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Author Guidelines

The Journal publishes papers in English.  Authors are invited to make their  submissions to this journal in English only. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected. We accept papers previously published in conference proceedings, if they are significantly extended.  The submission should not have been previously published or sent to any other another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

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.

Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly.  Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

The GIS-IDEAS Journal (TGIJ) will also accept papers that are presented in FOSS4G-Asia and GIS-IDEAS conference if they are significantly extended and also direct submission (from participants who have not attended the conference).

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

The principal author whose paper is accepted for publication in TGIJ is required to pay Article Processing Charges (APC) as specified below.  TGIJ uses the World Bank criteria for classification of countries [1].

1.   Category A: Low-income, Lower-middle-income countries - 20,000 JPY. 

2.   Category B: Upper-middle-income, High-income countries - 40,000 JPY.

3.   Corresponding authors with Student status at the time of manuscript, can apply for APCs waiver. They must submit proof of their student status while making the APCs waiver application.

4.   Participants of conferences Co-hosted by AGILE, who have paid full registration fee, could apply APCs waiver for manuscript related to presentation made at the conference. They must submit proof presentation at respective conference while making the APCs waiver application.

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-bank-income-groups?tab=table

Submission Preparation Checklist

Before you   submit your manuscript, please go through checklist below. As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission file is in OpenOffice or Microsoft Word
  • Language, manuscripts should be written in English
  • Manuscript should adhere to the format and style given in the template.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • The names, email addresses, and affiliations of all contributing authors are included in the paper
  • The full title of the paper as you would like it to appear in the Journal.
  • Please follow this template for manuscript submission: full paper template
  • The Editorial board reserves the right to accept, reject, or suggest improvements in the paper.
  • Important! Conflict of Interest Statement

We, the authors, declare that there are no conflicts of interest related to the research, authorship, and publication of this manuscript. No financial or non-financial interests have influenced the content or findings presented. All authors have approved the manuscript and confirm that it represents our honest work.

  • If applicable, please add statement as below in Acknowledgements sections of your manuscript

    "[Author Name] has received funding from [Organization/Company], but this did not affect the research or conclusions of this study."

Articles

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.

Peer Review Process

TGIJ is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double-blind peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. TGIJ Review Guideline:

Step 1: Editorial assessment

Peer review follows a number of stages, beginning with submitting your article to a journal. At this first stage, the journal editor will decide if it is suitable for the journal. The editor might reject the article immediately, but otherwise it will move to the next stage, and into peer review.

Step 2: First round of peer review

The editor will find and contact potential referees or other researchers or academics who are experts in your field. They will be asked to read your article, and advise the editor whether to publish your paper in that journal

Note:
Authors whose papers are rejected will be informed of the reasons for the rejection.
There are no communications between authors and editors regarding the rejection decision.

Step 3: Revise and resubmit

You can then amend your article based on the reviewers’ comments, resubmitting it with any or all changes made. You may be asked to make further revisions or the paper may be rejected if the editor thinks that the revisions you have made are not adequate.

Revision Stage

Once the manuscript has been received with notations of minor or major revisions, it will be returned to the author with a review summary form. For manuscripts accepted with major revisions, authors are allotted two weeks to revise. Whereas for manuscripts accepted with minor revisions, one week is allotted for revision.

Final Decision

At this stage, the manuscript will be re-evaluated by the Editorial Team to ensure that the author has revised in response to the reviewers’ concerns. In this final decision, the manuscript may still be rejected if the author did not seriously conduct the revisions necessary.

Proofread

Once the manuscript has been deemed acceptable by the Section Editors, it will undergo a proofreading process to maintain linguistic quality.

Publication Confirmation

At this stage, the final layout of the manuscript will be resent to the author to ensure that the content is in accordance with the author’s writing. At this stage, the author may revise any typographical error found in the final manuscript. Once confirmation from the author is given, the Section Editors will process the manuscript for online publication on the website.

