Privacy Statement

Privacy Policy

This journal offers free immediate access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater democratization of knowledge. The journal does not charge submission or processing fees for evaluated articles.

 

Declaration of Ethics and Best Practices

The Space and Geography Journal follows the principles of ethics in scientific publication contained in the Code of Conduct of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), available here (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices/). The Journal has the aid of an anti-plagiarism program in the article evaluation process, in addition to following the “Responsible Practices Recommendations Guide” for rigor and integrity in conducting scientific research, published by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (http://www .abc.org.br/IMG/pdf/doc-4559.pdf)

 

Responsibilities

The Space and Geography Journal is responsible for implementing the Declaration of Ethics and Good Practices in relation to all published works. Thus, the Journal declares that it supports the freedom of scientific expression and is available to readers, authors and reviewers for any clarification at any time. In addition, the Space and Geography Journal ensures that all works have the same evaluation criteria, maintaining the quality of published works and, if necessary, errata can be published. All articles go through the blind evaluation process and undergo anti-plagiarism procedures. The entire review process for reviewers is carried out in the journal's system, ensuring protection and confidentiality for reviewers and authors.

 

Editors' Responsibilities

Editors are responsible for ensuring that all articles have the same evaluation criteria, without any discrimination, considering only the form and academic/scientific merit. All complaints must be investigated and retained.

 

Reviewers' Responsibility

The reviewers who are members of the Journal's Scientific Council, when evaluating the texts, must declare any conflict of interest and ethics. Reviewers are responsible for helping to improve the quality of articles published in the Journal, through the Reviewer Form, and should alert editors to any articles that are similar to others already published.

 

Authors' Liability

Authors who submit papers to Space and Geography Journal must read and agree with all the information and guidelines contained in the “About the Journal” section. Authors must declare any conflicts of interest and agree with the journal's policies and its submission conditions. The authors are responsible for all data and information submitted, as well as their veracity, and must, at any time, notify the editors of any error in their publication, thus contributing to the correction or publication of Errata.

Archiving Policy

The Space and Geography journal has an automatic filing process in the CLOCKSS, LOCKSS and PKP PN systems.