The Journal of Spatial Science is a subscription-based international journal publishing papers broadly across the spatial sciences including such areas as cartography, geodesy, geographic information science, hydrography, digital image analysis and photogrammetry, remote sensing, surveying and related areas. Two types of papers are published by the journal: Research Papers and Professional Papers.
Research Papers (including reviews) are peer-reviewed and must meet a minimum standard of making a contribution to the knowledge base of an area of the spatial sciences. This can be achieved through the empirical or theoretical contribution to knowledge that produces significant new outcomes.
It is anticipated that Professional Papers will be written by industry practitioners. Professional Papers describe innovative aspects of professional practise and applications that advance the development of the spatial industry.
Peer review policy
All research and review papers in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double-anonymized refereeing.
Journal metrics
Usage
38K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.0 (2023) Impact Factor
1.5 (2023) 5 year IF
5.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.910 (2023) SNIP
0.460 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
21 days avg. from submission to first
decision
58 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
18 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
14% 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.
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.
Jagannath Aryal, University of Melbourne, Australia Abel Chemura, University of Twente (ITC), The Netherlands Zuoqi Chen, Fuzhou University, China Tianxing Chu, Texas A&M University -- Corpus Christi, USA Sten Claessens, Curtin University, Australia Xiaoli Ding, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Amy Griffin, RMIT University, Australia Danfeng Hong, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Mohsen Kalantari, University of New South Wales, Australia Amir Khodabandeh, University of Melbourne, Australia Scott Lieske, University of Queensland, Australia Zhiwei Li, China Central South University, China Terence Mushore, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Abbas Rajabifard, University of Melbourne, Australia Yongze Song, Curtin University, Australia Willie Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore Martin Tomko, University of Melbourne, Australia Stephan Winter, University of Melbourne, Australia Bailang Yu, East China Normal University, China Baocheng Zhang, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, China Yong Chien Zheng, University of Otago, New Zealand
Review Editors Jagannath Aryal, University of Melbourne, Australia Mohsen Kalantari, University of Melbourne, Australia
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Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Spatial Science is abstracted and indexed in: EBSCOhost; Elsevier BV; GeoRef; GEOBASE; OCLC; Ovid; Scopus; Thomson Reuters; Web of Science.
Open access
Journal of Spatial Science 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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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