*Please note that Geocarto International converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 38 (2023). Previous volumes will continue to provide access through a Pay to Read model.
Geocarto International is a fully open access professional academic journal serving the world-wide scientific and user community in the fields of remote sensing, GIS, geoscience and environmental sciences. The journal is designed:
To promote multidisciplinary research in and application of remote sensing and GIS in geosciences and environmental sciences;
To enhance international exchange of information on new developments and applications in the field of remote sensing and GIS and related disciplines;
To foster interest in and understanding of science and applications on remote sensing and GIS technologies; and
To encourage the publication of timely papers and research results on remote sensing and GIS applications in geosciences and environmental sciences from the world-wide science community.
The journal welcomes contributions on the following:
Precise, illustrated papers on new developments, technologies and applications of remote sensing;
Research results in remote sensing, GISciences and related disciplines;
Reports on new and innovative applications and projects in these areas; and
Assessment and evaluation of new remote sensing and GIS equipment, software and hardware.
Peer Review Statement
Geocarto International considers original research articles and scientific and technical reviews. Editors may also invite submissions of special reports on specific topics.
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via the Taylor & Francis Submission Portal.
Please note, from 2023 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.
Journal metrics
Usage
319K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.3 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
3.5 (2023) 5 year IF
6.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.836 (2023) SNIP
0.675 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
41 days avg. from submission to first
decision
46 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
18 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
49% acceptance rate
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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
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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
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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.
Editors Kamlesh Lulla NASA/Johnson Space Centre Houston, Texas 77058 USA [email protected]
M. Duane Nellis President Emeritus Ohio University Athens, Ohio [email protected]
Bradley C. Rundquist Department of Geography University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 58202 USA [email protected] Managing Editor
Regional Editor – Asia Dr Prashant K. Srivastava Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development Banaras Hindu University India
Regional Editor – Europe Prof. Szilard Szabo Institute of Geosciences University of Debrecen Hungary
Editorial Board Prof. Christian Conoscenti, University of Palermo, Italy Dr Lu Zhuo, University of Bristol, UK Prof. Lucian Dragut, West University of Timisoara, Romania Prof. Jie Dou, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China Dr Prem Pandey, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India Dr Helmi Z. M. Shafri, Universiti Putra, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Dr Salim Lamine, University of Sciences & Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), Bab-Ezzouar, Algeria Prof. George Petropoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Prof. Elif Sertel, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Prof. Michael Bishop, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA Prof. Osmar Abílio de Carvalho Junior, University of Brasilia, Brazil Dr Hua Liu, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA Dr Bayartungalag Batsaikhan, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Journal Founder K.N. Au Geocarto International Centre, Hong Kong
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