期刊名称：TRANSACTIONS IN GIS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Aims and Scope
Transactions in GIS is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and short technical notes on the latest advances and best practices in the spatial sciences. The spatial sciences include all of the different ways in which geography may be used to organize, represent, store, analyze, model and visualize information. The submission of manuscripts that focus on one or more of the following topics among others – is strongly encouraged:
- GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing and related geospatial technologies;
- geospatial data acquisition and sensing; maps and spatial reasoning;
- spatial data infrastructures; standardization and interoperability;
- spatial data structures and databases; geocomputation;
- spatiotemporal analysis, integration and modeling;
- spatial data quality and uncertainty;
- GIS education and certification; GIS and society;
- location privacy;
- and desktop, mobile and Web-based spatially-enabled applications and services.
Keywords
Geographic Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining; Geographic Information Retrieval; Geosensor Networks; Geosimulation; Geospatial Data Integration; Geospatial Semantic Web; Geovisualization; Geographic Information Science; Geographic Information Systems; GIS Architectures and Middleware; GIS and Society; GIS Standardization and Interoperability; GIS&T Education; Global Positioning Systems; Local, Enterprise, Mobile and Web Applications; Location-Based Services; Location Privacy, Data Sharing and Security Maps and Map Services; Ontologies and taxonomies; Public Participation; GIS Remote Sensing; Spatial Analysis; Spatial Cognition and Reasoning; Spatial Data Infrastructures; Spatial Data Quality and Uncertainty; Spatial Databases, Data Structures and Algorithms; Spatial Decision Support Systems; Spatial Dynamics; Spatial Modeling; Spatial Networks; Spatial Thinking; Spatiotemporal Analysis and Modeling; The Spatial Sciences
Abstracting and Indexing Information
- ABI/INFORM Database (ProQuest)
- Abstracts on Hygiene & Communicable Diseases (CABI)
- Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing)
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing)
- Agricultural Engineering Abstracts (CABI)
- ASFA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ProQuest)
- CAB Abstracts® (CABI)
- CAB HEALTH (CABI)
- CABDirect (CABI)
- Crop Physiology Abstracts (CABI)
- CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database (ProQuest)
- Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Thomson Reuters)
- Environment Index (EBSCO Publishing)
- Forest Products Abstracts (CABI)
- Forestry Abstracts (CABI)
- GEOBASE (Elsevier)
- Global Health (CABI)
- Grasslands & Forage Abstracts (CABI)
- Irrigation & Drainage Abstracts (CABI)
- Leisure Tourism Database (CABI)
- Leisure, Recreation & Tourism Abstracts (CABI)
- Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts (CABI)
- ProQuest Central (ProQuest)
- Protozoological Abstracts (CABI)
- Review of Agricultural Entomology (CABI)
- Review of Aromatic & Medicinal Plants (CABI)
- Review of Medical & Veterinary Entomology (CABI)
- Rural Development Abstracts (CABI)
- SCOPUS (Elsevier)
- Social Sciences Citation Index (Thomson Reuters)
- Soils & Fertilizer Abstracts (CABI)
- The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography (University of Trier)
- Tropical Diseases Bulletin (CABI)
- Web of Science (Thomson Reuters)
- World Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology Abstracts (CABI)
Instructions to Authors
NOTES FOR AUTHORS
Mission Transactions in GIS is an international journal that aims to publish original research articles, review articles, guest editorials and short technical notes on the key ideas, technologies, and applications of interest to geographic information scientists. Within this broad remit, we recognize four interconnected themes as follows:
· Practical and theoretical issues influencing the development of the core geographic information technologies (geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and remote sensing)
· The collection, analysis, modeling, interpretation, and display of geospatial data with these core technologies
· The connections between these three core technologies and related technologies
· New applications that help to solve problems affecting the natural, built, social, and/or business environments
The journal will not knowingly publish manuscripts that have appeared in conference proceedings and elsewhere in the same or substantially unaltered form.
Language: Manuscripts should be presented in English.
Submission Transactions in GIS has now adopted ScholarOne Manuscripts, for online manuscript submission and peer review. The new system brings with it a whole host of benefits including:
· Quick and easy submission
· Administration centralised and reduced
· Significant decrease in peer review times
From now on all submissions to the journal must be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tgis. Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit. If you require assistance then click Get Help Now link which appears at the top right of every ScholarOne Manuscript page. If you cannot submit online, please contact Dr. John P. Wilson in the Editorial Office by e-mail: jpwilson@usc.edu.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LATEX USERS
Authors should submit either Word or LaTex format. If you are submitting your paper in TeX/LaTeX format, you have two choices:
Upload the main .tex document file using the ‘Main Document’ file designation. Once you have done this, you will be prompted to upload all necessary resource files – these should be uploaded with the ‘TeX/LaTeX Suppl File’ designation. Do not upload these files using any other designation, e.g. ‘Figure’ or ‘Additional File’. If this is completed correctly, the system will create a PDF proof of your manuscript for review.
Create a PDF version of your manuscript before submission and upload this document as ‘Main Document’. If you do this, you must upload all relevant TeX/LaTeX files in addition to your PDF file. Please designate these files as ‘TeX/LaTeX Suppl File’.
Refereeing All manuscripts will be submitted for refereeing. Referees shall be confidential. The Editors will have ultimate responsibility for accepting manuscripts.
