About the Journal
About the Journal
Nova Geodesia is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishing Research Articles, Review Articles, Notes, and Editorials in geodesy, geospatial sciences, environmental studies, geography, engineering, and related interdisciplinary fields. Founded by academics from Romanian universities, the journal was created to address the need for specialized scientific publishing platforms in geodesy and related areas across Romania, Southeast Europe, the Balkans, and the wider international research community. Its mission is to support disciplinary development and promote international scientific exchange by providing a fully open and visible platform for established and early-career researchers. Nova Geodesia welcomes interdisciplinary contributions in areas including geodesy, cartography, GIS, remote sensing, photogrammetry, LiDAR, infrastructure projects, hydrography, earth observation, environmental planning, physical and human geography, landscape science, ecology, agriculture, forestry, land use, and socio-spatial studies. The journal is supported by an international Editorial Board and upholds high standards of peer review, transparency, research integrity, and editorial ethics. Authors retain copyright. Published content is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), in accordance with the DOAJ definition of open access.
Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Society of Land Measurements and Cadastre from Transylvania (SMTCT)
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Editorial Team
View the journal’s international Editorial Team and editorial roles.
Procedures and Editorial Policies
Nova Geodesia provides public information on its editorial procedures and policies, including:
Submissions
Authors can submit manuscripts directly through the online submission system. Online submission is the normal submission route; email submission is considered only when specifically authorized by the Editorial Office.
Publication Fees
Nova Geodesia does not charge submission fees, article processing charges (APCs), review fees, page charges, colour charges, supplementary material fees, or publication fees. The journal is supported by the Society of Land Measurements and Cadastre from Transylvania (SMTCT). No financial consideration influences manuscript evaluation or editorial decisions.
Archiving and Digital Preservation
Information on the journal’s verified digital preservation arrangements and long-term accessibility infrastructure is provided on the dedicated Abstracting & Indexing page. These arrangements are periodically reviewed to ensure that the information published by the journal remains accurate and current.
Journal Platform
Nova Geodesia is hosted and managed using Open Journal Systems (OJS), developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), an open-source platform designed to support scholarly publishing and expand access to research.
Open Access and Licensing
The journal provides immediate, free, and unrestricted access to all published content under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, adapt, and otherwise reuse the content, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original publication.
Abstracting, Indexing, Discovery, Metadata, and Preservation
Information on the journal’s inclusion in abstracting and indexing databases, academic discovery services, library catalogues and directories, metadata and identification infrastructures, and digital preservation services is provided on the dedicated Abstracting & Indexing page. These services are presented according to their function in order to distinguish formal indexing from discovery, cataloguing, metadata registration, and preservation. Applications under evaluation are not presented as confirmed indexing.
