About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The «Human Geography Journal» deals with modern problems of society being solved with human geography, and displays results of the newest researches in this field. The articles of theoretical issues and practical application of the human geography researches inUkraine’s regions and in the world are published of above journal. Actuality of this scientific journal is accounted for enhancing the role of the human-geographical researches in Ukrainian and foreign practice.
The journal is interesting for lecturers in highest educational institutions, scientists, students and experts in the field of human geography.
The journal has the following rubrics. The articles of the leading researchers are accepted to the rubric «Horizons of science», which highlight issues of theory and methodology of the modern human-geographical researches, raise issues of new theoretical and methodological approaches in the science. Results of applied human-geographical researches based on materials ofUkraine’s regions and other states are published in the rubric «Scientific reports». The rubric «Research of young Scientists» gives opportunity PhD students to publish results of their researches. Reviews on monographs and other scientific publications having been published are placed in the rubric «Reviews». The rubric «Personalities» is devoted to outstanding scientists in the field of human geography. It highlights their life, career, and contribution to the development of geographical science. Congratulations with important dates of the leading human geographers are published in the rubric «Anniversaries».
Peer Review Process
Double "blind" reviewing: the reviewer has no information about the authors, and the authors have no information about the reviewers. The so-called independent reviewing. There are at least 2 or more reviewers to review all the article in the issue.
Open Access Policy
This journal is practicing a policy of immediate open access to published content, supporting the principles of the free flow of scientific information and global knowledge sharing for the common social progress.
Publication ethics
Principles of professional ethics in the work of the editor and publisher
In its activities, the editor is responsible for the publication of works of authorship, which imposes the need to follow the following basic principles:
- When deciding on publishing scientific journal guided reliability of data and scientific significance of the work in question.
- The editor should evaluate manuscripts intellectual content, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, origin, nationality, social status or political affiliation of the authors.
- Unpublished data from manuscripts submitted for consideration must not be used for personal purposes or passed on to third parties without the written consent of the author. Information or ideas obtained in the course of editing and related to possible benefits must be kept confidential and not used for the purpose of personal gain.
- The editor should not allow the information to be published, if there is sufficient reason to believe that it is plagiarism.
- Editor in conjunction with the publisher should not be left unanswered complaints regarding considered manuscripts or published materials as well as the detection of a conflict to take all necessary measures to redress.
Ethical principles in the work of the reviewer
Reviewer provides scientific expertise of copyright material, so that its action must be impartial in nature, involves the following principles:
- Manuscript received for review, should be treated as a confidential document, which can not be passed for review or discussion to third parties who do not have full powers from the editors.
- The reviewer is obliged to give an objective and reasoned assessment of study results. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable.
- Unpublished data from manuscripts submitted for consideration must not be used for personal purposes reviewer.
- The reviewer who has not, in his opinion, is qualified to assess the manuscript, or can not be objective, for example, in the case of a conflict of interest with the author or organization should inform the editor with a request to exclude it from the review process of this manuscript.
Principles that should guide the author of scientific publications
The author (or group of authors) realizes that bears primary responsibility for the novelty and validity of the results of scientific research, which involves the following principles:
- The authors should provide reliable research results. Knowingly false or fraudulent statements are unacceptable.
- Authors should ensure that the results of studies outlined in manuscript provided, completely original. Borrowed fragments or statements must be filed with the obligatory indication of the author and the source. Excessive borrowing and plagiarism in any form, including unregistered quotes, paraphrasing or assignment of rights to the results of other people's research is unethical and unacceptable.
- It is necessary to recognize the contribution of all persons somehow influenced the course of the study, in particular, the article must be submitted references to the work that made the difference in the research.
- Authors should not submit the manuscript to the journal, which has been submitted to another journal and is under consideration, as well as an article already published in another journal.
- Co-authors of the article should include all persons who have made significant contributions to the study. Among the sponsors is unacceptable to designate persons who did not participate in the study.
- If the author finds significant errors or inaccuracies in the article on the stage of examination or after its publication, it must as soon as possible notify the Editor.
Editorial board
Liudmyla Niemets – Chairman of the Editorial Board, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Social and Economic Geography and Regional Studies, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, e-mail: soc-econom-region@karazin.ua
Yaroslav Oliynyk – Editor-in-Chief, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Academician of Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Dean of the Faculty of Geography, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, e-mail: oliynik_ya@univ.kiev.ua
Arthur Golikov – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Rrofessor, Professor of the Department of International Economic Relations, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, e-mail: golikovartur@ukr.net
Serhiy Kostrikov – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Social and Economic Geography and Regional Studies, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, e-mail: sergiy.kostrikov@gmail.com
Kostyantyn Mezentsev – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Economic and Social Geography, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, e-mail: k_mez@ukr.net
Kostyantyn Niemets – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Social and Economic Geography and Regional Studies, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, e-mail: konstantin.a.nemets@mail.univer.kharkov.ua
Vilina Peresadko – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Geology, Geography, Recreation and Tourism, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, e-mail: vilinaperesadko@gmail.com
Valeriy Rudenko – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Geography, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, e-mail: rudenko_valery@ukr.net
Oleksandr Topchiev – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Economic and Social Geography, I.I. Mechnykov Odesa National University
Oleh Shabliy – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Economic and Social Geography, Ivan Franko Lviv National University, e-mail: shabliy@franko.lviv.ua
Yuriy Kandyba – Technical Secretary, PhD (Geography), Assistant Professor of the Department of Social and Economic Geography and Regional Studies, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, e-mail: chseg@karazin.ua
International members of the editorial board
Ekaterina Antipova – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Economic Geography of Foreign Countries, Belarusian State University (Belarus)
Yalcin Arisoy – PhD (Civil Engineering), Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir (Turkey), e-mail: yalcin.arisoy@deu.edu.tr
Michael Gentile – PhD (Geography), Professor, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo (Norway), e-mail: michael.gentile@sosgeo.uio.no
Dávid Karácsonyi – PhD (Geography), Research fellow of Geographical Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary), e-mail: karacsonyi.david@csfk.mta.hu
Wei Li – PhD (Geography), Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University (USA), е-mail: wei.li@asu.edu
Vlad Mykhnenko – PhD (Political Economy), Associate Professor of Sustainable Urban Development & Fellow of St. Peter’s College, University of Oxford (United Kingdom), e-mail: v.mykhnenko@bham.ac.uk
Cezar Morar – PhD (Geography), Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Tourism and Territorial Planning, University of Oradea (Romania), е-mail: cezarmorar@yahoo.com
Maik Netzband – DSc (Natural Sciences), Research fellow, Department of Geography and Geosciences, Geographical Institute, Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany), e-mail: maik.netzband@rub.de
Gulnara Nyussupova – Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Head of Department of Geography, Land Management and Cadastre, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan), e-mail: gulnaran@mail.ru
Saulius Stanaitis – Doctor of Social Sciences, Professor, Head of Department of Geography and Tourism, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (Lithuania), e-mail: saulius.stanaitis@vpu.lt
Josep Vila Subirós – PhD (Geography), Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Tourism, University of Girona (Spain), e-mail: josep.vila@udg.edu
Daniela_Szymanska – Professor, Head of Department of Urban Studies and Regional Development, Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland), e-mail: dani@umk.pl
Publication Frequency
Frequency of the journal is biannually
