Cartography and Geographic Information Science
Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS) is the official publication of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. The Society supports research, education, and practices that improve the understanding, creation, analysis, and use of maps and geographic information. The CaGIS journal implements the objectives of the Society by publishing authoritative peer-reviewed articles that report on innovative research in cartography and geographic information science.
Cartography is an art and a science; geographic information science has practical implementation as well as theoretical aspects. The journal publishes articles with a design perspective alongside mathematical and social science approaches. Therefore, the choice of methods will vary per article.
Articles must build on previous research and demonstrate for instance why a 『good』 new map is a better map than the established practice, basing the evaluation on some form of user testing. Or, how results of a new algorithm to calculate some property are improved in some quantifiable or conclusive manner. Historical papers are considered if original sources are presented and are not just reminiscences or indirect observations. Other articles may apply mathematical analysis for projections and other spatial properties. The mathematics and analysis must be rigorous and logically presented, with attention to reproducibility. In support of reproducibility for all kinds of work, the journal encourages supplemental material in the form of data, source code, and extended graphics.
Of course, the most innovative articles may have no precedent, but then they must fully prove their point with careful scholarship about the nature of the innovation. The field of geographic information science is broad. The Journal focuses on the analytical output of a geographic information system, rather than its source material. Therefore, CaGIS does not encourage studies that report on data acquisitions as the primary focus. By contrast, analysis of the gaps in coverage of any data source or demonstration of a new procedure would fit quite well.
The Journal takes care to publish graphics of high quality in print and online and now supports interactive, dynamic, and 3D displays. Our Cartographic Review process examines the design and execution of all illustrations. Innovative design is encouraged, and readable results required. Color illustrations are virtually unlimited and provided at no charge to authors but permissions must be cleared by the author for any third party content reproduced.
※ Editorial BoardExecutive Editor：Scott M. Freundschuh, University of New Mexico, USA
Associate Editor：Michael Leitner, Louisiana State University, USA
Cartographic Editor：Thomas W. Hodler, University of Georgia, USA
Book Review Editor：Nicholas Chrisman
※ Journal Information2016 Impact Factor：2.391
Print ISSN：1523-0406
Online ISSN：1545-0465
※ Publication history² Currently known as：
Cartography and Geographic Information Science (1999-current)
² Formerly known as：
Cartography and Geographic Information Systems (1990-1998)
The American Cartographer (1974-1989)
※ Preparing your paperØ Structure
Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page (including author names and addresses); abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgements; funding; disclosure statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
Ø Word limits
Please include a word count for your paper.
A typical manuscript for this journal should be no more than 10000 words; this limit includes tables, references, figure captions, footnotes, endnotes, but not Supplemental Material.
Ø Style guidelines
Please refer to these style guidelines when preparing your paper, rather than any published articles or a sample copy. This journal discourages the use of elaborate decimal numbered sections and subheadings.
Please use American spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
Please use double quotation marks, except where "a quotation is 'within' a quotation". Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
Ø Formatting and templates
Papers may be submitted in any standard format, including Word and LaTeX. Figures should be saved separately from the text. To assist you in preparing your paper, we provide formatting templates. A LaTeX template is available for this journal. Word templates are available for this journal. Please save the template to your hard drive, ready for use.