About this journal
Aims and scope
Annals of GIS is an open access journal that publishes interdisciplinary research on theory, methods, development and applications in geo-information science.
The journal aims to connect researchers in the region to one another and to the wider, international scientific community.
Annals of GIS accepts submissions on the following topics and their applications in natural resource, ecosystem, urban management, and other humanities and social science areas:
- Remote sensing and data acquisition
- Geographic Information Systems
- Geo-visualization and virtual geographic environments (VGE)
- Spatial analysis and modeling
- Uncertainty modelling
The journal welcomes original research papers, reviews, data notes and method articles covering the latest developments in the topics outlined above.
The journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 245K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.7 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.9 (2023) 5 year IF
- 8.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.535 (2023) SNIP
- 0.923 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 60 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 63 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 9 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 43% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Honorary Editor-In-Chief:
Hui Lin - Emeritus Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Editor-in-Chief:
A-Xing Zhu - Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
Deputy Editor-in-Chief:
Guonian Lü - Professor, Nanjing Normal University, China
Executive Editor:
Min Chen - Professor, Nanjing Normal University, China
Associate Editors:
Huanfa Chen - Associate Professor, University College of London, UK
Yijing Li - Lecturer, King’s College London, UK
Desheng Liu - Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Xun Shi - Professor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Mingguang Wu - Professor, Nanjing Normal University, China
Assistant Editor:
Lu Tan - Associate Professor, Nanjing Forestry University, China
Editorial Board:
Volunteered Geographic Information and Uncertainty Modeling:
Michael Goodchild - Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Christopher Lloyd - Professor, University of Liverpool, UK
Spatial Analysis:
Michael Batty - Professorial Research Associate, University College London, UK
David Wong - Professor, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure:
Shaowen Wang - Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Jianya Gong - Professor, Wuhan University, China
Geo-visualization and Virtual Geographic Environments:
Milan Konecny - Professor, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Liqiu Meng - Professor, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Remote Sensing:
Linlin Ge - Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
John Townshend - Emeritus Professor, University of Maryland at College Park, MD, USA
Sensor Network:
Christophe Claramunt - Professor, École Navale, Lanvéoc, France
Ron Li - Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Natural Resource/Ecosystem:
Yeqiao Wang - Professor, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Bing Xu - Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Urban Management:
Feng-Tyan Lin - Professor, Asia University, Tainan, TNN, Taiwan
Paul Longley - Professor, University College London, UK
Sara McLafferty - Professor Emerita, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Policy, Law and Society:
Daniel Sui - Senior Vice President and Chief Research and Innovation Officer, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Fahui Wang - Professor and Associate Dean, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Spatial Big Data:
Ming-Hsiang Tsou - Professor, San Diego State University, CA, USA
Yongze Song - Senior Lecturer, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Abstracting and indexing
Annals of GIS is indexed by the following Abstracting & Indexing Services:
- Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Scopus
- GEOBASE
- Directory of Open Access Journals ( DOAJ)
- PubMed
- CSA Sustainability Science Abstracts
- Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
- Pollution Abstracts (Online)
- Water Resources Abstracts (Online)
Open access
Annals of GIS is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
Calls for papers
Society information
Annals of GIS, a quarterly and peer-reviewed academic journal, is the official journal of The International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science (CPGIS).
Founded in 1992, CPGIS has an established reputation in the GIS community worldwide, with strong ties to both the academic and technology enterprise. CPGIS is committed to promoting the development of research, education and entrepreneurship in geographic information science and technology.
For more information and latest events of CPGIS, please visit http://www.cpgis.org.
Contact Information:
Dr. Shuming Bao, General Secretary
1007 E Huron Str. Suite 301
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1690 USA
TEL: (734)647-9610
FAX: (734)763-0335
Email: [email protected]
4 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Annals of GIS (2009 - current)
Formerly known as
- Geographic Information Sciences: A Journal of the Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Systems (1995 - 2008)
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