Journal

The OSGeo Journal is an open publication highlighting open source geospatial projects, software development, introductions to projects, news, event and other OSGeo Foundation updates.

This is the working page for the Journal project and its future editions. See the official OSGeo Journal homepage for links to the published journal and articles.

Journal Volume 6 is in preparation, and accepting article abstracts/proposals. Sign in on the Journal System site, register as an author and submit your articles there. An editor will be assigned and will follow up with your submission.


 * Schedule
 * The annual schedule for publication follows the quarters of the calender year. Depending on availability of volunteers, 1 or 2 issues per year may be dropped.  Our publication dates follow the end of these months:
 * March (dedicated to Annual Report)
 * June
 * September
 * December

Article submission deadlines are 8 weeks prior to publication date. Articles must be submitted through the OSGeo Journal System


 * Peer Review
 * The Journal team has started to initiate peer review for most articles. Please note if you do not wish to go through peer review.  This may limit your options for what section of the journal your article is published in.
 * Format
 * Various formats for articles are accepted. The information below is for historical purposes and general guidelines - instead use and register at the OJS site to volunteer as a reviewer, editor or author.
 * Content Sections and Editors
 * The online system maintains an active list of the editors and reviewers currently helping with the Journal. See list here
 * More Info
 * More information about the Journal, its guidelines, policies, etc. See About Page

Section Editors
You can view a list of our current Section Editors for the OSGEO Journal as a PDF file.

LaTex Handlers
The following OSGeo Journal Volunteers have offered to help convert authors articles to LaTex:


 * Barry Rowlingson
 * Tyler Mitchell
 * Jorge Gasper Sanz Salinas