GIS Journals

This list represents some of the journals which researchers in spatial information science and engineering have found useful. Some of the information that may be found on the Web pages of these journals include author instructions, current tables of contents, and full-text articles. Journals which are owned by Fogler Library are indicated by a (*). For information on indexing services that cover these journals, see the Fogler Guide to Spatial Information Science and Engineering.

• ACM Communications. *
• ACM Computing Surveys. *
• ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. *
• ACM Transactions on Database Systems. *
• ACM Transactions on Graphics. *
• ACM Transactions on Information Systems. *
• Agricultural Systems. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• AI Magazine. * Full text available through Business & Company Resource Center.
• American Planning Association. Journal. Full text available in Academic Search Complete.
• Annals of the Association of American Geographers. * Full text available in Academic Search Complete and 1911 to 1998 in JSTOR.
• ArcNews Online. Quarterly news magazine published by ESRI for their user community.
• ArcUser. * Published by ESRI containing articles of a technical level on how GIS is being used throughout the world and how to more effectively use ESRI software. Archives available from January 1998.

• Canadian Geographer. * Available through Academic Search Complete.
• Cartographic Journal. * Available through Academic Search Complete.
• Cartographica. Available through Academic Search Complete. Latest 6 months not online.
• Cartography & Geographic Information Science.
• Cold Regions Science and Technology. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• Computer Journal. * (available online to UMaine community)
• Computer Vision and Image Understanding. * (formerly CVGIP: Image Understanding) Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• Computers and Geosciences. * Online only from 12 months ago to present in ScienceDirect.

• Directions Magazine. GIS news source and web site contains a wide variety of information.

• Earth Observation Magazine. Dec. 1994 - Aug. 2005.
• Ecological Modelling. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• Environment and Planning A. * Online access - see URSUS.
• Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design.
• Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy.
• Environment and Planning D: Society and Space.
• Environmental Modeling and Assessment.
• EOM: Earth Observation Magazine. Last issue August 2005. Archive back to Dec. 1994.

• Forest Ecology and Management. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• Forest Policy and Economics. * Online only from 12 months ago to present in ScienceDirect.

• Geo Info Systems. Full text for 5/98 - 5/2000 available through Business & Company Resource Center.
• GEO World.
• GEOWorld. * 6/2001 to present full text available through Business & Company Resource Center.
• Geografiska Annaler Series A, Physical Geography. * Full text available in Academic Search Complete. Latest 12 months not available.
• Geografiska Annaler Series B, Human Geography. * Full text available in Academic Search Complete. Latest 12 months not available.
• Geographical Analysis. * Full text available in Academic Search Complete. 2003 - present.
• Geographical and Environmental Modelling. * Full text available in Academic Search Complete. Latest 12 months not available.
• Geographical Journal. * Full text available in Academic Search Complete.
• Geographical Review. * Full text available in Academic Search Complete. 1990 - present.
• GeoInformatica. * Springer.
• Geomatica. * (formerly: CISM Journal/Journal ACSGC) No online access
• Geospatial Solutions. * (Free subscriptions are available. Has Buyers Guides for software, hardware, data, etc.
• GEOWorld. * 6/2001 to present full text available through Business & Company Resource Center.
• GIS@Development. Newsletter has the subtitle - Asian GIS Monthly.
• GPS Solutions. * Springer-Verlag. 1995+ online.
• GPS World. * (May 2001 to present) Also available through Military & Government Collection, Master File Premier or Business & Company Resource Center.

• IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. *
• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. *
• IEEE Intelligent Systems. * (formerly IEEE Expert)
• IEEE MultiMedia. *
• IEEE Software. *
• IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. *
• IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing. *
• IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. *
• IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. *
• IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence. *
• IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. *
• Intelligence. * (formerly SIGART Bulletin)
• Information and Management. *
• Information Systems
• Interfaces. *
• International Journal of Geographical Information Science. * (formerly International Journal of Geographical Information Systems) Full text available in Academic Search Complete. Latest 12 months not available.
• International Journal of Health Geographics. *
• International Journal of Remote Sensing. *
• International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research (IJSDIR). *
• ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• ITE Journal. *

• John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law. * (formerly Computer/Law Journal and Software Law Journal)
• Journal of Environmental Management. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• Journal of Geographic Information and Decision Analysis (GIDA). * Peer reviewed online journal.
• Journal of Geographical Systems. * Full text available in Academic Search Complete. Latest 12 months not available.
• Journal of Hydrology. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• Journal of Information Technology Education. * Free online journal.
• Journal of Navigation. * Royal Institute of Navigation.
• Journal of Object-Oriented Programming. *
• Journal of Spatial Information Science. *
• Journal of Surveying Engineering. * ASCE (Author Instructions)
• Journal of the American Planning Association. * Full text available in Academic Search Complete.
• Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. *
• Jurimetrics Journal of Law, Science, and Technology.

• MIS Quarterly. *

• Navigation. Journal of the Institute of Navigation. * Only Table of Contents. See also searchable database for this title.

• Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. *
• Photogrammetric Record. Full text available in Academic Search Complete. Latest 12 months not available.
• POB: Point of Beginnning. *
• Professional Geographer. * Latest 12 months not available.
• Professional Surveyor. * Has searchable database and full text archive back to 1996. Online version lacks images and photographs.
  

• Remote Sensing of Environment. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal. *

• Science of the Total Environment. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.
• SIGCHI Bulletin. *
• SIGMOD Record. *
• Surveying and Land Information Systems. *

• Timberland Report. Published by James W. Sewall Co.
• Transactions in GIS. * Full text available in Academic Search Complete.
• Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.
• Transportation Research. Part D. * Online only from 1995 to present in ScienceDirect.

• URISA Journal. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association *

Created by: Martin Wallace | Revised: 02/11/2013