The Quarterly "Arid Regions Geographic Studies" is the first scientific-research journal of Hakim Sabzevari University, which was approved by notification number 3/11/4064 dated 19.07.2010 in the country's Scientific Publications Review Commission under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. It was awarded a scientific research degree and its first issue was published in the fall of 2010.

The review of the articles in the journal is double-blind peer review and, to create and expand a suitable platform for the exchange of ideas, achievements and scientific communication between researchers about "knowing the various dimensions of the natural and human geography of arid regions and using the capabilities and potentials of these regions" with The open access approach is published by Hakim Sabzevari University.

This journal is a quarterly publication with an open access approach, meaning that all article content is available to everyone immediately after publication, without the need for user registration or payment. Users are allowed to use, read, download, republish, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, provided that proper citation to the author and the journal is given, and they can use the journal's articles for legal purposes without prior permission from the publisher or author.

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Click here to get the format for writing articles, and for more information, refer to the guide for Authors section.

• Type of access: Open Access
• Standard summary: Jargs
• Rank in the evaluation system of publications of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran: "B"
• Aims & Scope: Create a scientific and research database on arid regions of Iran
• Publisher: Hakim Sabzevari University Press (With the scientific support of the Iranian Association of Geography & Rural Planning)
• Country of Publication: Iran, Khorasan Razavi, Sabzevar
• Journal type: Scientific journal
• Frequency: Quarterly
• Journal Language: Persian (with a short & extended abstract in English)
• Publication Type: Electronic
• Publication cost: 3.500.000 Rial
• Average initial review time: Maximum 10 days
• Average time from submission to publication of the article: 5 months
• Acceptance rate of articles: 22% (click here for updated information)
• Type of review of articles: The review of this publication is a double-blind peer review done by at least 2 normal reviewers and 1 final reviewer. The author must prepare the original file of the article without the names and details of the authors.
• Licensing terms: CC BY-NC: Non Commerical. According to this license, all users can republish, distribute, modify and use the journal's articles for non-commerical purposes.
• Copyright terms: Under the open access license, authors maintain ownership of the copyright for their content while granting permission for anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy the content, provided that the original authors and source are appropriately cited.
• How to deal with academic plagiarism: If plagiarism is proven for the journal, the names of the author/ authors will be blacklisted in the journal and if published, the article will be archived.
• Investigation of plagiarism: In this journal, to ensure the authenticity of the ownership, the lack of similarity of the submitted articles with other articles, and to prevent plagiarism, all the articles submitted to the journal are controlled by the Hamyab system (Sinaweb) before entering the refereeing process.
• Communication with the publication office: Contact number: +98  051- 44013847, Email: Rcgss89@hsu.ac.ir and, username @Rcgss89 in social networks Eitaa & Telegram.

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• According to the policies of the journal, to create subject diversity and publish the research of respected researchers from universities and institutions across the country, it is not possible to publish more than one article from each author in a year.
• This quarterly is subject to the rules of COPE and follows the executive regulations of the Law of Prevention and Combating Fraud in Scientific Works.
• Orcid ID is required for all authors. You can register here.

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