The Coleção Estudos Cariocas - Carioca Studies Collection (ISSN 1984-7203) is a publication focused on studies and research about the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, and associated with the Pereira Passos Municipal Institute of Urban Planning (IPP) of the Municipal Secretariat of the Civil House of the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, an organization dedicated to advancing research and scholarship.

The journal’s ownership and governance structure reflect its mission to support open and accessible academic publishing. We confirm that any commercial service providers involved in our operations only deal with service-related aspects of journal publishing. All content-related aspects of publishing such as submission, peer review, acceptance, publication frequency and scope of the journal are controlled by the editors owners of the journal.

Since 2001, it has published reflections on the city of Rio de Janeiro and its regional interactions, characterized by a wide thematic range of studies aligned with the spatial focus on Rio de Janeiro. Starting in 2025, the publication frequency has been set to two regular issues per year, in a continuous flow, plus two special issues with specific themes. 

Articles must be unpublished and may include innovative applications, case studies, and methodological proposals. Articles can be submitted in Portuguese, English, or Spanish, and published in the three languages, provided the author validates the translations. The journal aims to maintain a swift and responsible editorial workflow, with metrics that are appropriate for both the blind peer-review process and the return of reviewers’ evaluations to authors, as well as for eventual publication when articles are accepted.

This is a Diamond Open Access journal. Coleção Estudos Cariocas - Carioca Studies Collection is committed to openness and inclusivity in scholarly publishing without author-facing charges for reading or publishing. We welcome submissions from all authors, regardless of their institutional affiliation, geographical location, or academic status. Submissions only must align with the aims and scope of the journal and meet the required quality standards once the reviewing process is completed.

In terms of licensing, this journal operates under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY) license. This allows others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the work, even commercially, as long as they credit the authors for the original creation. All authors who publish in this journal retain all rights to their works and must accept these terms as conditions of publication. The journal charges no fees (Article Processing Charges).