About the Journal

OBJECTIVES AND EDITORIAL POLICY

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 Its main scope is to disseminate original and unpublished scientific articles from Brazilian geography.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.

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.

FOCUS AND SCOPE

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:

  • Article – unpublished text resulting from research, and not from a monograph of graduation conclusion or projects of any nature. Submission is done directly through the platform.
  • Field research notes – systematization of data or new information collected in the field. The submission must be discussed with the editor to justify its pertinence, through the electronic address revistageousp@usp.br or ricardomendes@usp.br.
  • Review – necessarily from classic or current reference texts in geography. The submission must be discussed with the editor to justify its pertinence, through the electronic address revistageousp@usp.br or ricardomendes@usp.br.
  • Cartographies, images and other graphic expressions – they include maps, graphs and other figures describing the methodology or method of creation (software, techniques, etc.). The submission must be discussed with the editor to justify its pertinence, through the electronic address revistageousp@usp.br or ricardomendes@usp.br.
  • Translation – necessarily classic or current reference texts in geography and depend on the formal authorization of the author and / or the publisher who originally published them, except for cases in the public domain. The submission must be discussed with the editor to justify its pertinence, through the electronic address revistageousp@usp.br or ricardomendes@usp.br.
  • Essay – section reserved for invited authors.
  • Thematic dossier – it can be a proposal by research groups or by opening a public call with a theme defined by the magazine's editorial board. Dossier submission is conducted in the same way as the others. Manuscripts are only considered and accepted on their academic merit, regardless of any personal influence. The submission must have been previously discussed with the editor to justify its pertinence, through the electronic address revistageousp@usp.br or ricardomendes@usp.br.

Observations on dossier submission:

The submission must be discussed with the editor to justify its relevance to the scope of the journal and its originality (especially taking into account the recently published dossiers).

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 evaluation of the articles in the Dossier is conducted in the same way as the others: evaluation by blind peers.

The Dossier's proponent will be the organizer and will work together with the magazine's editor, electing referees by mutual agreement.

 

SUBMISSION AND EVALUATION OF MANUSCRIPTS PROCEDURES

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 POLICY

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.

 

Anti-plagiarism actions

Plagiarism, or the use of someone else's verbal or written ideas or formulations without due credit - showing unequivocally that no ideas or formulations of their own, is ethically unacceptable in the scientific community.

Authors must respond to the requirement for originality and uniqueness of the article, in whole or in part, and guarantee credit from all sources and references cited in the manuscript.

Geousp uses the Similarity Check (iThenticate) to identify all types of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism.

  

Duties of the editorial team

The decision to publish manuscripts is the responsibility of the editors, who are guided by the journal's policies, which obey the legal requirements in force regarding defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

Political or ideological positioning, ethnic, gender or religious diversity, as well as differences in theoretical or methodological perspective should not influence actions or decisions taken in the editorial process.

Editors do not conduct an editorial process for manuscripts in which they recognize a conflict of interest.

The chief editor or assistant editor designates a section editor to lead the manuscript's editorial process.

The editors do not disclose information about submitted manuscripts, except to the referees, maintaining their confidentiality.

The identity of authors and reviewers is omitted, and the editorial board treats manuscripts as confidential documents.

The editorial board treats all facts that involve editorial activities with secrecy and maximum discretion, especially those related to complaints of plagiarism or other ethical violations.

In this regard, the editors take appropriate measures when they are presented with ethical complaints regarding submitted manuscripts or published articles. Any action by the magazine will only be initiated upon a formal and clearly identified complaint.

Following the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), in cases of suspected misconduct, whether articles in press or already published, the editors give authors the right to ample defense. All complaints will be investigated, regardless of when the article has been approved. The documentation related to the complaint remains in the journal's custody.

As for requests for reconsideration of rejected manuscripts, editors may use three means:

  • determine whether the decision was clearly explained to the author, ensuring that it was not based on erroneous or questionable information, for example, a misinterpretation of the manuscript or the referee's lack of guidance;
  • reconsider rejected manuscripts when the author provides good reasons why the decision may have been incorrect and is willing to submit a new version in response to valid comments from reviewers or editors;
  • encourage re-submission of potentially acceptable manuscripts that have been rejected because they require important revisions or additional data.

In case of errata and retractions, they will be published in accordance with the SciElo Guide for recording and publishing Errata.

Duties of referees

Papers received for analysis should be treated as confidential documents.

The referees must register the declaration of conflict of interest, made available on the evaluation form.