Anti Plagiarism Policy

We recommend authors to screen Similarity Index before submitting an article to our journal. It makes sure the article is original. Every article submitted to TGIJ is screened by To ensure the originality of the manuscript, TGIJ uses software named Plagiarism Checker X. If a manuscript has over 25% of Similarity Index based on the result of the Plagiarism Checker X, we will send back the manuscript to the author for revision.

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.

Cancellation Policy

The author is not allowed to cancel the submission that is already in the review process because the cancellation or withdrawal of the submission is a wasted effort carried out by the editor or reviewer.

If the author still wants to cancel the submission (at any stage), they must submit an official letter of cancellation/withdrawal signed by all authors. The letter contains the title of the submission, the names of author(s), affiliation(s) & address, and the reason for the canceling. Cancellation letter sent to TGIJ Secretariat. 

The author who cancel/withdraw submission (at any stage) will be blacklisted for publication on TGIJ for 3 (three) years. The blacklist will list the full name of the author(s) and affiliation(s) and most likely will be published. 

Short Communication

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 (6 printed A4 size pages) in length. Submissions that exceed this limit will not be accepted for review.

Peer Review Process

TGIJ is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double-blind peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. TGIJ Review Guideline:

Step 1: Editorial assessment

Peer review follows a number of stages, beginning with submitting your article to a journal. At this first stage, the journal editor will decide if it is suitable for the journal. The editor might reject the article immediately, but otherwise it will move to the next stage, and into peer review.

Step 2: First round of peer review

The editor will find and contact potential referees or other researchers or academics who are experts in your field. They will be asked to read your article, and advise the editor whether to publish your paper in that journal

Note:
Authors whose papers are rejected will be informed of the reasons for the rejection.
There are no communications between authors and editors regarding the rejection decision.

Step 3: Revise and resubmit

You can then amend your article based on the reviewers’ comments, resubmitting it with any or all changes made. You may be asked to make further revisions or the paper may be rejected if the editor thinks that the revisions you have made are not adequate.

Revision Stage

Once the manuscript has been received with notations of minor or major revisions, it will be returned to the author with a review summary form. For manuscripts accepted with major revisions, authors are allotted two weeks to revise. Whereas for manuscripts accepted with minor revisions, one week is allotted for revision.

Final Decision

At this stage, the manuscript will be re-evaluated by the Editorial Team to ensure that the author has revised in response to the reviewers’ concerns. In this final decision, the manuscript may still be rejected if the author did not seriously conduct the revisions necessary.

Proofread

Once the manuscript has been deemed acceptable by the Section Editors, it will undergo a proofreading process to maintain linguistic quality.

Publication Confirmation

At this stage, the final layout of the manuscript will be resent to the author to ensure that the content is in accordance with the author’s writing. At this stage, the author may revise any typographical error found in the final manuscript. Once confirmation from the author is given, the Section Editors will process the manuscript for online publication on the website.

Anti Plagiarism Policy

We recommend authors to screen Similarity Index before submitting an article to our journal. It makes sure the article is original. Every article submitted to TGIJ is screened by To ensure the originality of the manuscript, TGIJ uses software named Plagiarism Checker X. If a manuscript has over 25% of Similarity Index based on the result of the Plagiarism Checker X, we will send back the manuscript to the author for revision.

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.

Cancellation Policy

The author is not allowed to cancel the submission that is already in the review process because the cancellation or withdrawal of the submission is a wasted effort carried out by the editor or reviewer.

If the author still wants to cancel the submission (at any stage), they must submit an official letter of cancellation/withdrawal signed by all authors. The letter contains the title of the submission, the names of author(s), affiliation(s) & address, and the reason for the canceling. Cancellation letter sent to TGIJ Secretariat. 

The author who cancel/withdraw submission (at any stage) will be blacklisted for publication on TGIJ for 3 (three) years. The blacklist will list the full name of the author(s) and affiliation(s) and most likely will be published. 

Copyright Notice

1.  Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

2.  Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

3.  Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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