Regional Planning is devoted to original research work on all aspects of Planning, including the forecasting of catastrophic events, risk management, and the nature of precursors of natural and technological hazards. Although hazards can originate in different sources and systems, such as; Atmospheric, hydrologic, oceanographic, volcanology, seismic, neotectonic, the environmental impacts are equally catastrophic. This warrants a close interaction between different scientific and operational disciplines, aimed at enhancing the mitigation of hazards.

jzpm is indexed with and included in Magiran, ISC, SID, and etc. Moreover, the journal is under the indexing process with Scopus.

Yes, Jzpm is a refereed journal. It follows the double-blind review process.

Yes, jzpm is published both in print and online versions

Yes, Jzpm is an open-access journal. The readers, students, teachers, professionals, and authors can easily access the contents of an open-access journal. It ensures the readers of a paper world-wide.

You can submit your paper to the editor through the journal’s website: 

https://jzpm.marvdasht.iau.ir

yes, Jzpm has its own manuscript submission guidelines. Author(s) are advised to follow the Author Guidelines in preparing the manuscript before submission.

There is no word limit in a paper, but the paper should not exceed 17 pages (Single space, English font: Times New Roman, font 11; Persian font: B mitra, font 12).

The editorial board is highly committed to the quick review process of the paper, but not with the sacrifice of the right judgment of a paper. The review process takes about 6 months and it depends on how quickly reviewers respond.

If the paper is accepted for publication, author(s) will be asked to pay 5000000 Rials(Iranian) as article publication fee in order to defray the operating costs.
Waiver policy is not applicable.