About this journal

Aims and scope

The aim of International Journal of Geographical Information Science is to provide a forum for the exchange of original ideas, approaches, methods and experiences in the field of GIScience.

International Journal of Geographical Information Science covers the following topics:

  • Innovations and novel applications of GIScience in natural resources, social systems and the built environment
  • Relevant developments in computer science, cartography, surveying, geography, and engineering
  • Fundamental and computational issues of geographic information
  • The design, implementation and use of geographical information for monitoring, prediction and decision making
  • GIScience research addressing one or more of the UN SDGs


The journal publishes original articles, reviews, foresight papers, technical communications, editorials and book reviews.

International Journal of Geographical Information Science operates a double-anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access within this journal.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 371K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 4.3 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 5.2 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 11.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.831 (2023) SNIP
  • 1.436 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 1 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 54 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 12 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 11% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor in Chief
May Yuan,   Ashbel Smith Professor of Geospatial Information Sciences- University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA


Associate Editors

Michela Bertolotto, Professor– University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Christophe Claramunt, Professor–École Navale, Lanvéoc, France
Urska Demsar, Senior Lecturer, Geoinformatics– University of St Andrews, UK
Andreas Züfle , Associate Professor– Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Bo Huang, Chair Professor The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Song Gao, Associate Professor, Director of Geospatial Data Science Lab University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
Shawn Laffan, Professor University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
David O’Sullivan, Dr–University of Auckland, New Zealand

 Editorial Board

Jared Aldstadt, Associate Professor - Dept. of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA
Scott Bell  Professor, Geography & Planning - University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Tom Cova,  Professor of Geography - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Andrew Crooks,  Professor - Dept. of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA
Styze de Bruin,  Universitair Hoofddocent - Wageningen University, Netherlands
Sergio di Martino,  Professor in Computer Science - University of Napoli, Federico II, Italy
Somayeh Dodge,  Associate Professor, Spatial Data Science - University of California - Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Matt Duckham,  Professor in Geographic Information Science - RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Sara Fabrikant,  Professor, Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis - University of Zurich, Switzerland
Mark Gahegan,  Professor of Computer Science - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jianya Gong,  Professor - Wuhan University, China
Michael Goodchild,  Distinguished Professor Emeritus - University of California - Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Amy Griffin,  Senior Lecturer, Geospatial Science - RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Francis Harvey,  Professor for Visual Communication in Geography - Leipzig University, Hannover, Germany
Yingjie Hu, Associate Professor - University at Buffalo, NY, USA
Bin Jiang,  Professor - University of Gävle, Sweden
Meipo Kwan,  Professor of Geography and Resource Management - The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Patrick Laube,  Prof. Dr - ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland
Thomas Leduc,  Dr - Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
WenWen Li, Professor - Arizona State University, AZ, USA
Xia Li,  Professor - East China Normal University, China
Xiang Li, Professor  - East China Normal University, China
Jed Long,  Associate Professor - Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Guonian L ü, Professor  - Nanjing Normal University, China
Steve Manson,  Professor - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Gavin McArdle,  Associate Professor - University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Grant McKenzie,  Associate Professor - McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jeremy Mennis,  Professor - Temple University, Philidelphia, PA, USA
Harvey Miller,  Professor, Reusche Chair in Geographic Information Science - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Jennifer Miller,  Professor - University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
Ludovic Moncla,  Associate Professor - National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon), France
Dan Montello,  Professor - University of California - Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Antoni Moore,  Professor - University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Alan Murray,  Professor - University of California - Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Trisalyn Nelson,  Professor, Jack and Laura Dangermond Chair of Geography - University of California - Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Atsuyuki Okabe,  Emeritus Professor - University of Tokyo, Japan
Antonio Paez,  Professor - McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jonathan Reades,  Associate Professor in Spatial Data Science - Kings College London, UK
Karl Rehrl,  Head of Group - Salzburg Research, Austria
Chiara Renso,  Researcher - Instituto di Scienza e Tecnolgie dell;Infomazione (ISTI CNR), Pisa, Italy
Sergio Rey,  Professor of Geography - San Diego State University, CA, USA
Yukio Sadahiro,  Assistant Professor - University of Tokyo, Japan
Johannes Scholz,  Professor of Geoinformatics - Technical University Graz, Austria
Monika Sester,  Prof. Dr-Ing. habil - Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany
Shih-Lung Shaw, Professor, Human Geography and GIST -  University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka, Senior Lecturer, Geographic Information Science  - University of Auckland, New Zealand
Kathleen Stewart,  Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences and Director of the Center for Geospatial Information Science - University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Robert Stewart,  Distinguished Scientist, Spatial Statistics Group - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA
Nicholas Tate,  Associate Professor in Geographical Information - University of Leicester, UK
Martin Tomko, Associate Professor in Spatial Information Infrastructure Engineering - University of Melbourne, Australia
Ming-Hsiang Tsou,  Professor - Dept. of Geography, San Diego State University, CA, USA
Nico Van de Weghe,  Professor of GIScience - Ghent University, Belgium
Jinfeng Wang,  Distinguished Professor of Spatial Statistics - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Shaowen Wang,  Professor - University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, IL, USA
Robert Weibel,  Professor, Geographic Information Systems - University of Zurich, Switzerland
René Westerholt,  Jun.-Prof. Dr - TU Dortmund University, Germany
Stephen Winter,  Professor for Spatial Information Science - University of Melbourne, Australia
Levi Wolf,  Associate Professor of Quantitative Human Geography - University of Bristol, UK
Liyang Xiong,  Associate Professor - Nanjing Normal University, China
Jing Yao,  Senior Lecturer, Urban Studies - University of Glasgow, UK


Founding Editors
J.T. Coppock
Eric Anderson


Former Editor in Chief
Brian Lees


Updated 28-05-2024

Abstracting and indexing

International Journal of Geographical Information Science is currently abstracted and indexed in: ACM Guide to Computing Literature; British Library Inside; CompuMath Citation Index®; Current Contents®/Social and Behavioural Sciences; EBSCO Databases; ERIC; GEOBASE; INSPEC®; Science Citation Index®; Science Citation Index Expanded™; Social Sciences Citation Index®; New Jour; SciBase; SCOPUS and Zetoc.

Open access

International Journal of Geographical Information 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.

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  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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  • Association for Geographic Information
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