Computers & Geosciences

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Impact Factor: 1.429(2011)

5 Year Impact Factor: 1.632

Editors-in-Chief:J. Caers

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ISSN: 00983004

Volumes: 50-61

Issues: 12

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Aims & Scope

Computers & Geosciences publishes high impact, original research at the interface between Computer Sciences and Geosciences. Publications should apply modern computer science paradigms, whether computational or informatics-based, to address problems in the geosciences.

Computational/informatics elements may include: computational methods; algorithms; data structure; database retrieval; information retrieval; data processing; artificial intelligence; computer graphics; computer visualization; programming languages; parallel systems; distributed systems; the World-Wide Web; social media; and software engineering.

Geoscientific topics of interest include: mineralogy; petrology; geochemistry; geomorphology; paleontology; stratigraphy; structural geology; sedimentology; hydrogeology; oceanography; atmospheric sciences; climatology; meteorology; geophysics; geomatics; remote sensing; geodesy; hydrology; and glaciology.

Other fields may be considered but are not regarded as a priority.

Computers & Geosciences does not consider:

  • Pure methodology papers (without computer science)
  • Standard code of already well-established, or previously published methods
  • Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), unless they provide an original solution to a non-trivial input-handling problem
  • Papers which use GIS tools in only standard ways, but are otherwise largely focused on the geoscience discipline
  • Submissions from fields such as mining engineering, petroleum engineering, geotechnical engineering, rock-mechanics and others, unless such submissions contain a significant geosciences component. For instance, a mining paper only dealing with transport problems, a geotechnical paper on lab experiments, or a paper on rockbolting, would be considered unsuitable.
Code and Data: Computers & Geosciences aims to publish code and supporting data from accepted manuscripts using state-of-the-art technologies. Code should be original and demonstrate a development in research. It should also have clear design and be reproducible, reusable, extensible and maintainable. The journal uses the github.com platform (search for: CAGEO) which allows the community to publish, maintain, update and comment on published code and data.

Paper Types:

  • Original research article (5000 words): Providing a novel and original contribution to the scientific fields of study outlined above.
  • Application article (5000 words): Describing a real-world case study on the scientific fields of study outlined above.
  • Scientific review article (6000 words): Critically describing the state-of-the art of applications of computer science in the geosciences, as a stand-alone contribution or to frame a special issue. Criteria for assessment shall be: completeness, depth, novelty, timeliness, quality, and interest to the Journal's readership. Review outlines should be pre-approved by an Associate Editor, or Editorial Board Member of the Journal.
  • Book and software reviews (1500 words): Describing and evaluating a new or significant publication or piece of software relevant to aspects of computation or informatics in the geosciences.
  • Letter to the Editor: Commenting on published articles. Criteria for assessment shall be the merit of the question or comment raised. The author(s) of the commented-on article shall be offered the opportunity to prepare a reply, to be published alongside the comment.

Audience

All geoscientists.

Abstracting and Indexing

Applied Science and Technology Index, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Computer Abstracts, Computer Contents, Current Contents/CompuMath, Current Contents/Physics, Chemical, & Earth Sciences, Current Contents/SciSearch Database, Elsevier BIOBASE, Engineering Index, GEOBASE, Geo Bib & Index, INSPEC, Information Science Abstracts, Petroleum Abstracts, Research Alert, Science Citation Index, Scopus, Wilson Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
Editor-in-Chief J. Caers Dept. of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University, 367 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA, Fax: 1 650 725 2099, Deputy Editor: , Founding Editor: D.F. Merriam Lawrence, KS, USA, Associate Editors: C.R. de Souza Filho Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources, Inst. of Geosciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), PO Box 6152, 13083-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Fax: 55 19 32891097, C. Deutsch Dept. of Civil Eng., University of Alberta, 3-133 NREF Building, Edmonton, T6G 2W2, Canada, Fax: +1780492 0249, S.J. Kollet Meteorologisches Institut, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 20, 53121 Bonn, Germany, Fax: +49 (0)228 73 5188, M. Piasecki Department of Civil Engineering, City College of New York, 160 Convent Ave., New York City, 10031, USA, P.J.M. van Oosterom OTB Res. Inst. for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies, Technische Universiteit Delft, Jaffalaan 9, 2628 BX Delft, Netherlands, S. Wise Dept. of Geopgraphy, University of Sheffield, Winter St., Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK, Fax: +44 1142797912, Managing Editor: J. Hubay , Book Review Editor: Y. Liu , Editorial Advisory Board F.P. Agterberg Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, Canada, G. Bohling Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS, USA, G. Bonham-Carter Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, A. Buccianti Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, J. Carranza Universiteit Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, Q. Cheng York University, Toronto, Canada, G.R.J. Cooper University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, S. Cox CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization), Kenmore, QLD, Australia, A. Di Blasi Mendoza, Argentina, R. Dimitrakopoulos McGill University, Québec, QC, Canada, W. Featherstone Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia, P. Fox National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA, M. Gahegan University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, M. Goodchild University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, M. Gould Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain, R. Harrap , K. Koike Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, R.J. Lisle Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, J.L. Mallet ASGA, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy C, France, D.L. McGuinness Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, D.F. Merriam University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA, B.S. Penn The Boeing Company, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, M. Sophocleous University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA, J. Syvitski University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA, J.C. Tipper Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, F. van der Meer International Inst. for Geo-Information Science & Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, Netherlands
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