期刊名称：INTERPRETATION-A JOURNAL OF SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION
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About the journal
Editorial Policy for Interpretation journal
Interpretation is a peer-reviewed journal for advancing the practice of subsurface interpretation. While many activities of geoscientists routinely require judgment, interpretation here specifically refers to conceptualization of the subsurface by an interpreter with incomplete information and a-priori knowledge. An interpreter evaluates alternative subsurface models consistent with available data and selects the most plausible geophysical and geologic scenarios by following scientific methods.
Interpretation seeks papers directly related to the practice of interpretation of the earth's subsurface for exploration and extraction of mineral resources and for environmental and engineering applications. Relevant contributions to Interpretation include, but are not limited to, submissions that advance geophysical or geologic concepts and principles of interpretation; correlation and calibration with engineering data; planning and evaluation of alternative completion strategies, case studies; algorithms for interpretation tools; and workflows, pitfalls, observations, insights, technical challenges, and tutorials. An Interpretation article is not required to contain an interpretation; it only has to help advance the practice of interpretation. Likewise an article may focus on interpretation of a data set if this provides significant new insight on the geology of an area or on the workflow used. Articles that describe interpretation methods and applications involving integration of multiple data sets to quantify as well as visualize subsurface structure are strongly encouraged.
Interpretation is a dedicated forum for subsurface interpretation geoscientists. For papers focused on interpretation concepts, methodologies, tools, and workflows, the journal requires originality, completeness of descriptions, and demonstrations of viability. For papers that contain subsurface interpretations, the journal's novelty requirement can be satisfied by new applications of established methods. This is different from SEG's other peer-reviewed journal, Geophysics, in which the presentations of novel ideas and methods themselves are normally required. The AAPG Bulletin is the geologic counterpart of Geophysics. The papers in Geophysics, the AAPG Bulletin, and many other geosciences journals build the knowledge foundation for the multidisciplinary work in Interpretation. SEG's magazine, The Leading Edge (TLE), has published Interpreter's Corner as a monthly feature and has had many special sections on interpretation during its 30 years. With more limited article length and a less-stringent requirement for demonstration of methodology details for reproducibility, TLE aims for all of its contents to be accessible to a broad range of geoscientists. TLE is not recognized as a formally peer-reviewed publication, whereas Interpretation, an archival journal, expects to gain recognition in the Science Citation Index, increasing its value to academic authors.
As with Geophysics, the review process for Interpretation will be constructive, designed to help authors improve their papers and to safeguard the standard of the journal. Because interpretation is called for in instances when knowledge is incomplete, data are insufficient, and solutions are nonunique, results reported in Interpretation might contain irreproducible, speculative, or controversial elements. Reviewers evaluate geophysical and geologic soundness of the applied methodologies and conclusions, the relevance and importance to other interpretation geophysicists, and clarity of presentation. A contribution can be novel if the interpretation technique is new, the data are new, the exploration area is new, the exploitation method is new, or the interpretation outcome is new.
An Interpretation paper likely might be the result of a business project that was completed or terminated long before the paper submission. It might not be justifiable for the contributing authors to maintain continued access to proprietary project data or to spend significant additional project resources for the purpose of addressing some of the technical deficiencies identified by the reviewers. An Interpretation paper could include a section on "Suggestions for further study" in which new ideas for expanding the work can be put forward, technical weaknesses of the work can be enumerated, and remedies of such weaknesses can be proposed. This might be an important section for geosciences students who have less frequent exposure to real data or problems.
Advertising is not allowed to masquerade as a technical contribution, but mentioning brand names can be tolerated when kept to a minimum, when a commercial product is important in a presented workflow, and when there is no conflict of interest. In the sense of tool utilization, an interpreter's work is not dissimilar to that of a medical doctor. A doctor would not be able to convey the results of her clinical study adequately if she were prevented from naming the brand of a drug or tools she used in treating patients. Interpretation encourages authors to use a more generic or scientific term to describe a particular software vendor's implementation.
