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
    Novel geospatial approaches to address 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. It does not consider manuscripts with copies deposited in preprint servers that disclose the authors' identities before acceptance for publication. Authors can choose to publish gold open access within this journal.