About the Journal

Scope and Focus

The Revista Desenvolvimento em Questão is a publication of the Graduate Program in Regional Development at the Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Unijuí). The journal aims to serve as a platform for disseminating articles on topics related to development, urban and regional planning, and demography. Other areas of focus include historicity, economic, social, and environmental sustainability of socio-economic systems, power relations, wealth and income generation and appropriation, and inequality.

 

The Revista Desenvolvimento em Questão publishes articles electronically in a single annual volume with continuous publication as manuscripts are approved.

  • Frequency: Annual with continuous publication
  • Publication mode: Continuous publication
  • Year of establishment: 2003
  • ISSN: 2237-6453

 

Open Access Statement

The Revista Desenvolvimento em Questão is an open access publication, meaning that all content is freely available without any cost to the user or their institution. Users are permitted to read, copy, distribute, print, search, create links to the full-text articles, or use them for any other legal purpose, without prior permission from the editor or author. These principles align with the BOAI definition of open access.

All of its content remains freely available to all readers.

The opinions expressed in the publications are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the journal.

 

Copyright Statement

Authors who publish in the Revista Desenvolvimento em Questão agree to the following terms:

The works published in the Revista Desenvolvimento em Questão are subject to the journal’s usage license for research and publication in all environments, both commercial and non-commercial, that are part of the international scientific communication system. The journal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The editorial team authorizes free access and broad distribution of the published content, provided that the source is cited, meaning credit is given to the authors and to the Revista Desenvolvimento em Questão, and the text remains intact. Authors are allowed to deposit pre-print and post-print versions in institutional/thematic repositories or on personal websites (e.g., site, blog), provided the access is open and there is no embargo period.

a) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which allows sharing of the work with attribution and initial publication in this journal.

b) Authors are authorized to enter into separate additional contracts for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (e.g., publish in an institutional repository or as a book chapter), with recognition of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

c) Authors are permitted and encouraged to publish and distribute their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their personal page) at any point before or during the editorial process, as this can lead to productive changes, as well as increase the impact and citation of the published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

 

Archiving Policy

The journal is published/archived in the Open Journal System [OJS] developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), a multi-university initiative that promotes open access and the enhancement of academic publishing. OJS is an open-source software for managing and publishing scientific journals.

Content is also preserved by the Brazilian Network of Digital Preservation Services (Rede Cariniana). An initiative of the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT), Rede Cariniana is part of the Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) program.

LOCKSS is open-source software developed by Stanford University Libraries, which preserves selected online journals by scanning their pages for newly published content and archiving it. Each file is continuously validated against copies from other libraries. If the content becomes corrupted or lost, copies are used for restoration.

Additionally, institutional archiving is performed with daily backup procedures.