Geosul

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina · Brazil · Est. 1986

ISSN0103-3964eISSN2177-5230

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

The GEOSUL Journal was created in 1986 with the aim of publishing and disseminating the research of faculty and graduate students. It has consolidated its role as a national publication, also publishing articles by researchers from other national and international institutions. The Journal's philosophy is to present an interview or testimony from renowned professionals in each issue, thus building a record of the trajectory of national and international geography.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguagePortuguese

1st Year Published1986

Frequencyquadrimestral

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0103-3964 / 2177-5230

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Portuguese

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

107

305

2019

118

180

2020

2021

2022

2023

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban Development and Societal IssuesRural Development and AgricultureGeography and Environmental StudiesAgricultural and Food SciencesEnvironmental Sustainability and EducationEconomic Theory and PolicySocial and Economic SolidarityEnvironmental and biological studiesUrban and sociocultural dynamicsBusiness and Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about Geosul

Is Geosul a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geosul: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Geosul?

Geosul is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Geosul indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geosul is indexed in DOAJ.