The journal publishes work on how regions grow, why their trajectories diverge, and how policy and planning reshape territorial outcomes. Its unit of analysis is the region — sub-national, cross-border and supranational spaces — and contributions should use space to explain, not merely to locate, the phenomena they study. Themes
Deadline: Submissions for the 2027 volume are due by 31 July 2027. As the journal publishes one issue a year, manuscripts may be submitted at any time; those received by the deadline are considered for the December 2027 volume, and later submissions for the 2028 volume. Authors receive a first decision within four to ten weeks of submission. What we publish: Original research articles; review articles on a defined regional question; policy analyses of regional interventions. Descriptive country reports and unsolicited book reviews are not published. Submission: English; 6,000–10,000 words; Microsoft Word, prepared with the journal's templates and with author details on a separate title page (review is double-blind). Submit through the journal's online portal or by e-mail to ijrd@macrothink.org Open access: No submission fee is charged; an article processing charge of USD 100 applies only after acceptance. |


