Alue ja Ympäristö

Alue ja Ympäristö [Region & Environment] is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes a wide range of research in regional science and environmental social science research. The journal has been published regularly since 1971, for the first 20 years under the name Aluesuunnittelu and since 1991 under its current name. The journal’s writers and readers consist of researchers from several disciplines, students, those who need environmental information in their work, and other interested parties.

Alue ja Ympäristö is in Finnish, but it also publishes texts in other languages ​​that has focus on Finnish scientific discussion. The aim of the journal is to make the scientific discussion of the field accessible and to support the use and development of the Finnish language. The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles and reviews, as well as a wide variety of other writings, such as lectures, book reviews and more free-form epiphyte texts.

Alue ja Ympäristö journal follows the so-called diamond model of open publishing: the journal does not collect fees from the authors and the published texts are immediately available openly in the Journal.fi platform. The journal receives financial support from the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies and is involved in the activities of the Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing. Alue ja Ympäristö follows the peer review code of conduct by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, which indicates that the peer review has been carried out in accordance with the qualitative and ethical principles followed by the international scientific community.

In 2022, Alue ja Ympäristö received the Science Journal of the Year award from the Association of Finnish Science Publishers.