Journal of Regional Economic and Social Development

 The Journal of Regional Economic and Social Development Vol 15 will be published in December 2023

The Journal of Regional Economic and Social Development (historical title: Latgale National Economy Research) publishes original research papers in the field of social sciences emphasising the regional specifics and problems. The issues studied in these papers are not subject to any limitations.

Journal organizers: The Journal is a collaboration between Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, Research Institute for Business and Public Processes and City Unity College Nicosia, Cyprus.

Journal Indexing

The journal will be indexed in EBSCOhost Business Source Corporate Plus and Index Copernicus.

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The editorial board accepts papers in English.

Scientific board
The scientific board of the journal consists of academicians and leading researchers from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Cyprus.

For authors
The journal publishes original research papers in the field of social sciences emphasising the regional specifics and problems. The issues studied in these papers are not subject to any limitations. Manuscripts are accepted in English. All manuscripts are reviewed (blind) using a peer-review process involving at least two reviewers. The review process typically takes two weeks.

The papers are peer-reviewed based on the following adopted scientific criteria:

• correspondence of the research to the modern theoretical level in the field of the selected problem;
• originality and novelty of empirical material, conclusions and suggestions;
• logic and comprehensibility of the research.

The journal seeks to comply with the high degree of scientific standards. The papers submitted for publishing have to be original, relevant to the journal’s area of interest and scientifically accurate.

The paper author/authors are expected to present original data or analyses as well as summaries of key facts their research is based on and consequently conclusions drawn from. In addition, they are required to consider consistency and solid nature of the reasoning. The papers submitted to the editorial board are peer-reviewed.

Every paper is peer-reviewed by two reviewers. The editorial board considers the anonymity of the author/authors and the peer-reviewers. The paper author/authors have the rights to become familiar with the peer-reviews and the comments made by the peer-reviewers and, if needed, to fine-tune their research, make corrections and amendments submitting them no later than the deadline agreed with the editor. The editorial board has the right to introduce the necessary style corrections, as well as to format the paper according to the guidelines. The corrections introduced by the editorial board are to be agreed with the author/authors of the paper.

Important deadlines:

Papers should be submitted September 5, 2023

The decision on the paper September 26, 2023

Transferring of the Journal fees (after acceptance of the paper) September 30, 2023

More information on Journal fees: http://journals.rta.lv/index.php/JRESD/about/submissions#authorFees

Please, indicate your full name (name, surname) and journal of social sciences as reference.

Papers should be submitted here:

In order to submit your paper you must first register as author. Register here 

After registration is complete you can create new paper submission in User Home section.

Contacts:
* regarding publishing, content, journal fees, etc.: inta.kotane@rta.lv,  anda.zvaigzne@rta.lv, z.garanti@cityu.ac.cy
* technical issues : gundega.teilane@rta.lv

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