IJGAGS publishes original and innovative contributions in geomatics applications ranging from the integration of instruments, methodologies and technologies and their use in the environmental sciences, engineering and other natural sciences. Geomatics is a branch which is applied widely in many other areas, this journal aims to cover the entire vertical of Geomatics including its application domains.This journal is also open to articles from all areas and trends in earth and planetary survey science and space technology.
Aim and Scope
International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences is quarterly peer reviewed journal published by Integrated Publishing Association which covers all aspects and information on scientific and technical advances in the geomatic sciences. IJGAGS publishes original and innovative contributions in geomatics applications ranging from the integration of instruments, methodologies and technologies and their use in the environmental sciences, engineering and other natural sciences. Geomatics is a branch which is applied widely in many other areas, this journal aims to cover the entire vertical of Geomatics including its application domains. Some of the areas covered in the journal includes, but not limited to, are as follows
This journal is also open to articles from all areas and trends in earth and planetary survey science and space technology. In addition to the above mentioned, the Journal also welcomes notices of conferences and international workshops, industry news, and information on new products.
Individuals, researchers and academia who are working in the field of Civil Engineering and willing to serve as Editors or Reviewers are also welcome, please send a mail to editorial@ipublishing.co.in providing your resume
Editorial Team
Integrated Publishing Association is formed by academia, researchers, scientists across the globe, we are increasing the editorial team to enhance the effectiveness of our journals and the peer review process. The partial list of editorial board members associated with our journals are given below
Chief Editors
International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences
Dr. Rajesh Prasanna
Professor and Head
Department of Civil Engineering
Anna University, Tiruchirappalli.
Dr. M. Manivel
Department of Geology, School of Geosciences
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli-620 024.
Executive Editor
Dr.Lim Hwee San
Senior Lecturer
School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia
Managing Editor
Dr. G.P. Ganapathy
Assistant Professor
Center for Disaster Mitigation and Management
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu.
Editorial Advisory Board
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Dr. Adel Husain |
Dr.Saji Baby |
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Dr. Mrinal K. Ghose |
Dr. Chandan Ghosh |
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Dr. B. Sukumar |
Dr. Seracettin ARASAN |
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Dr. Joko Windarto |
Dr. S. Nagan |
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Dr. K. Mahendran |
Dr Prem Chhetri |
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Dr. Radhikesh P. Nanda |
Dr. R. Sakthivel |
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Dr. Aladesanmi O. Titilayo |
Dr. Sahul Hameed |
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Dr. A. Srividya |
Dr. J. Premalatha |
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Dr. S.R. Ramanan |
Dr. B. Gurugnanam |
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Dr. Mohan Raj |
Dr. J. Udayakumar |
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Prof. Arabinda Sharma |
Prof. Manpreet Singh Bhatti |
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Dr. S. Senthilkumar |
Dr. Prafull Kumar Singh |
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Dr. R. Sakthivel |
Dr. M. Prashanthi Devi |
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Dr. Hina Kousar |
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Author Guidelines
Important Note
Integrated Publishing Association Journals are aiming to provide a rapid publishing platform, each and every point is vital to reduce the editorial work flow. Authors are instructed to follow the author guidelines strictly without which the article may not be accepted for publication. We are not employing many copy and content editors, we are unable to copy and content editing, any discrepancy found may force us to reject the article. So authors are advised to check the guidelines and check list before submitting the article for publication.
Benefit to Authors
By publishing in IPA journals you are getting the following benefits.
Submission of article
We are currently focusing on publishing original research works, review papers, short communications only, authors may submit the articles only to submissions@ipublishing.co.in or through the submission form.
File type
Authors should submit the articles only in MS-word 2003 or 2007 format, no other format is accepted. If equations were used it should be converted by using MS Office equation editor and pasted as image at proper place.
File size
No article should exceed more than 10 pages unless necessary, authors will be requested to substantiate the need if it exceeds the maximum number of pages. The file size of the MS word format may not exceed 10 MB size for submission through submission form and 15 MB if it is submitted as attachment over mail.
Size of submission
Authors are instructed to restrict the number of pages not more than 10 pages to avoid ambiguity and reduce the editing time. The file should be attached as email attachment which is properly scanned before submission. In any case the size of the file should never exceed 10 MB owing to file restriction implied.
Language
Language of the articles should be only in English, we are not processing articles in any other languages.
Font type
Articles should be typed in single line spacing with the following font pattern.
Font type : Times new roman.
Size : For heading or title: 14 points and Bold, For subtitles : 12 points and Bold, Content of article : 12 points.
Submission order
The following order should be strictly followed while submitting the article.
Front page :
Title of article, authors names, authors institutional affiliations only and leave other spaces empty.
From second page : Start with abstract of about 200-300 words exactly conveying the content of the article, Keywords ( at least 5 words ) Main content text with all tables and figures aligned in their location ( do not send tables and figures separately unless requested), list of symbols and abbreviations, acknowledgement ,references ( follow standard format).
Titles: Do not capitalise the titles unnecessarily unless required.
Ex: ABSTRACT can be capitalised but instead of giving as INTRODUCTION give it as Introduction without capitalising.
References
References should be the last part of the article following the below given format.
Conferences: Ganeshkumar.B, “Geospatial technology for disaster management”, International Conference on Disaster Mitigation and Management, PSNA College of Engineering and Technology,Dindigul,pp.234-238.
Web pages: “What is ethical hacking“, www.wikipedia.org , accessed on 24th October, 2009.
Images and tables
Images should be supplied without being inserted in tables, borders or any other format, they can be copy pasted in the required space. It will be better if the images are given in the last page, the quality of the image and the size should be proper. Tables should be given using tables options, do not draw tables using lines, the table width should be properly given, Also do not insert any tables as image format, it should be editable. The title of the table should be bolded and should not contain any text box.
Peer review policy
IPA journals aims at rapid publication of articles while maintaining rigorous peer review process, each article will be subjected to a minimum of two reviews by two individual reviewers. If their decision varies the article will be sent to a third reviewer and the editors decision is final. Reviewers will be insisted to review the paper within 10 days time and if he/ she fail to return will be sent to other reviewer for review. All authors are requested to provide at least three reviewers who can review their paper to speed up the process by using this form.
Paper acceptance
Final decision on acceptance of the paper is with the editorial team, promotion in any form will disqualify even qualified papers. Selected papers will be put in queue for publication, once the article is published author will get a confirmation mail from the corresponding editor. Provisional pdf will be uploaded in the journal page, it is mandatory that at least one of the authors should be our member. The provisional pdf status will be removed after receiving membership form duly filled with copyright transfer form.
Copyright
IPA journals follow creative commons copyright policies, authors are instructed to send a copyright form attached with article while submission. Click here to download the copyright form, please sign the copyright form and scan it and attach in email. If the form cannot be scanned, please submit the article through this form by accepting the copyright transfer details.
Publishing method
All articles accepted for publication will be published only online, all the journals of IPA are online journals. Authors are free to download their papers at any time, no reprints or any other format of accepted article will be provided. Initially provisional pdf will be uploaded in the journal pages, which will be converted as full paper upon receipt of membership and copyright forms duly filled and signed.
Publication cost
We are not charging any article processing cost, the main aim of this journal system is to provide a free to publish platform for the authors. However if you are interested to support the journals refer the membership page for further details. Our only obligation to the authors is to spread the news about this journal to their colleagues and acquaintances and bring in more quality research papers.
