About Journal

The Journal of Geographical Research on Desert Areas (GRDA)

On May 28, 2012, under a warrant numbered 91.68.38, the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Enlightenment licensed the publication of the Journal of Geographical Research on Desert Areas. Also, on Sept 18, 2013, based on a warrant numbered 92.16985 issued by the ministry, the journal title was converted from Yazd University Geographical Research to its current title. On June 9, 2018, the journal was granted the scholarly status according to a warrant numbered 3.18.55478 issued by the Minister of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT).  

The journal was first published in summer 2013, but it was banned on the order of the MSRT commission of publications in 2016 and 2017. After some modifications, the journal publication was resumed in 2018.  

  

Publisher: Yazd University

Director-in-Charge: Dr. Kamal Omidvar

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mohamad Hossein Saraei

Print ISSN: 2345-332X

Online ISSN: 2588-7009

Date of Foundation: 2013

Publication Period: 2 Issues/year (Semiannual)

Journal Language: Persian with English Abstract

Type of Review: Double Blind Peer Review

Publication Ethics: The Journal of Geographical Research on Desert Areas is following of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the highest ethical standards in accordance with ethical laws.

Publishing Cost: 3,000,000 Iranian Rial (IRR)

E-Payment system at https://yazd.ac.ir/epay/press

Subscription or pay per view fees: Free

Revenue sources: The Journal of Geographical Research on Desert Areas is published by Yazd University press and supported by it. Article Processing Charges are the only sources of income. Above mentioned resource support operating expense, including the cost of web presence, pre-press preparations, and staff salaries.

Advertising policy: All advertisements are independent from editorial decisions.

Text Format of Articles: PDF, XML

Electronic backup and preservation of access to the journal content: Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) at https://ecc.isc.ac/showJournal/28103 and National Library and Archives of I.R.Iran (NLAI) at https://iranjournals.nlai.ir/handle/123456789/365654.

Permanent article identifier: DOI, DOR

Website: http://grd.yazd.ac.ir/?lang=en

Policy of Screening for Plagiarism: Papers submitted to The Journal of Geographical Research on Desert Areas will be screened for plagiarism using Samimnoor or any other plagiarism detection tools. The journal will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism. If author want to detect plagiarism, it could be detected using Google search engine or other online programs like Samimnoor. Authors should ensure that they submit only entirely original works. Samimnoor system is for identifying Persian papers. All accepted papers will be checked by Samimnoor against plagiarism.

System Similarity Finder: https://www.samimnoor.ir

License:  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

 It is possible to use articles only by Citation.

Social Network: Linked in, Academia

Indexing in: Google ScholarISC

Open Access Policy: All articles of the Journal are Open Access. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). That means you are free to:

Share— copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Copyright and permissions: Under open access license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their content, but allow anyone to download, reuse, and reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy the content as long as the original authors and source are cited properly.

The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions.

Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.

Mailing Address: Journals Office, Yazd University, University Blvd., Safayieh, Yazd, PO Box 89195-741, Iran

E-mail:  kavoshgeo@journals.yazd.ac.ir