Folia Geographica is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal for theory, research and practice of Human Geography and related disciplines. The main aim of the journal is to present innovative ideas and approaches to human geography research, teaching, and learning. Papers focusing on any place or region in the world are welcomed. Folia Geographica is open also for contributions from related disciplines – especially Demography, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Cultural Studies and Urban Studies.

The journal follows a tradition dating back to 1959, when the first issue was published. It has been published in the years 1959–2004 as a serial publication. The title „FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA“ has been introduced in 1998 as a part of a wider edition „Acta Facultatis Studorium Humanitatis et Naturae Universitatis Presoviensis, Prírodné vedy, Folia Geographica“. Since 2005 it is published as a journal. Since 2009 are regularly published two issues per year. The current title „Folia Geographica“ is valid since 2017. The journal is published by University of Prešov. The first editor-in-chief of the Folia Geographia was Eva Michaeli. She held this position in the period of 1998-2015. René Matlovič became the editor-in-chief in the year 2016.

The editorial policy of journal is not under influence of sponsors. Folia Geographica welcomes article submissions and does not charge a publication fee and article processing fee. Folia Geographica supports an open-source model of scholarship which values free exchange of ideas within human geography and between geographers and other disciplines.

Folia Geographica publishes original research papers, all of which are refereed by at least two anonymous reviewers (double blind review). To be accepted, a paper must adhere a high standard of scholarship and make a significant theoretical, conceptual, methodological or empirical contribution to geographic knowledge. It should be grounded in the relevant literature.

The journal welcomes original contributions in human geography, regional geography, political geography, geographic information science, metageography, geographical thought and geographical education. It is opened to papers in related scientific disciplines such as: cultural studies, spatial economics, spatial sociology, demography, cartography, urban and regional planning, tourism and place marketing, geopolitics and international relations, environmental geography etc. Papers are welcomed on any theme involving the application of geographical theory and methodology in the resolution of human, societal and also problems connected with natural-humans interrelations. Folia Geographica is an international journal, therefore papers focusing on any place or region in the world are welcomed. Moreover, the contents of journal may include review articles, research notes and invited essays.