About this journal
Aims and scope
Survey Review is a subscription-based, international journal that has been published continuously since 1931. The journal is published for Survey Review Ltd and brings together research, theory and practice of positioning and measurement, engineering surveying, cadastre and land management, and spatial information management.
All papers are peer reviewed and are drawn from an international community, including government, private industry and academia. Survey Review is invaluable to practitioners, academics, researchers and students who are anxious to maintain their currency of knowledge in a rapidly developing field.
Peer Review Statement
Survey Review is an international, ranked, peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge. It accepts the following types of article: research article, observation paper and letter to the editor.
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission can be made online via Submission Portal.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 40K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.2 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.743 (2023) SNIP
- 0.365 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 29 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 58 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 13 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 28% 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
Editor:
Dr Peter Collier (UK) [email protected]
Assistant Editor:
Mark Phillips (UK) [email protected]
Chairman of the Editorial Board:
Iain Greenway, UK
Secretary:
Annie Manning (UK) [email protected]
Editorial Board:
Ruth Adams, UK
Kwabena Obeng Asiama, Ghana
Michael Barry, Canada
Rohan Bennett, Australia
Mustafa Berber, USA
Isaac Boateng, Ghana
Gabriella Caroti, Italy
Brian Coutts, New Zealand
Gino Dardanelli, Italy
Yerach Doytsher, Israel
Stuart Edwards, UK
Ahmed F. Elasher, USA
Mark Greaves, UK
Iain Greenway, UK
Richard Grover, UK
Craig Hancock, UK
Richard Hayward, UK
Jon Iliffe, UK
Ivandro Klein, Brazil
Christiaan Lemmen, Netherlands
Marcin Ligas, Poland
Chris Little, UK
Vahid Mahboub, Iran
Thomas Meyer, USA
Hartmut Müller, Germany
Massimiliano Pepe, Italy
Chryssy Potsiou, Greece
Jean Rüeger, Australia
Ugur Sanli, Turkey
Haim Srebro, Israel
Marek Walacik, Poland
Jennifer Whittal, South Africa
Hongzhou Yang, Canada
Linyuan Xia, China
Abstracting and indexing
Survey Review is included in the following services:
Abstracts in Anthropology
Cabell’s Directory
CSA Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
CSA Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Current Contents - Engineering, Computing & Technology
European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH)
Geobase
Georef: Bibliography and Index of Geology
OCLC, Article first
OCLC, Arts and Humanities Search
Periodicals Index Online
Science Citation Index
Scopus
Open access
Survey Review 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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6 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Survey Review (1963 - current)
Formerly known as
- Empire Survey Review (1931 - 1962)
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