With this call for papers we seek to initiate an empirically based discussion on the opportunities and possible pitfalls of a development geography being in close conversation with science and technology studies. Emphasizing that development can only be understood in its respective manufacturing processes, we invite contributions that examine development geographies "in action" and provide answers to some important questions. Read more.

The journal metrics were updated and the current numbers are available from the metrics box on the left-hand side.

Nadine Marquardt (University of Bonn) and Cristina del Biaggio (Université Grenoble) join the editorial team of the Geographica Helvetica. Ola Söderström, who has served as editor since 2012, has decided to step down from the editorship and to join the international advisory board. Chinwe Ifejika Speranza (Berne), Martin Müller (Lausanne), Carolin Schurr (Berne) and Karin Schwiter (Zurich) are also joining the international advisory board. Ulrike Müller-Böker will step down as a member. We thank Ola and Ulrike for their long and dedicated support for the journal and welcome the new members of the team!

The journal metrics were updated and the current numbers are available from the metrics box on the left-hand side.

A video abstract is a short video statement providing authors with the opportunity to present background information about their findings and to showcase their research activities to a wider audience.

Copernicus Publications recently launched its full-text HTML workflow and optimized the GH website for mobile devices. Thereby, the user experience is significantly enhanced when reading GH articles.

Data underpinning any research finding should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) - not only for humans, but also for machines. Therefore, Copernicus Publications requests that such data are available upon publication of an article.

The updated publication policy now is extended by the journal's open access statement, its archiving and indexing scheme, and explicit policies on corrections and retractions.

The general obligations for editors, referees, and authors have been revised to give advice for the appropriate handling of literature suggestions.

From 6 June onwards, all newly submitted articles, if accepted for publication, will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

To make it as easy as possible for users without technical knowledge to cut and paste or click to share DOIs, CrossRef has changed the display and citation guidelines for DOIs from "doi:10.5194/abcd" to "https://doi.org/10.5194/abcd".

Since early 2016, Copernicus Publications has been enabling authors to connect their articles with underlying or related material such as research data, model code, or scientific videos. To enhance reproducibility it is now also possible to include International Geo Sample Numbers (IGSNs) as assets.

Copernicus Publications has extended the article level metrics (ALMs) by showing the geographical distribution of views. This information is available for articles published after 3 August 2016.

As Francisco Klauser is stepping down, Olivier Graefe takes on the responsibilities as new book review editor of Geographica Helvetica (GH).

We are pleased to announce that Scopus has completed its evaluation of GH and announced that it will include the journal in its database.

GH has been accepted into the Directory of Open Acces Journals (DOAJ) and has received the DOAJ Seal which recognizes journals with an exceptionally high level of publishing standards and best practice.

In cooperation with the TIB|AV-Portal GH authors can now add short, citable video abstracts and video supplements to their articles.

We have updated our data policy: it now also refers to the Data Citation Principles and stresses the necessity of data availability.

Geographica Helvetica (GH) has become a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and thereby subscribes to the principles of COPE.

The GH website has been given a new look, and the navigation has been adjusted. Further details:

Geographica Helvetica (GH) has started an XML-first workflow and will provide all new articles in full-text XML from now on.

Geographica Helvetica (GH) will become an open-access journal as of 01 January 2015.

Article level metrics (ALMs) comprise a set of easy-to-understand real-time impact indicators that track how an article is read, discussed, or cited.

GH has implemented publication ethics in order to guarantee high scientific and ethical standards.

GH has just published its new data policy.