What are the top 10 reasons for submitting a paper to JOSIS?
• Rapid reviews and publication: At JOSIS we aim to provide the fastest possible high quality reviews. Currently, our average time from submission to decision on first round reviews is 67 days. Further, we have a a maximum of two rounds of peer reviews. Your article with either be accepted or rejected within two rounds of reviews (so no more “authoring by review”). Being an online journal, your accepted article can be published within weeks (rather than months or years) after acceptance. • Increases access and citations to your work: Since JOSIS is open access, anyone—academic peers, research managers, journalists, the general public—can download, read, cite, and refer to your work any time, free of charge. Ultimately, using open access can help increase the impact of your work. • Saves you and your institution money: Personal, library, and institutional access to commercial journals is expensive. Take a look at the costs of commercial journals in the field of GIScience (like IJGIS