For Interpretation, the editorial decision would align with the answer to the following question: "Would the interpretation community be better served if the paper were published?" A technical contribution written in English is accepted for review with the understanding that (1) it has neither been accepted for publication nor published elsewhere either in whole or in part and (2) it is neither currently being considered by another journal nor will be submitted to another journal either in whole or in part while under consideration for Interpretation.
All authors are required to follow all other ethical policies stipulated by SEG and AAPG, including the Ethical Guidelines for SEG Publications.
Instructions to Authors
Interpretation submissions
Submission and review system
Tutorial for Associate Editors – How to assign reviewers (805KB PDF)
Tutorial for Assistant Editors – How to assign an AE or make an AE decision (607KB PDF)
Guidelines for Organizing Special Sections (76KB PDF)
Download a Word template to help you format your manuscript for submission (27.4KB DOCX)
Papers submitted to Interpretation should meet the requirements detailed in the submission section of Interpretation Instructions to Authors. If certain requirements are not met, a paper may be prevented from being accepted for review.
Manuscripts should be submitted online through ScholarOne Manuscripts. This system is used for online submission, peer review, and tracking. During the review process, authors use the online system to check paper status, communicate with editors, and submit revisions.
Instructions to Authors
Interpretation is a dedicated forum for subsurface interpretation geoscientists. For papers focused on interpretation concepts, methodologies, tools, and workflows, the journal requires originality, completeness of descriptions, and demonstrations of viability. For papers that contain subsurface interpretations, the journal's novelty requirement can be satisfied by new applications of established methods. Please read Interpretation's Instructions to authors for submission guidelines.
Interpretation Procedures
Procedures for Interpretation outline the journal’s editorial policy, editorial structure, review process, production process, editorial board appointment guidelines and service requirements, and page-charge policy.
Tools, Techniques, and Tutorials section instructions to authors
The purpose of the Tools, Techniques, and Tutorials section is to showcase innovative geophysical technology and workflows that are of significant interest to the interpretation community. Presentations of a tool or technique will clearly define the underlying assumptions, make comparisons to conventional interpretation workflows, and clearly illustrate the interpretation benefit. Read the Instructions to Authors contributing to this series.
Pitfalls series instructions to authors
The purpose of the Pitfalls series is to advance the awareness of users of geophysical technology in the practice and art of interpretation by understanding failed cases of technology application. The method of presenting a pitfall is to illustrate how a geophysical technology can be inadvertently misused, resulting in convincing but false answers. Read the Instructions to Authors contributing to this series.
Ethical Guidelines
Ethical guidelines presented here for editors, authors, and reviewers of SEG publications and staff that support them reflect a conviction that adherence to high standards is vital to the advancement of applied geophysics as a science and a profession.
View the PDF version of Ethical Guidelines for SEG Publications
Illustration preparation requirements
All illustrations must be submitted in electronic format. Illustrations submitted after the paper is accepted must meet specifications. Papers may be delayed or rejected if these illustration guidelines are not followed. Click here for the full illustration specification requirements.
Keywords
SEG suggests keywords for indexing your submission by subject.
LaTeX packages
A typesetting package is available to help authors prepare papers for SEG journal submission. The package consists of a set of macros prepared for LaTeX, a popular document preparation system. Authors who use the LaTeX typesetting program to prepare their manuscripts can use the SEG macros (called SEGTeX) to format the text, equations, references, and appendices so that they conform to SEG's guidelines for submission.
Publication forms
Interpretation author publication forms are available for download.
Reprints
Authors may order reprints of articles published in Interpretation through Sheridan Reprints, SEG's author reprint service provider.
Open-access policy
Authors of papers submitted for all journals, the SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, and SEG books may elect to license their work under any one of four Creative Commons licenses under which any party may access and reuse the contents of the papers freely. Open-access papers are free to all users on SEG publications sites. Authors pay an open-access fee plus any other applicable page and color charges to exercise Creative Commons licensing rights.
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Instructions to Authors
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