Handing over the baton

URN:NBN: i: s -oa58526 DOI: 10.11143/58526 Edi o ial: Handing o e he ba on Fa ewell edi o ial This issue is my las one a e ou exci ing yea s as edi o -in-chie o Fennia. I ha e been wo king wi hin he limi s o he educed esou ces ha a small jou nal like Fennia can ha e, bu wi h o ally ee hands, no leas because he jou nal is en i ely au onomous and no managed by any publishing house. The p inciples o independence om co - po a e publishe s and ee (non- ee based) open access ha e been s ongly suppo ed by he Geo- g aphical Socie y o Finland, and I ha e ully en- do sed hem, e en when hey ha e p oduced hea ie wo kload on he small edi o ial eam. In ac , he en i e jou nal p oduc ion p ocess, online a chi ing (including old issues) as well as p omo- ion, a e unde he join esponsibili y and ope a- ion o he edi o and he manage . We ha e e en in e nalized he layou wo k p e iously done by an ex e nal uni . The e o e, I since ely hank he wo edi o ial manage s I ha e had he pleasu e o wo k wi h: Helka Kalliomäki un il 2014, and hen Hanna Salo. Thei wo k is highly p o essional, hough symbolically ewa ded, and hei compe ence and commi men ha e o be ully acknowledged. To- ge he , we ha e in oduced some basic imp o e- men s in he edi o ial and p oo eading p ocess, and in he jou nal websi e. Examples a e he adop- ion o c oss e e ence and digi al objec iden i ie (DOI) numbe s suppo ing ci a ions; he o ma ion o an a chi e a ea o old issues, and o ano he a ea con aining o hcoming a icles, which can be accessed be o e he ull issue is published. Also, I would like o hank he Geog aphical So- cie y, he wo p esiden s who ha e belie ed in ou jou nal’s s eng hening p ojec , and he sec e a y o he Socie y Maija Taka who has closely coope - a ed wi h me, being so help ul in aising unds o aining and a els and linking us wi h he Socie y membe s and o he academic bodies. Then I would like o ecognize he impo an con ibu ion o he colleagues in ol ed in he edi o ial ad iso y boa d, accep ing e iewing asks, p oposing heme issues and gi ing a ious so s o ad ice. The boa d o Fennia has become uly in e na ional, highly expe ienced in scien i ic publishing, and wi h di- e se expe ise in many geog aphical ields. This a ie y o ocus is e lec ed in he mul i- hema ic issues con aining a icles in bo h physical and hu- man geog aphy, epo ing wo k ha uses bo h quan i a i e and quali a i e me hods, and also hos ing c i ical schola ship. Some o he opics in human geog aphy we e o ins ance on mig a ion and mul i-e hnic iden i ies, ou ism, bo de s and ela ions wi h Russia, academic capi alism, cul- u al landscapes, gende and quee heo y, gen i- ica ion, de elopmen , and e hnog aphy. All in all, I am sa is ied wi h he impo an achie emen s we ha e eached in hese ou yea s, aising in e na ional a en ion, eade ship, numbe o submi ed pape s and o e all academic quali y. The jou nal has gained epu a ion and is now in- dexed in Scopus, Thomson Reu e s Eme ging Sou ces Ci a ion Index (ESCI) and in he Di ec o y o Open Access Jou nals (DOAJ). Mo eo e , he ecogni ion o e hics pe o mances in pee - e iew- ing is ecognized and ce i ied by he labels o by he Fede a ion o Finnish Lea ned Socie ies (TSV) and, in e na ionally, by he Commi ee on Publica- ion E hics (COPE). Fo his, I am deligh ed ha he jou nal has gone in excellen hands, hose o Ki si Pauliina Kallio, who has al eady a lo o expe ise and will con- inue along he same p ojec , wi h enewed ene - gy, o u he s eng hening he jou nal’s posi ion- ing wi hin he No dic publishing domain and be- yond. I wish Ki si all he bes o his impo an wo k. Paola Minoia, Uni e si y o Helsinki, Finland. E- mail: [email p o ec ed] Salu e edi o ial This is he i s issue o Fennia whe e I am in ol ed as an edi o , o pe haps mo e igh ly as he edi o - o-be, as I joined he edi o ial eam ea ly his yea . Mos pape s included in his issue we e al eady i mly in Paola’s hands a ha ime and hey ha e been inalized unde he skilled edi o ship, which has made i easy o me o s a lea ning mo e abou his jou nal and my pos as i s edi o -in-chie du ing he pas mon hs. My since e hanks o Paola and Hanna o he smoo h s a . © 2016 by he au ho . This open access a - icle is licensed unde a C ea i e Com- mons A ibu ion 4.0 In e na ional License. 