They must also maintain the confidentiality of any information provided by the editor or the author, without keeping any copy of the manuscript. They should not use information or ideas obtained from reading the papers to their advantage.

Finally, they can indicate relevant published works that were not cited in the manuscript, as well as call the editors' attention to any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript and another published text of which they are aware.

 

Duties of authors

Author and co-author are those who have effectively participated in the conception, development, analysis or interpretation of data and in the final writing of the manuscript.

Authors must know and agree with the submission conditions and the terms of the copyright statement contained in the Open Journal Systems (OJS) computerized system, hosted on the USP Magazine Portal. They must follow the magazine's rules for submitting manuscripts and sending permissions for use, reproduction and publication of graphs, maps, diagrams, photographs, interviews conducted etc.

In addition, they must ensure that the manuscripts are original and properly cite the texts consulted for their writing. Any form of plagiarism constitutes unethical and unacceptable behavior.

All information provided at the time of submission, including metadata, must be true and are the sole responsibility of the author (s), who must also ensure that the manuscript has not been submitted for review or published in any other media.

Any relevant information that affects the analysis must be declared in “Comments for editor”, which is included in the online submission process (USP Magazine Portal).

It is also the authors' responsibility to inform all sources of funding and support that contributed to the research and the production of the manuscript.

Authors are allowed and are encouraged to submit their documents to personal pages or institutional portals, before and after their publication in this journal (always offering the item's bibliographic reference).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

It is the authors' responsibility to know and accept the license rules for the use of the CC-BY attribution, which allows them to distribute, remix, adapt and create based on their work, even for commercial purposes, as long as proper copyright is verified, in the manner specified by CSP. Until 2019, the Geousp - Espaço e Tempo magazine used the CC-BY-NC license.

 

Procedures in case of unethical behavior

Geousp - Espaço e Tempo undertakes to investigate, after a formal and clearly identified complaint, cases of:

  • misappropriation of others' content - use of third party content without proper authorization, particularly in cases of content not yet published;
  • plagiarism - total or partial assumption of the authorship of third party material, which not only infringes ethics in scientific research but also constitutes a crime;
  • self-plagiarism - mere replication of more than a third of the results of previous works without the presentation of new results, including texts from annals;
  • undue authorship - allegation of individual authorship excluding other co-authors. This misconduct also applies when co-authored works are presented or published without the authorization of the other co-authors, even with the due attribution;
  • violation of widely accepted research practices - adulteration or falsification of documentary sources, citations or statistical or analytical data to obtain desired results, compromising the integrity of the research and, consequently, of the submitted or published article.

In case of suspicion of misconduct in investigating the cases mentioned above, constitute inappropriate behavior:

  • resisting to cooperate in clarifying the author's suspicions of scientific misconduct;
  • not reporting cases or suspected misconduct;
  • destroying evidence relating to infringement cases;
  • retaliating against people involved in reporting scientific misconduct;
  • raising false testimony about the misconduct of others.

After investigation and ample defense by the people targeted, the ethical violations verified will be dealt with according to their severity, through:

  • notification of the case to the party or to all involved - the main author, all authors, the institution that employs them, the study financier (s) and the third parties that are the target of misappropriation or plagiarism;
  • publication of a formal notice detailing the misconduct in a vehicle that is considered opportune;
  • publication of formal retraction of the article already published.

Complaints received by Geousp will be evaluated and answered by the editorial board, responsible for the investigation, which will be confidential. In no case will GEOUSP or its editors encourage any kind of misconduct.

In case of suspicious manuscripts, either due to a complaint by the referees or by the editors' confirmation, the evaluation process may:

  • be interrupted when there is clear evidence of misconduct;
  • be suspended pending the validity of the charges;
  • generate notification to harmed third parties, according to the cases of misconduct listed above.

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 Brasil).

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 Brasil), and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Retraction policy

Geousp Journal's retraction policy follows the principles adopted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) https://publicationethics.org/files/retraction-guidelines-cope.pdf

Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence

Authors must disclose in their manuscript the use of artificial intelligence and assisted technologies in the process of writing the manuscript, producing images and graphic elements of the research and analysing data, justifying their use.

Declaration: Provide the NAME OF THE TOOL / SERVICE and the REASON for using the tool.

Declaration: Provide the NAME OF THE TOOL / SERVICE and the REASON for using the tool.

REPOSITORIES

The USP Magazine Portal preserves its contents through the PKP Preservation Network, and the Geousp magazine is registered at ttps://thekeepers.org/journals?query=2179-0892.

The practice of electronic backup for preservation of GEOUSP journal content is guaranteed by the Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO, via the CLOCKSS network.