About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Finisterra – Revista Portuguesa de Geografia publishes original research in various areas of Human and Physical Geography, Environmental Hazards, Local and Regional Planning, Local and Regional Development, and Geographical Information Sciences, among others.

 

 

Finisterra is an important resource for early-stage career and senior researchers, as well as university students and research planners. It is published in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.

Each article includes the title, abstract, and keywords in four languages, and titles of figures and tables in two languages.

 

Three issues are published per year. This journal offers immediate and free access to its content, following the principle that providing free scientific knowledge enables greater democratization of knowledge, recognition and visibility for Geography.

 

 

 

The quality of submitted manuscripts is done by an editor, an editorial board and, at least, a double peer review process.

 

 

Finisterra is indexed in the following scientific databases: Clarivate / Web of Science (Emerging Sources Citation Index – ESCI); SciELO Citation Index; SCOPUS; ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences); WebQualis (Capes); SCImago; SciELO – Scientific Electronic Library; EBSCO (Academic Search Complete); DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals); Dialnet; Latindex (Sistema Regional de Información en Línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal); REDIB (Red Iberoamericana de Innovación y Conocimiento Científico); Sherpa/ROMEO (Journals database).

Peer Review Process

  1. The authors upload their own texts to the platform
  2. The authors will be sent confirmation of successful upload.
  3. The Editor and the Executive Committee will do a preliminary screening to check if:
    1. The texts fall within the scope of Finisterra and meet the Journal’s scientific standards. In case of a favourable decision, the texts are sent to two scientific reviewers. The review is "double-blinded": the reviewers identities are not disclosed to the authors and vice-versa;
    2. The texts do not meet the formal requirements. In this case they are immediately returned to the authors for alterations;
    3. The texts do not fall within the scope of the journal, or are not up to the required standard. In these cases, they will be rejected outright.
  4. In the case described in 3 a), the reviewers have 5 days in which to accept or reject to review.
  5. If reviewers do accept to review, they undertake to complete it within a month and to use the process shown in the Evaluation Form.

Open Access Policy

This journal offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle that providing free scientific knowledge enables greater democratization of knowledge, recognition and visibility to Geography.

 

Journal identification

ISSN (print): 0430-5027

ISSN (online): 2182-2905

Depósito legal nº: 1956/83
ICS: 124607
Frequency: Triannual
Property: Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Universidade de Lisboa

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