1. Peer Review Policy

All manuscripts submitted to Journal of Geo-information Science are strictly and thoroughly peer-reviewed before acceptance and publication. The peer review process is double-blind.

Our editorial office first reviews the submitted manuscript to determine whether it fits within the journal's publication scope. An Associate Editor-in-Chief is then responsible for further reviewing the manuscript to ensure that it aligns with the journal's scope and to evaluate its originality and significance. Manuscripts that pass this review process are sent to two experts for peer review. The editorial office will track the peer review progress and after collecting the review comments from the two reviewers, will submit the manuscript to the Associate Editor-in-Chief, who will suggest whether to accept the manuscript or not. The author will be required to make necessary revisions to the manuscript before it is sent to the Associate Editor-in-Chief, and if necessary, the manuscript will undergo another round of peer review. After review by the Associate Editor-in-Chief, the manuscript will be sent to the Editor-in-Chief for a final decision on acceptance.

Regardless of whether a manuscript is accepted or rejected, the editorial office will inform the author of the review results. For manuscripts in which one of the authors is an editorial board member of the journal, that editorial board member will be blinded from reviewing or making decisions on the manuscript.

2. Originality

By submitting your manuscript to Journal of Geo-information Science, you agree that the manuscript is an original and unpublished work and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Plagiarism (including duplicate publication of the author's own work in whole or in part without proper citation) is strictly prohibited by the journal. Manuscripts submitted to the journal will be checked for originality using the Academic Misconduct Literature Check (AMLC) System provided by CNKI.

3. Open Access

All articles published by Journal of Geo-information Science are available online for free under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. The journal is supported by Article Processing Charges (APC). For detailed charging policies, please see: https://www.dqxxkx.cn/EN/column/column1643.shtml

Details about the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license can be found at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

4. Conflicts of Interest

Journal of Geo-information Science requires all authors to disclose any direct or indirect financial interests or associations, and any other factors that might bias the work reported or the conclusions, implications, or opinions expressed, including commercial or other sources of funding for the individual author(s) or affiliated department(s) or organization(s), personal relationships, or direct academic competition. In addition, authors must disclose financial competing interests, such as awards, pending patents, and stock/option holdings, and non-financial competing interests, such as advisory board memberships, related consulting services, and personal relationships.

5. Disclaimer

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

6. Copyright Policy

After the article is accepted by the journal, authors grant the Publisher a license to publish the article and identify Editorial Office of Journal of Geo-information Science as the original publisher. 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 “Download” page on this website.

All rights reserved for articles published from 1996 to 2023.