublished and that it is not being submitted, in part or in whole, to another journal. The journal publishes theoretical or thematic texts in the area of geography, in the following sections:
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Form and preparation of manuscripts
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As long as they comply with the “Guidelines for Authors”, the works undergo an initial screening by the editorial board. Approved in the first screening, the texts enter the merit evaluation process by consulting two ad hoc reviewers (experts in the field or in the topics on screen, with a minimum degree of doctor) and at least one external evaluator, appointed by the editorial committee, ensuring the double-blind evaluation system. If there are conflicting opinions, a third ad hoc referee is used. If there is a request for the author to proceed with reformulations that partially or fully meet the criticisms or suggestions of the referees, the deadline for submitting the new version is 30 days. With the changes indicated in red font, this new version will be reevaluated by the editorial committee or by the reviewers who suggested the changes, according to its extension and depth. Geousp reserves the right to diagram the manuscripts according to its graphic pattern. The magazine offers free and immediate access to its content, following the principle that making scientific information freely available to the public democratizes access to knowledge. The authors pay no fee to submit their manuscripts for evaluation. |
Send of the manuscripts
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As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines. |
Manuscript evaluation policy
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As long as they comply with the “Guidelines for Authors”, the works undergo an initial screening by the editorial board. Approved in the first screening, the texts enter the merit evaluation process by consulting two ad hoc reviewers (experts in the field or in the topics on screen, with a minimum degree of doctor) and at least one external evaluator, appointed by the editorial committee, ensuring the double-blind evaluation system. If there are conflicting opinions, a third ad hocreferee is used. If there is a request for the author to proceed with reformulations that partially or fully meet the criticisms or suggestions of the referees, the deadline for submitting the new version is 30 days. With the changes indicated in red font, this new version will be reevaluated by the editorial committee or by the reviewers who suggested the changes, according to its extension and depth. Geousp reserves the right to diagram the manuscripts according to its graphic pattern. The magazine offers free and immediate access to its content, following the principle that making scientific information freely available to the public democratizes access to knowledge. The authors pay no fee to submit their manuscripts for evaluation. |
Ethics statement
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Ethical principles Geousp – Espaço e Tempo (Space and Time) observes ethical principles and respect for academic culture and intellectual production, considering the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the publication: authors, editors and reviewers. The magazine's editorial decisions are not influenced by commercial considerations or revenue sources. Below we list the main guidelines of international and national organizations that serve as references of principles and good practices on ethics and malpractice:
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Conflict of interests
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In case of close relationships with people, institutions or places, attention must be redoubled to avoid a conflict of interest. In the evaluation of a manuscript, involving authors and reviewers, the Geousp: Space and Time Journal rigorously observes, from its editorship, the establishment of a policy that seeks to avoid the involvement of people who maintain personal relationships, of friendship or adversity, as well as to involve people and institutions. This procedure aims to give reliability to the analysis process of the submitted material, with a consequent increase in the credibility of the published articles. In this sense, authors and reviewers are requested to contact the Journal's Editorial Board in case there is evidence of
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Plagiarism and editorial misconduct
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Geousp - Espaço e Tempo undertakes to investigate, after a formal and clearly identified complaint, cases of:
In case of suspicion of misconduct in investigating the cases mentioned above, constitute inappropriate behavior:
After investigation and ample defense by the people targeted, the ethical violations verified will be dealt with according to their severity, through:
Complaints received by Geousp will be evaluated and answered by the editorial board, responsible for the investigation, which will be confidential.
If there is a formal complaint against the editors, the responsibility for the investigation will lie with a commission designated by the PPGH or the PPGF. Claims, complaints or ethical violations other than those mentioned in this document will be examined by the editorial board in the light of COPE practices or the Guidelines of the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors (ABEC Brazil). Sources consulted: Fapesp's Code of Good Scientific Practices_2014, CSE Guidelines for Promoting Integrity in Publications of Scientific Journals 2012, of the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors (ABEC Brazil), and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE); Good Practice Guide for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication; Open Science Compliance Form. |
Preparing the manuscript manuscript evaluation policy
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As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines. Submissions must be made on the OJS Platform of USP's Portal of Journals. Geousp Journal supports and practices Open Science principles that allow greater agility and transparency to the editorial process. From the moment they are accepted for evaluation in the platform of Geousp Journal, the authors who so wish can publish the manuscripts in reliable preprints servers and/or publish them in institutional repositories during the editorial process, in order to allow productive contributions and increase the impact and citation of their work. Acceptance for evaluation is the process of receiving the manuscript, in which it is checked against the norms and verified by an anti-plagiarism program, which guarantees the reliability of the submissions evaluated by Geousp Journal. It is the author's responsibility to meet the best practices in relation to open science, as well as respect the ethical standards regarding the scientific production and content of the published manuscript, and failure to comply with such parameters may result in the rejection of the submission in addition to legal sanctions under the law. Guidelines for submission of manuscripts Geousp - Espaço e Tempo is an academic journal in the area of geography, with the following publication standards:
1 All works must be unpublished and cannot be submitted to another journal awaiting evaluation.
2 The submitted article can have one or two authors.
3 For blind peer review, the manuscript cannot contain the authors' names.
4 It is up to the editors to judge whether the manuscript is unpublished and aligned with the scope of the journal:
Observations on dossier submission:
The Dossier will have a maximum of five articles, in addition to the introduction, which must be made by the organizer. An important criterion for accepting the proposal is the institutional diversity of the authors, who must have research in the thematic area. The Dossier's proponent will be the organizer and will work together with the magazine's editor, electing referees by mutual agreement. 5 Presentation of the manuscript
6 Quotations
7 References
8 Italics: words of foreign origin and highlights in the text. (Avoid bold and underline.)
9 Illustrations, charts, tables, maps, graphs and photos must be consistent with the text, have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and be in the body of the text, close to the point where they are cited. 10 The file cannot have text boxes. (Titles and sources of figures must be in the body of the text.)
11 Filling in metadata
11.8 Cover picture: do not fill Copyright Notice Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
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Submission check list
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