118 FENNIA 194: 2 (2016)Paola Minoia and Ki si Pauliina Kallio I also wish o p esen my g a i ude o he Geo- g aphical Socie y o Finland o in i ing me o his posi ion. As he scope o he jou nal co e s all ex- is ing, o hcoming and imaginable human and physical geog aphical esea ch my compe ence can be no hing bu pa ial. Ye I p omise o y my bes , o o e high quali y publica ion p ocesses o all schola s who wish o in oduce hei wo k o he scien i ic communi y h ough Fennia, and hus, con inue he jou nal’s e i al. This challenge seems easible by he help o he edi o ial boa d ha has ag eed on wo king wi h me in he coming yea s – oge he we 25 geog aphe s will make i ly! I am pa icula ly happy abou he b oad geo- g aphical scope o he boa d ha e lec s igh ly he agenda o he jou nal; we aim o be a uly in e na ional jou nal ha publishes esea ch om all con inen s and egions, ela ed o any geo- g aphically pe inen opic. This said we a e pa - icula ly happy o ecei e con ibu ions wi h no he n dimensions. Ou second impo an agenda is openness. Fennia is commi ed o an open access publica- ion policy wi hou emba go and au ho ees. All ex s a e made publically a ailable igh a e ac- cep ance, as o hcoming. Ou as publica ion p ocesses and online o ma also allow ha he o hcoming a icles a e included in one o he nex wo issues, eleased du ing he ollowing Ma ch and Sep embe . By hese means, we aim o p o ide an al e na i e publica ion channel o jou nals owned by big publica ion houses. We hope ha geog aphe s will ind hese oppo uni- ies inc easingly in i ing. In addi ion o indi idual pape s, Fennia wel- comes special issues on opical hemes as well as special sec ions ha we will s a publishing as pa o egula issues (e.g. polemic deba es, au ho mee s c i ics, in e en ions). These may be based on con e ence panels, semina s and o he e en s, which can also be planned in collabo a ion wi h he edi o ial eam o ensu e a smoo h publica ion p ocess h oughou . We a e happy o ecei e sug- ges ions o hese and o he c ea i e ini ia i es by which we can en ich he jou nals con en and c e- a e dialogical space o geog aphe s and schola s om ela ed ields. The i s ini ia i e I ha e made as he edi o is he es ablishmen o an annual Fennia lec u e, o be held a he Finnish Geog aphe s Mee ing. The e en ci cula es be ween six uni e si ies whe e he local geog aphe s o ganize i in collabo a- ion wi h he Geog aphical Socie y. Ou i s in- i ed speake is P o esso Henk an Hou um who gi es his lec u e in Joensuu, a he Uni e si y o Eas e n Finland, in Oc obe 27 2016. He is an es ablished schola in bo de s udies, leading he Nijmegen Cen e o Bo de Resea ch a he Rad- boud Uni e si y, and holding p o esso ships a he uni e si ies o Eas e n Finland and Be gamo. Those who a e unable o pa icipa e he e en may ead P o esso Hou um’s lec u e in he 2017 Ma ch issue whe e i will be published as he lead a icle, ollowed by sho commen a ies by Finnish geog aphe s. We wan o inish his joined edi o ial in o an in i a ion. E e yone who belie es ha scien i ic knowledge should be eely dis ibu ed among all people is wa mly welcome o join ou e o s in Fennia. Toge he we can show ha al e na i e publica ion policies and p ac ices a e possible e en in his wo ld o ci a ion indexing and e- sea ch assessmen exe cises, domina ed by com- me cial publica ion houses wi h li le genuine in- e es in scien i ic p og ess. Schola s can make a di e ence by hinking and ac ing di e en ly. Ki si Pauliina Kallio, Uni e si y o Tampe e, Fin- land. E-mail: [email p o ec ed]