INSPIRE Conference 2008

Full papers can be submitted for peer review to the International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research (IJSDIR).

• The deadline for submission of full papers: 4 July 2008.

Prospective authors are encouraged to look at the IJSDIR Guidelines for authors and the Guidelines for Reviewers to understand the review process and the criteria against which a judgment will be made. Authors should submit their formatted article by e-mail to the IJSDIR editors

IJSDIR is a peer-reviewed journal published exclusively on line by DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. The aim of the Journal is to further the scientific endeavour underpinning the development, implementation and use of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs).

The Journal encourages articles from broad multidisciplinary backgrounds including social and environmental sciences, and engineering, deploying also critical and interpretative methodologies.

The Journal is published free of charge and adheres to the Open Archives Initiative, which aims to facilitate the dissemination of electronic content. Authors publishing on IJSDIR retain full but non-exclusive rights in their articles, and will be required to use one of the Creative Commons licenses for submitting their work. The Journal requires authors not to submit their works to other publishers for review while the article proceeds through the IJSDIR review process. During this process however, the article will be already posted in the IJSDIR web site under the “Articles under Review” section to facilitate the timely exchange of ideas and progress of science. As soon as the article is accepted for publication, it will be moved to the Published section of the Web site. This process ensures that articles are published as quickly as possible and do not suffer the usual delays of journals in print.