The journal was established in 2006 strictly following the Open-Access policy. Its editorial board makes its best to protect the journal’s status as a non-profit publication platform free of any APC (Article Processing Charge). It is also for this reason that the journal is published only in electronic form. Volumes preceding 2014 can be found at lsru.geography.ujep.cz/research.html
The journal focuses on landscape and territorial research in its broadest meaning. It addresses the territorial organization of society and environment from the perspective of various hierarchic levels, functional and developmental dimensions, and their mutual relations. The aim of the journal is to establish a common platform for the publication of research on ecological and environmental issues, social dimension of sustainability, economic geography and regional development, cross-border cooperation and political strategies influencing the landscape, spatial planning, regional development, and policies at different scales. The interdisciplinarity is strongly encouraged.
In all its content the journal accentuates the practical implications of the research for public administration, planning, and regional development. Therefore, ideally, the papers discuss the relevance of the methodical procedures and of the results for the respective fields.
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.
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Plagiarism Policy
The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process.
Editor-in-Chief
Martin Balej (J. E. Purkyně University, Czech Republic)
Deputy/ Managing Editor
Pavel Raška (J. E. Purkyně University, Czech Republic)
Editorial Board
Jiří Anděl (J. E. Purkyně University, Czech Republic)
Ivan Bičík (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Martin Boltižiar (Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia)
Oleg Golubchikov (Cardiff University, United Kingdom)
Thomas Hartmann (Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands)
Robert Hassink (University of Kiel, Germany)
Petr Hlaváček (J. E. Purkyně University, Czech Republic)
Tomasz Kaczmarek (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland)
Karel Kirchner (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)
Thanassis Kizos (University of Aegean, Greece)
Jaroslav Koutský (J. E. Purkyně University, Czech Republic)
Zoltán Kovács (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
Martin Myant (European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, Belgium)
Tomáš Oršulák (Kadaň Grammar School, Czech Republic)
Matthias Pietsch (Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
Andrea Emma Pravitasari (Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia)
Garri Raagmaa (Tartu University, Estonia)
Štefan Rehák (University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia)
Petr Rumpel (University of Ostrava, Czech Republic)
Matej Vojtek (Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia)
Chung-Tong Wu (Western Sydney University, Australia)
Jan Ženka (University of Ostrava, Czech Republic)
Technical Editor
Martin Dolejš (J. E. Purkyně University, Czech Republic)
Contact
Pavel Raška pavel.raska@ujep.cz
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
Bogumiła Zuga 32A Str.
01-811 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 701 50 15
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Open Access Statement
The journal is an Open Access journal that allows a free unlimited access to all its contents without any restrictions upon publication to all users.