International Journal of Geographical Information Science
Academic journal
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International Journal of Geographical Information Science is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Taylor & Francis. The editor-in-chief is May Yuan (University of Texas at Dallas), who succeeded Brian Lees (University of New South Wales) in January 2017.
| Discipline | Geographical information science |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | May Yuan |
| Publication details | |
Former name | International Journal of Geographical Information Systems |
| History | 1997–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 5.9 (2025) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Int. J. Geogr. Inf. Sci. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | IGISFR |
| ISSN | 1365-8816 (print) 1362-3087 (web) |
| LCCN | 97648219 |
| OCLC no. | 38277271 |
| Links | |
The journal covers original research in fundamental and computational geographic information science, including applying geographical information science to monitoring, prediction, and decision making, as well as natural resources, social systems, computer science, cartography, surveying, geography, and engineering, in both developed and developing countries.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2025 impact factor of 5.9.[1]
