About the Journal

The GeoInformatics for Spatial-Infrastructure Development in Earth & Allied Sciences (GIS-IDEAS) Journal, hereafter abbreviated as TGIJ traces its origins to the biennial international conference organized under the aegis of the Japan-Vietnam Geoinformatics Consortium (JVGC) since 2002. In response to growing interest and continued patronage, we have undertaken the initiative to launch the Open Access GIS-IDEAS Journal under the tutelage of the Association of GeoInformatics Laboratories for Earthsciences (AGILE). Read detailed history here.

The GIS-IDEAS Journal aims to promote academic exchanges through the publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed research articles, short communications and review papers in the field of Geoinformatics. It will be managed by an International Editorial Board.

We appreciate your continued support in establishing the GIS-IDEAS Journal as a respected publication within the Geoinformatics community.

TGIJ is issued 4 times a year in electronic form. We encourage all interested contributors to submit their work for consideration.

Focus and Scope

Journal of GIS Ideas is dedicated to publishing high-quality research papers and reviews on terrestrial and marine topics, including geomatics, geophysics, geography, geology, geographic information systems, remote sensing, cartography, oceanography, hydrography, and marine science and technology.

TGIJ focuses on theoretical, empirical, and applied research in GeoInformatics and Earth Sciences.

TGIJ invites original research covering all aspects of the field of Geoinformatics. The GIS-IDEAS Journal includes  Articles, Short communications and invited Review papers. The requirement for these are indicated below :

Article: Manuscripts, including all references, appendices, tables, and figures, must be between 4000 to 7000 words (15 four printed A4 size pages) in length. Submissions that exceed this limit will not be accepted for review.

Short communication: Short Communications deal with significant findings worthy of urgent publication. Manuscripts, including all references, appendices, tables, and figures, must be between 2,000 to 3500 words (six printed A4 size pages) in length. Submissions that exceed this limit will not be accepted for review.

Review paper: Review papers are occasionally accepted by invitation. Suggestions/recommendation to TGIJ Editorial Office regarding authors who may be invited or topics are welcome.

Submissions to the journal are accepted on an ongoing basis.  There is no deadline date for submission. The accepted manuscript (after peer-review and required changes if any will be published in forthcoming issue of the journal published every quarter.

We encourage all interested contributors to submit their work for consideration.

Place and Address of Editorial Office

Osaka Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Science, GeoInformatics Lab.,
3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan

Peer Review Process

All papers are double-blind reviewed. The GIS-IDEAS Journal publishes only papers written in English. We expect that the papers submitted to The GIS-IDEAS Journal were not published in any other journal. We accept papers previously published in conference proceedings, if they are significantly extended.

Repository Policy

TGIJ (ISSN: 2759-7359 [ONLINE]) allows authors to deposit all versions of their work in an institutional or subject repository. This policy sets out the ways in which TGIJ authors can self-archive versions of their work on their own web pages, or institutional web pages, and in other repository.

Archiving Policy

TGIJ digital archiving policy guarantees that published scholarly content remains readily available to the academic community in the face of accidental data loss in our archival records. This is made possible through the robust systems integrated into the OJS: 

PKP Preservation Network (PN)

The PKP Preservation Network (PN) provides free preservation services for any journal managed and operated through Open Journal System (OJS). The PKP PN plugin for OJS 3 is available in the plugin gallery. Therefore, fulfilling the basic criteria, this plugin has been activated for the Journal.  

LOCKSS and CLOCKSS Archival Systems

The journal uses the digital preservation systems of LOCKSS and CLOCKSS licenses for archiving through the OJS. LOCKSS is an open-ended program in which all libraries can participate in its global network. CLOCKSS is a global archive that preserves content on behalf of all libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Indexation

The journal will initially be indexed in Google Scholar and Japan NII (National Institute of Informatics).

Publication ethics and malpractice statement

The publisher and editorial board of the GIS-IDEAS Journal have adopted the ethical standards and guidelines published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE; http://publicationethics.org). These guidelines specify the ethical principles that are expected from the authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher.

The authors shall follow the international standards stated in the COPE document: Responsible research publication: international standards for authors.

The reviewers shall follow the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

The editors and publisher shall follow the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors