About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The COLÓQUIO - Revista do Desenvolvimento Regional is a quarterly publication of the Graduate Program in Regional Development of Faculdades Integradas da Taquara - FACCAT. Colóquio journal aims to encourage discussion and reflection around the perspective of regional development and the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of development, through the publication of scientific articles, developed by graduate students, professors and researchers, resulting from investigations that have an interface with the areas of regional development, rural development, urban and regional planning and demography, as well as with their related areas. Specifically, we seek to publish articles with the results of studies and research, preferably using empirical data, primary or secondary, on the different dynamics of regional development and processes of technological, socioeconomic, environmental and cultural transformations, which address different points of view on the sustainability of development, highlighting the role of the territory, institutions, social actors and local potential and external opportunities.

Thus, COLÓQUIO - Revista do Desenvolvimento Regional has an interdisciplinary character and publishes works that present original contributions, theoretical or empirical, related to Regional Development. The journal is available to national and foreign author-collaborators and has a varied Editorial Board, with members from various institutions and regions in Brazil and abroad.

- Unpublished (original) contributions in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English are accepted for evaluation.
 - The publication of works is conditioned to the opinions of members of the Advisory and Editorial Boards, guaranteeing the anonymity of the authors and, also, of the reviewers, throughout the evaluation process.

The main areas and subareas of interest of Colóquio Journal are:
- Regional development
- Social and Economic Development
- Science, Technology and Innovation Policies
- Tourism and Regional Development
- City Management
- Rural and Urban Development
- Territory, Society and Environment
- Socioeconomic and Environmental Sustainability

Periodicity: Online journal with quarterly periodicity

Free Access Policy

This journal offers free and immediate access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater worldwide democratization of knowledge.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Atribuição-CompartilhaIgual 4.0 Internacional.

Ethics Policies

1. General rules: authors of works that refer to original research must present an accurate account of the work performed, as well as an objective discussion of its meaning. Supplementary data must be accurately represented in the article. The document must contain sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or intentionally inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable;

2. Originality and plagiarism: authors must ensure that the works are entirely original and if they use the work and/or texts of others that this is properly cited. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical editorial behavior and is unacceptable;

3. Multiple, redundant and simultaneous publication: an author should not publish manuscripts that describe essentially the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time and/or publishing the same article in more than one journal constitutes unethical editorial behavior and is unacceptable;

4. About the sources: the work of other authors must always be acknowledged. Authors should cite publications that were important in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained in private, such as in a conversation, correspondence, or discussion with a third party, must not be used or reported without the explicit written permission of the source. Information obtained through confidential services, such as arbitration manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services;

5. Authorship: the authorship of the work must be restricted to those who made a significant contribution to the conception, project, execution or interpretation of the reported study. All those who made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Persons who participated in certain aspects of the research project should be listed as contributors. The lead author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included in the article. The main author must also make sure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and that they have agreed with its submission for publication;

6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors must disclose in the manuscript any financial or other conflicts that may influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed. Fundamental Errors in Published Work: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is the author's obligation to immediately inform the journal's editor or Editorial de Periódicos and cooperate with the editor to correct the article.

We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or any other source of commercial revenue does not have any impact or influence on editorial decisions. Our articles have a “blind” evaluation to guarantee the quality of the scientific publication.

* This statement is based on the recommendations of Elsevier and the Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE.

Journal History

The Colóquio Journal, since 2002, was edited by FACCAT, in printed form (ISSN 1678-9059). Since edition v.9, n. 2, of 2012, the COLÓQUIO - Revista do Desenvolvimento Regional started to be published also in electronic form (ISSN 2318-180X). As of issue v.14, n.2, 2017, seeking to reduce costs and the time of the process between article submission and publication, the journal discontinued publishing the printed version and started to publish only its electronic version ( ISSN 2318-180X). From edition v. 17, no. 1, jan./mar. from 2020 the periodicity became quarterly.