Presentation of manuscripts Manuscripts should be typed in double line spacing with a margin of at least 3 mm all round. Pages should be numbered. Manuscripts should be set out as follows: (a) Title page, with names and affiliations of author(s), a short title for the running head, four or five key words for indexing purposes, and the name and address of the corresponding author; (b) Abstract of up to 200 words on a separate page; (c) Main text with sections and subsections numbered 1, 2, 2.1, 2.2, etc.; (d) Acknowledgements; (e) References, as described below; (f) Tables, each on a separate sheet, numbered in sequence, and with a caption; (g) Illustrations, each on a separate sheet, numbered in sequence, and with a caption; and (h) Separate list of illustration numbers and captions.
Length of manuscripts should not exceed 6,000 words without the approval of the Editor. Final submission of manuscripts should comprise digital copies of text, tables, and illustrations.
References These should be supplied using the author/date system. References should be cited in the text as either Wilson (1999), Wilson and Ryan (1999), or Wilson et al. (1999) and listed in alphabetical order by author or chronological order by author (oldest first) in the reference list. Titles of books, periodicals, conference proceedings, and publishers should be supplied in full and not abbreviated. References to material published on the Internet should give the full Universal Reference Locator (URL). Some examples of commonly cited reference formats are:
Journal Articles: Borusso G 2003 Network density and the delineation of urban areas. Transactions in GIS 7: 177-91
Books: Zhang J and Goodchild M F 2002 Uncertainty in Geographical Information. London, Taylor and Francis
Conference Proceedings: Brodlie K, Poon A, Wright H, Brankin L, Banecki G, and Gay A 1993 GRASPARC: A problem solving environment integrating computation and visualization. In Proceedings of the Visualization ’93 Conference. Piscataway, NJ, IEEE Computer Society Press: 102-9
Technical Reports: Cosyn B and Paniconi C 1996 GIS (GRASS) Setup for Hydrologic and Remote Sensing Data from the Zwalm Catchment (Belgium). Cagliari, Italy, Centre for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia, Technical Bulletin No CRS4-ENVPRJJ-95/1
WWW Documents: Pebesma E J 1999 Gstat User’s Manual. WWW document, http://www.geog.uu.nl/gstat
Illustrations Maps, photographs and other diagrams should be supplied at a size suitable for reproduction to width 70 mm or width 149 mm. Illustrations will be reproduced in black and white or color as appropriate. Digital files should be presented in EPS or TIFF format. Halftones should be supplied at 300 DPI and line art at 600 DPI. EPS format is preferred for line art. Most software packages can export to these formats. For further details please visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/illustration.asp
There are several software packages available to help authors manage and format the references and footnotes in their journal article. We recommend the use of a software tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting.
EndNote reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp
Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp
License Agreements If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement If the OnlineOpen option is not selected the corresponding author will be presented with the copyright transfer agreement (CTA) to sign. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed in the samples associated with the Copyright FAQs below:
CTA Terms and Conditions http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/faqs_copyright.asp
For authors choosing OnlineOpen If the OnlineOpen option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
Creative Commons Attribution License OAA
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License OAA
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial -NoDerivs License OAA
To preview the terms and conditions of these open access agreements please visit the Copyright FAQs hosted on Wiley Author Services http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/faqs_copyright.asp and visit http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/details/content/12f25db4c87/Copyright--License.html.
If you select the OnlineOpen option and your research is funded by The Wellcome Trust and members of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) you will be given the opportunity to publish your article under a CC-BY license supporting you in complying with Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK requirements. For more information on this policy and the Journal’s compliant self-archiving policy please visit: http://www.wiley.com/go/funderstatement.
Proofs and offprints The corresponding author will receive an email alert containing a link to a web site. A working e-mail address must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format) file from this site. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following web site:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Hard copy proofs will be posted if no e-mail address is available. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting errors, will be charged separately.
A PDF offprint of the article will be supplied upon publication and offprints of articles in multiples of 100 and copies of the journal issue can be ordered when the proofs are returned.
Online production tracking is now available for your article through Blackwell’s Author Services.
Author Services enables authors to track their article – once it has been accepted – through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Editorial Board
Editor
Dr. John P. Wilson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Phone: +1 213 740 1908
Fax: +1 213 740 9687
Email: jpwilson@usc.edu
Asia and Australasia Editor
Dr. David O'Sullivan, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Phone: 64 9 373 7599 ext. 84963
Fax: 64 9 373 7434
Email: d.osullivan@auckland.ac.nz
Europe, Middle East, and Africa Editor
Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 6221 545533
Fax: +49 (0) 6221 544996
Email: zipf@uni-heidelberg.de
Editorial Board
Ola Ahlqvist
Michael Batty
Ling Bian
William Cartwright
Kang-Tsung Chang
Tao Cheng
Clodoveu Davis
Urska Demsar
Matt Duckham
Sara Fabrikant
Mark Gahegan
Michael Goodchild
Jianya Gong
Michael Gould
Ian Gregory
Diansheng Guo
Mordechai Haklay
Piotr Jankowski
Derek Karssenberg
Steven Liang
Scott Mackay
David Martin
Helena Mitasova
Yuji Murayama
Peter van Oosterom
Marco Painho
Dieter Pfoser
Laxmi Ramasubramaniam
Martin Raubal
Femke Reitsma
Nadine Schuurman
Raja Sengupta
Kathleen Stewart
Nicholas Tate
Paul Torrens
Shaowen Wang
Elizabeth Wentz
Dawn Wright
Tian-Xiang Yue
Qiming Zhou
| 
