Geography and Regional Planning

Geography and Regional Planning (GRP) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Qeshm Higher Education Institute. Guided by a commitment to knowledge excellence and impactful research, GRP serves as a platform for advancing the interdisciplinary sciences of geography, spatial planning, and sustainable development. The journal focuses on critical analyses of urban, rural, and regional challenges within Iran, while also engaging with global discourses on territorial organization, environmental management, socio-spatial justice, and resilient community design. GRP welcomes original scholarly contributions that bridge theoretical insight with practical policy implications, fostering dialogue among geographers, planners, policymakers, and researchers dedicated to shaping more equitable, sustainable, and livable spaces across Iran and beyond.

     Qeshm Higher Education Institute­ with the approach of knowledge excellence and research to promote the sciences of planning and sustainable development, and analysis of issues of cities, villages, and residential areas of the country, with the permission of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, has published the journal of Geography and Regional Planning (GRP), which is published in its 4th year. Based on the vote of the Commission for Reviewing the Validity of the country's scientific journals,   dated 2/27/2012, to letter number 3/53021, Journal of Geography and Regional Planning was recognized as eligible for scientific research.

This journal is published following the Memorandum of Understanding concluded with the scientific cooperation of the Iranian Association of Geopolitics.

About the Journal:

Journal Title: Geography and Regional Planning (GRP)

Country of Publication: Iran, Qeshm.

Publisher: Qeshm Higher Education Institute

Scientific Sponsorship Society: Iranian Association of Geopolitics

Subject Area: marine tourism, naval military and defense industries, logistics economics, port, coastal area, sea culture and creative industries, natural geography, human geography, international relations, geopolitics and regional studies, architecture and urban planning, ecotourism and cultural behaviors, preparation of the land. 

Format: Print and Online

Print    ISSN: 2228-6462

Online ISSN: 2783-2112

Frequency: Quarterly

Publishing Schedule: March, June, September, and December

Language: Persian, including English abstracts and bibliographies.

Open Access: Yes, free access to articles

Article types: Research and review papers.

Primary Review: 10 days, approximately.

Peer Review Policy: Double-blind peer-review

Average Refereeing Time: 12 weeks

Acceptance Rate: 20%

Article Processing Charges:  Yes. Publication charges are required from the author. Author(s) must pay 3,000,000 Iranian Rials for review costs.  Author(s) must pay 40,000,000 Rials upon acceptance for publication. There is no charge if an article is rejected (before or after peer review), and there are no submission fees. The publication charges will be waived for international authors.

Citation Style: The APA citation style. 

Website: https://www.jgeoqeshm.ir

Email/Gmail: qeshmmajaleh@gmail.com 

Tel: +98(0)7635246601

Address: Office of the journal of Geography and Regional Planning, Geo Park Square, Nakhl Zarrin Website, Qeshm Higher Education Institute, Qeshm, Iran.

Indexing & Abstracting: ISSN-ROAD, Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), National Digital Archives of Iranian Scholarly Journals, Noormags, Magiran, Google Scholar, Academia, LinkedIn, etc.

COPE: The journal of Geography and Regional Planning (GRP) follows the policies and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and abides by its Code of Conduct in dealing with potential cases of misconduct.

Copyright: Authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights.

Type of License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Required files to upload: Authors must submit the following five essential files through the manuscript submission system: 1. Main Manuscript File (without the author details and prepared based on the provided template. 2. Title Page, 3. Authorship Form (must include the article title, full names of all authors, and be signed by all authors), 4. Conflicts of Interest Form (must be signed by the Corresponding Author and uploaded with the Main Manuscript File), and 5. Cover Letter (Please include any necessary information in the cover letter).

***Attention!

Necessary care should be taken in completing the authors' profile form in the system. According to the rules, it is not possible at any stage to change the order, number, academic rank and characteristics of the authors and the responsible author (graduate students must first make sure of the rules of their university). Due to the high volume of articles received and the decision of the esteemed editorial board of the journal, please refrain from sending several articles to the journal office simultaneously with co-authors. Also, only one article per year from one author is reviewed and published if accepted.

***Attention!

The corresponding author must be a member of the faculty, and the article must be sent to the journal by them. Dear authors, before submitting an article, make sure that the subject is up-to-date and not duplicated.

All types of papers published by the journal of Geography and Regional Planning (GRP) are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. The journal of Geography and Regional Planning (GRP)  is an open-access publishing that allows an immediate, worldwide, barrier-free, open access to the full text of research papers, which is in the best interests of the scientific community.

Submission of a manuscript implies that:

1) The work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis).

2) It is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

3) Its publication has been approved by all coauthors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities at the institute where the work has been carried out.

4) Authors agree to the automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher if and when their manuscript is accepted for publication.

5) The manuscript will not be published elsewhere.