Geomatics and Environmental Engineering uses a double-blind peer review process before publishing newly submitted manuscripts. This means that authors and reviewers do not know each other’s identities. To preserve anonymity, manuscripts that have been publicly disseminated as preprints prior to submission are not considered.
To facilitate double-blind review, authors must ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in such a way as not to reveal their identity. Submission should include the article file and the title page as two separate files. Identifying information (names, affiliations, sources of funding, acknowledgements, and author contributions) should be included only in the title page file. In the text of the article, the third person should be used when referring to work previously undertaken by the authors, and figures should not include the authors’ identifiers or affiliations. The file containing the article text should have its document properties removed.
All submissions are initially assessed by the Editorial Board for suitability for the journal and checked for similarity to other published work (we use Turnitin for this purpose).
Papers deemed suitable are then sent to at least two independent reviewers to assess their scientific quality. Reviewers are recruited from institutions other than the authors’ home institution. Since 2012, a reviewer list of articles published during the calendar year has been included in the print version of the last issue of each year and is also available here: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012.
Reviews are completed using a standard review form and conclude with an unambiguous recommendation as to whether the article should be accepted or rejected. The form becomes available after the reviewer accepts the invitation to review.
Articles receiving positive reviews are improved by an English native speaker before final acceptance.
The Editorial Board is responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles. The decision of the Editorial Board is final.
The entire review process takes a minimum of two months. The stages of the review process and their minimum duration are shown in the scheme below.
The final publication date depends on the number of manuscripts awaiting publication.
