About the Journal
Aims and Scope
The 'Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos' (Brazilian Review of Regional and Urban Studies) is an official publication of the 'Associação Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos' (Brazilian Regional Science Association). The Journal aims to publish high-quality papers that bring a scientific contribution to the field of regional science, with emphasis on studies about the Brazilian reality. Works on the reality of other countries are also welcome. The Journal receives articles that present rigorous theoretical foundation and application of empirical methods and models in which the regional or urban dimensions are incorporated as relevant elements of economic development.
Considering the regional and urban interface, the topics of interest of the journal, not necessarily exclusive, are: theory, methods and models; location and concentration of economic activities; econometrics and spatial statistical analysis; growth and regional development; growth and urban development; infrastructure; metropolitan studies; environment and natural resources; tourism and cultural industries; use of land in urban and rural space; entrepreneurship and innovation; social policies and poverty; labor market; and public finances.
The Journal is published quarterly by ABER – the Brazilian Regional Science Association (www.brsa.org.br).
Peer Review Process
Articles submitted to the Journal are evaluated by at least two external consultants via double-blind peer review. Based on peer-reviewed, the Editorial Committee will accept, reject or request changes to the articles. In the case of conflicting opinions, articles are evaluated by a third-party consultant.
Publishing schedule
The Journal is published quarterly.
Abstracting and indexing services
The 'Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos' (Brazilian Review of Regional and Urban Studies) is covered by the following abstracting and indexing services:
Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
Journal of Economic Literature (EcoLit)
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Google Scholar
Periódicos CAPES
Latindex
Free Access Policy
The journal offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle by which providing free scientific knowledge to the public provides greater global democratization of knowledge. The content published by the 'Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos' (Brazilian Review of Regional and Urban Studies) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Ethics in publishing
The 'Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos' (Brazilian Review of Regional and Urban Studies) is committed to maintaining the highest level of integrity in the content published.
To ensure transparency in research and the principles of ethical and professional conduct: (i) Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the study; (ii) Authors should be prepared to provide public access to the data in connection with the paper; (iii) The authors must notify the journal editor when discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work; (iv) The editors will not accept publishing manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal (except for publication in the form of an abstract, publication as an academic thesis, publication as an electronic preprint); (v) Submission of an article implies that the work is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere; (vi) The editors will run plagiarism checks in the manuscripts. The articles are checked by the originality detection service Crossref Similarity Check; (vii) The authors, reviewers, or journal editors must declare conflicts of interest that inappropriately influence his/her actions.
The Journal follows the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) - https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines - and subscribes to its principles on how to deal with acts of misconduct. This Journal commits to investigating allegations of misconduct pre-publication and post-publication in order to ensure the integrity of research.
Author Fees
No fee or charges are required for manuscript processing and/or publishing materials in the journal.
Archiving
The PKP Preservation Network provides preservation services of the Brazilian Review of Regional and Urban Studies. The LOCKSS and CLOCKSS systems ensure a secure and permanent archive for journal content.
Sources of Support
Brazilian Regional Science Association (www.brsa.org.br).
