About this journal
Aims and scope
The importance of maps in all aspects of research has received increasing attention. Global methods of mapping with online maps, along with animations, are changing how maps are used and presented. A considerable amount of research is being conducted in map presentation through the Internet, both to desktops and mobile devices.
International Journal of Cartography ( IJC) is the official flagship journal of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) which is a much needed research outlet concentrating on the map as a form of communication about the world, and aims to promote research in the fields of cartography and GI Science. The journal encompasses a wide range of topic including:
- spatial modelling, visualization, analysis and planning
- theoretical GI Science including geospatial ontologies and semantics
- maritime, environmental and urban GIS, remote sensing and photogrammetry
- cognitive-based GIS and cartography: modelling of navigation knowledge and landscape perception in urban spaces and built environments
- historical maps
- art and cartography
- topography
IJC is supported by an international advisory board of experts and welcomes innovative, high-quality research articles relevant to maps and geospatial science from multiple disciplines.
Peer Review Statement
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, in consultation with Associate Editors where appropriate, 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 Submission Portal.
Manuscript Types Accepted
- research articles
- position papers
- essays
- reviews of books, atlases and maps
Books and Atlas Reviews for the International Journal of Cartography
The Editors of the IJC welcome the submission of books and atlases for review that would be of interest to and relevant for an international audience of cartographers – either because of their contents, their design or their methodology. Through the Journal Books Reviews Editor, Dr David Fairbairn, we hope to attract publications that are innovative, that describe new theoretical developments, show new applications, new ways of visualizing geospatial information (including generalization) and of using this visualized information. That may be the main focus of cartography but, from the topics the International Cartographic Association’s commissions are contributing to, we can see many equally important additional aspects of the discipline: specific applications like risk mapping, sustainability, mapping of mountains, planets or topography, technical aspects like standards, open source, map production techniques and internet mapping or mapping for mobile devices or location-based services. Finally, education and the history of the discipline as well as the study of old maps also belong to our potential field of interest. In this sense there will be no difference with the variety of topics and the focus of potential papers to be published in IJC.
It is recent publications on these topics that we wish to have reviewed. Titles for review can be books or atlases or even single maps and digital cartographic applications, if the latter merit being singled out. They can be printed or they may be in digital form, as long as they are generally accessible and can be ordered worldwide.
Our aim is that the review section in IJC will not only be filled with books and atlases IJC receives by chance; we also wish to review the most relevant publications and are open to suggestions from members of the ICA community.
Reviews are undertaken by specialists in the field (generally from the ICA commissions). The reviews are written in English and are approximately 1,000 words in length. We aim to have reviews completed within two months of receipt of the publication concerned. The published reviews include a scan (minimum 300dpi) of the publication cover.
Generally, these reviews provide an idea of the contents, highlighting its special contributions and mentioning its shortcomings, if any. Each review includes the author’s name, the name of the publication, number of pages and illustrations, size (height x width) if it concerns a paper publication, ISBN, publishing , publisher and year of publication and price in local currency.
Books, atlases, maps and cartographic applications for review should be sent to:
International Journal of Cartography Review Editor - Dr David Fairbairn, c/o Geospatial Engineering, School of Engineering, Cassie Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UNITED KINGDOM.
IJC is a subscription-based professional academic journal.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 39K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.395 (2023) SNIP
- 0.216 (2023) SJR
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
Editors-in-Chief
Professor William Cartwright , C|G Consulting and RMIT University, Australia
Dr Anne Ruas , University Gustave Eiffel, France
Associate Editors
Professor Gennady Andrienko, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany
Professor Miljenko Lapaine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Professor Yaolin Liu, Wuhan University, China
Dr Taien Ng-Chan, York University, Canada
Book Reviews Editor
Dr David Fairbairn, Newcastle University, UK
Editorial Board
Professor Natalia Andrienko, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany
Dr Sarah Battersby, Esri, USA
Professor Mike Batty, University College London, UK
Professor Kate Beard, University of Maine, USA
Professor Dirk Burghardt, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Professor Christophe Claramunt, Ecole Navale, France
Professor Serena Coetzee, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dr Peter Collier, Portsmouth University, UK
Dr Paule-Annick Davoine, University of Grenoble, France
Professor Matt Duckham, RMIT University , Australia
Professor Sara Fabrikant, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Kenneth Field, Esri, USA
Professor Georg Gartner, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Professor Mátyás Gede, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Professor Javier Gonzalez-Matesanz, Ministerio de Fomento, Spain
Dr Amy Griffin, RMIT University, Australia
Professor Lorenz Hurni, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Laurent Jegou, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, France
Assoc. Prof. Bernhard Jenny, Monash University, Australia
Professor Alexander Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Professor Menno-Jan Kraak, Universiteit Twente, Netherlands
Dr Christophe Lienert, Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Switzerland
Professor Evangelos Liveratos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr William Mackaness, The University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor Paulo de Menezes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr Antoni Moore, University of Otago, New Zealand
Professor Ferjan Ormeling, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor Michael Peterson, University of Nebraska Omaha, USA
Professor Dušan Petrovič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Professor Ross Purves, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Carla Cristina Reinaldo Gimenes de Sena, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Brazil
Professor Monika Sester, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Professor Andre Skupin, San Diego State University, USA
Professor Fraser Taylor, Carleton University, Canada
Professor Vit Voženílek, Palacký University, Czech Republic
Professor Robert Weibel, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Professor Stephan Winter, University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor Laszlo Zentai, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Open access
International Journal of Cartography is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. 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
- Now indexed in Scopus and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Society information
It is the mission of the International Cartographic Association to ensure that geospatial information is employed to maximum effect for the benefit of science and society through promotion and representation of the discipline and profession of Cartography and GIScience internationally.
This mission statement is based on the following vision: to see…
· Cartography and GIScience applied to their full potential in science and society,
· ICA recognised as the world authoritative body for Cartography and GIScience,
· ICA recognised for outstanding service to its members,
· ICA, as the leading authority for Cartography and GIScience, attracting membership from national Cartographic and GIScience societies, universities, government and business and commercial organisations, as well as individuals from every country of the world.
For more information about the ICA, please visit http://icaci.org
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