About the Journal

Submission and peer-review process

The journal welcomes papers that suite one of the following categories: original papers, research reports and discussion papers (see author guidelines for details). The journal also publishes Special Issues or papers grouped around particular themes (Thematic papers). The publication of Special and Thematic Issues is subject to approval of the editorial board based on evaluation procedure of the submitted proposals. Papers prepared according to the Instructions for Authors should be submitted directly to the Managing Editor (pavel.raska[at]ujep.cz).

All manuscripts are subject to initial evaluation by editorial board (Editor-in-chief, Managing Editor, and potential handling Editor). After the positive initial evaluation, the manuscript proceeds to double-blind peer-review.

Why subscribe and read　

The journal addresses researchers in geographical and environmental fields, professionals as well as decision makers in social sciences and regional development, planning, public administration, and policy. It provides up-to-date research results together with discussion of its implications for the respective fields.　

Why submit

• International audience
• Open-access policy
• Rapid peer-review process
• Practical implications of research results

Rejection Rate　

• 30−40 %

Copyright and Open-Access Policy

All papers are published as gold Open-Access (the non-commercial use of the article governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 license) without incurring any APC to the authors. The Open-Access Policy is detailed in an Open-Access Licence in the For Authors section.