Peer review policy

All manuscripts sent for publication in Journal of Geo-information Science are strictly and thoroughly peer-reviewed, and the peer review process is double-blind peer review. Our editorial office first reviews the submitted manuscript whether it conforms to the publication scope of Journal of Geo-information Science. Then a deputy chief editor to review again whether the manuscripts conform to the publication scope, as well as the innovation and value of the manuscripts, and the deputy chief editor will send the manuscripts that have passed the review to two or more reviewers for peer review. The editorial office will track the review progress of the manuscript, collect at least two review comments, and submit them to the deputy chief editor, who will review whether the manuscript is accepted or not. Before submitting to the deputy chief editor for approval, the author is required to make sufficient modifications (peer review again if necessary). The deputy chief editor shall check and decide whether the manuscript is accepted according to the review comments, and then submit the manuscript to the chief editor for final review. Regardless of whether a paper is accepted or rejected, the editorial office will inform the author of the evaluation results. In the case of manuscripts in which one of the authors is an editor on the editorial board of the journal, that editor will be blinded from reviewing or making decisions on the manuscript.

Originality

By submitting your manuscript to Journal of Geo-information Science it is understood that this is an original manuscript and is unpublished work and is not under consideration elsewhere. Plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the author’s own work, in whole or in part without proper citation is not tolerated by the journal. Manuscripts submitted to Journal of Geo-information Science may be checked for originality using anti-plagiarism software (AMLC of CNKI).

Open access

All articles published by Journal of Geo-information Science are available online for free under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 copyright agreement. The journal is supported by Article Processing Charge (APC).Please refer to our journal's official website（https://www.dqxxkx.cn/EN/column/column46.shtml） for the fee schedule.Details about CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

Conflicts of interest

Journal of Geo-information Science policy requires that each author reveals any financial interests or connections, direct or indirect, or other situations that might raise the question of bias in the work reported or the conclusions, implications, or opinions stated including pertinent commercial or other sources of funding for the individual author(s) or for the associated department(s) or organization(s), personal relationships, or direct academic competition. In addition, financial competing interests, such as awards, pending patents, and ownership of stock shares/options, along with non-financial competing interests, such as advisory board members, related consulting services, and personal relationships, are also required to be disclosed by authors.

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed in Journal of Geo-information Science are those of the authors and contributors, and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors, the editorial board, Science Press, or the organization to which the authors are affiliated.

Copyright Policy

After the article is accepted by the journal, authors grant the Publishers a license to publish the article and identify Editorial Office of Journal of Geo-information Science as the original publishers. The authors have the right to use their articles under the Creative Commons license 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) adopted by the journal. The License Agreement can be found in the “Guide for Authors” page on this website.

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