About the Journal

Revista Geográfica Digital belongs to the Geography’s department and institute of the Faculty of Humanities from the National University of the Northeast (Universidad Nacional del Nordeste) located in Resistencia, province of Chaco, Argentina. This journal follows a main goal, which is to disclose research work related to the geographical space whether local, regional, national, or global, covering topics such as: territory, society and its activities, rural and urban space, planning and management, GIS (geographic information system) technologies, environment, etc. Such contributions may be theoretical or empirical, as well as the result of basic or applied research and innovation and development. They must be based on research work carrying out theoretical conceptualizations, and how it is pass on to the problems investigated or objects of study.

Revista Geográfica Digital is a biannual publication in digital format containing original contributions in the form of scientific articles. Once published, these articles cannot be modified.

RDG only publishes original manuscripts, having either of the following formats: 

1. Scientific and technological articles
Original writings based on scientific research work or technological foundation, theoretical conceptualizations, and how it is pass on to the problems investigated or objects of study. 
2. Analytical and critical reflection articles
Original writings containing unique thoughts on a specific subject:  presenting findings and analysis derived from research on a theoretical or practical topic, based on original sources.
3. Review articles 
Original studies conducted to provide an overview of the state of a specific topic regarding the geographic space, evolution and progress over time, demonstrating the author(s) knowledge and domain about the subject through a correct discussion of the quoted authors research, together with their own. This article is characterized by including an ADEQUATE AND SUFFICIENT review of bibliographic references.
4. Academic papers
Academic papers on a specific, significant, or currently relevant topic will be considered by the editorial committee without requiring an external peer review process.

Section Policies

Reviewers assess the submissions quality based on their conceptual rigor, academic relevance, originality, and clarity of presentation. In all cases, reviewers will be external to the sponsoring institution of Geográfica Digital (IGUNNE) and will not be affiliated with the same institution as the author of the article. 

The Editorial Board may directly reject submissions without resorting to an external consultation process if they consider them inappropriate for the journal because they do not meet the required quality standards, do not correspond to the journal subject matter, do not comply with the guidelines established, or show evidence of fraud. 

The final assessment of the verdict might be: 

• Acceptable. In this case, the layout process will advance for it to be published in the journal. 
• Acceptable with minor modifications. In this case, it will be subjected to style, writing, or bibliography corrections, requests for clarification, or comments that the reviewers deem relevant on the part of the authors for publication in the journal.
• Acceptable with substantial modifications that will demand a following revision. In this case, authors will be given a specific amount of time to make corrections. Once the deadline has passed, if the authors have not made the necessary corrections or disclaimers, the article will not be published in that edition. If the authors make the necessary changes, the article will be sent back for approval. Once the final version has been approved, it will proceed to final layout and publication. If the reviewers consider that the changes have not been made, the article will not be published. This decision is final. 
• Rejected. When the minimum quality standards of the journal are not met in terms of theoretical soundness or contains severe deficiencies of academic writing. In this case, the article will not be published in that issue. The decision of the reviewers is final. 

In the event of conflicting opinions among reviewers, the Editorial Board will review them and make a decision, requesting a third review if necessary. The final decision cannot be appealed. 

The average time for evaluation of submitted articles is four (4) months. Nevertheless, this period may change depending on the availability of the reviewers and other factors that may extend or reduce the evaluation time for each manuscript. 

Publication Frequency

Geográfica Digital (RDG) publishes an annual volume with two biannual issues, one in June and one in December. Starting in 2024, RDG also offers the option of continuous publication for articles that complete the peer review process ahead of schedule with a favourable decision. Manuscripts will be put out with their corresponding DOI and no modifications may be made after they are published online. In this way, articles that continue applying will be published even before the June and December issues are closed. 

Open Access Policy

Geográfica Digital provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that offering to the public available access to research helps to a greater global exchange of knowledge. 

Published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence. 

Ethics and Good Publishing practices

Our journal keeps as reference the practices suggested by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) complying with international ethical standards in the publications of articles. 

Responsibility and Copyright

Authors shall be solely responsible for the statements and declarations made in their texts.  Revista Geográfica Digital assumes no responsibility for the data, information, text, figures, photographs, images, tables, graphs, videos, computer programs, etc., provided by authors through hyperlinks or links cited in their articles.

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. The journal registers documents under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which allows third parties to use the published material provided they mention the authorship of the work and its first publication in this journal. 

Plagiarism policies

All articles summited to this publication will be monitored through an online search and a plagiarism detection software (PaperRater and Plagiarisma).

If plagiarism or self-plagiarism is detected, the individuals involved will be notified and, if the situation is not resolved, the manuscript will be rejected for publication in this journal. 

https://plagiarisma.net/es/ (website in Spanish) https://plagiarisma.net/ (website in English) 
https://www.paperrater.com/plagiarism_checker 

Use of Identifiers

The journal uses digital object identifiers (DOI) for its articles through the membership that the National University of the Northeast has with PILA (Publishers International Linking Association, Inc.), through which it uses the Crossref service for the assignment of codes. 

Digital Preservation policies

The REVISTAS UNNE Scientific Periodical Portal implements a digital preservation system based on the digital data backup mechanisms provided by the National University of the Northeast (UNNE), which allows continuous and unalterable access to published content.

The ICT department at UNNE is responsible for the IT infrastructure of the Institute. Together with the Central Library, it establishes and coordinates internal procedures for the electronic storage of the content of the Journal Portal, including both digital objects and the data and metadata associated with them. 

Archiving

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries, allowing them to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes. More...

Charges for handling articles

Our publication does not charge any fees or charges for processing articles (Article Processing Charge [APC]) submitted by authors. Nor does it charge for the submission of articles. 

Rejection Rates

2020: 15%

2021: 18%

2022: 21%