期刊名称：ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
New, better defined aims and scope were formulated. The PRS objective is to publish high quality, peer-reviewed, preferably previously unpublished papers of a scientific/research, technological development or application/practical nature. PRS will publish papers, including those based on ISPRS meeting presentations, which are regarded as significant contributions in the above mentioned fields. Especially encouraged are papers: of broad scientific interest; on innovative applications, particularly in new fields; of an interdisciplinary nature; on topics that have not been dealt with (or to a small degree) by PRS or related journals; and on topics related to new possible scientific/professional directions. PRS should focus, as explained above, on a high impact on the readers and should not be treated as a means of increasing the publication list of the authors.
To make the appearance and form of the Journal more attractive various forms of contributions will be allowed:
- Papers (detailed discussions involving new research, technological developments or applications)
- Brief Papers (as Papers but shorter, mainly technical, focusing on significant or unique concepts, sensors, systems, developments or applications)
- Review Papers (extensive state-of-the-art surveys of established or emerging topics or application areas)
- Interactive articles like Panel Discussions and Interviews (on important, new, or contradictory topics; mainly initiated by the Editorial Advisory Board)
- Tutorial Papers (on new topics, sufficiently broad themes, at an introductory to intermediate level and easy to understand, with main aims education and training)
- Contributions for special Journal columns (letters to the Editor about the Journal or to authors commenting on previously published papers; new useful ideas and brief pertinent comments of a technical nature; editorials, mainly after an invitation by the Editorial Advisory Board)
Papers in categories 3 - 5 are very important to make the journal more attractive and introduce new topics to non-experts. The maximum length of the papers has been reduced to 15 printed pages, to avoid lengthy, difficult-to-read papers, and allow more papers/topics to be presented in each issue.
PRS issues may be devoted to specific scientific topics of high or increasing importance (Theme Issues), especially in relation to one or more ISPRS Working Groups (WGs) or Technical Commissions (TCs), as well as to special events, geographic regions, professional activities etc. (Special Issues). The number and topics of Theme and Special Issues (limited to 2 - 3 per year) will be such, that the PRS still remains of interest to the majority of its subscribers. TCs are obliged to contribute at least one Theme/Special Issue within their 4 year period. In 1997 two Theme Issues were published on "Automatic Image Orientation" and "Computed Assisted Teaching and Learning", both related to activities of respective ISPRS WGs. For 1998 apart from the Theme Issue "Extraction of Man-Made Objects from Aerial and Satellite Images" due to be published next April, four other Theme/Special Issues have been organised by the EIC and proposals from TCs II and VII have been received. Guidelines for Guest Editors have been prepared by the EIC, while Calls for Papers for such Issues have been published in the Journal and on the WEB.
Instructions to Authors
As from 1998 the Journal pages have increased from 300 to 360 (20%) without a price increase. A proposal to change the format to A4 was not adopted due to technical problems. The cost of colour figures starting from 1998 has been reduced by more than 50%, thus easing the use of colour which is necessary in certain cases, and giving PRS an advantage over journals in similar areas. The Table of Contents (ToC) will be published on the back cover for easier reference. ISPRS will have a more prominent presence in the Journal (list of ISPRS Officers in the inside cover, gratis ads for Congress and Symposia, as well as Call for Papers for Theme/Special Issues). The short version of the instructions for authors has been improved, while a full version will be published in the first issue of each year. A list of reviewers has been published, starting in 1997, in the last issue of each year together with the subject and author indices. An attempt was made to find a new figure for the front cover. The three proposals sent were evaluated by the ISPRS officers. The conclusion was that none was particularly good and significantly better than the present cover. The search for a new cover will be continued with the help of the new EAB.
WWW
Apart from a page in the ISPRS WWW site, the main Journal pages are administered by Elsevier at http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/isprsjprs. Elsevier recently changed the form of all its WEB pages. Currently, the Journal pages provide information on aims and scope, audience, abstracting and indexing, editorial board, manuscript status, instructions for authors, form for ordering sample copies (from late 1998 an on-line electronic sample copy will be available), Table of Contents (ToC) for issues since 1995, list of Special Issues, journal dispatch dates, registration form for ContentsDirect (see below), ordering information and order form, news on PRS, earth and planetary sciences or other areas including general news, conferences, call for papers etc., advanced search facilities (currently the whole earth and planetary sciences, where PRS belongs, has to be searched), links to ISPRS Homepage and Calendar, other relevant journals and neighbouring scientific areas etc.
ContentsDirect is an e-mail alerting service which delivers the table of contents of PRS or other Elsevier journals providing information on soon-to-be published papers, as well as calls for papers, calendar of events etc. As of December 1997, 150 people had subscribed for the ToC of PRS. The manuscript status system OASIS is new and allows authors to obtain password-protected information on the status of their paper from submission of final paper to Elsevier to scheduled publication date. Other possible improvements have been discussed with Elsevier, such as on-line subject and author indices, inclusion of keywords and abstracts, and for few single papers full text in the ToC, search facilities only within PRS, inclusion of call for papers and conference announcements for ISPRS events in the bulletin of the WWW pages etc.
Electronic Form
Elsevier, being the largest scientific publisher in the world, is pioneering new electronic forms for publication, distribution and subscription of its journals. Several hundred journals are already available in electronic form, while the potential is there for all of its 1,200 journals, including PRS, to be converted to electronic form. On one hand, electronic subscriptions of journal packages are offered to libraries, thus permitting electronic access to all their members. On the other, personal electronic subscriptions, usually parallel to a hardcopy, are offered. The electronic form permits search facilities, free colour, more images and data than in the hardcopy, clickable paper references with additional information, cross-references to other sources and many more options. A nice example can be viewed at http://www.elsevier.nl/journals/epsl. PRS being a small journal, is probably not in the first priority list to become electronic. However, both the EIC and Elsevier will keep an open eye on these developments and try to implement them for PRS with the first possible opportunity.
Editorial Board
Out of the 41 old EAB members six were kept and 20 new members were added, as from January 1, 1998. A reduction of EAB members was felt necessary in order to have a smaller, more flexible body, that could fulfil new responsibilities. While the previous EAB was mainly concerned with reviewing, the new one, although still contributing to reviews, will also advise the EIC on the definition of aims and scope, editorial policy, content of the PRS, especially content of Special and Theme Issues, and any topics related to major PRS issues and future changes. They may act as Guest Editors, be responsible for specific PRS columns, or provide articles for them. Additional colleagues, particularly those recommended by TCs and WGs, will further contribute to reviewing. The new EAB members have a very good geographic (19 countries) and thematic distribution, and one third of them work at big research organisations or private companies, bringing thus valuable input and experience from non-academic institutions. The average age of EAB members has been decreased. The percentage of women members, although it more than tripled, is a mere 2 out of 26, but I am hoping of an improvement for the next EAB in 2001.
E.P. Baltsavias, Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, ETH-Hoenggerberg, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland, tel./fax +41-1-6333042/6331101, manos@geod.ethz.ch
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