Editorial 27

Abstract

We are currently witnessing times of crisis caused, among other factors, by the transition stage contemporary societies are going though, one that has been going on for decades. Our journal, CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios is not exempt from the wider effects brought about by this era, on many levels. On the academic level, there is strong competition between a fair amount and diversity of existing publications, contending for the best position in scientific production rankings, which turns editorial practice into an increasingly demanding challenge. For authors, in regards to their academic and scientific careers, there is an incessantly growing demand in terms of competitiveness, one that is proportional to national public disinvestment in those careers, implying an apparent counterincentive to national publication, in favour of international publication, following the trend towards the demand for internationalization of scientific production, but also the search for employability contexts deemed to be more rewarding.