Instructions to Authors

About the journal
Submissions
Article type guide
Manuscript preparation (Manuscript template) 
Processes
Open Access
Charges
Contacts at JGE

The Editors welcome submissions to the Journal of Geophysics and Engineering which adhere to the Instructions to Authors. Manuscripts that do not meet all of the requirements below will not be considered for publication and may be returned to the authors for completion.

For support and more information please contact the journal’s editorial office at [email protected].

About the journal

Aims and scope

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering aims to promote research and developments in geophysics and related areas of engineering. It has a predominantly applied science and engineering focus but solicits and accepts high-quality contributions in all earth-physics disciplines, including geodynamics, natural and controlled-source seismology, oil, gas and mineral exploration, petrophysics and reservoir geophysics. The journal covers those aspects of engineering that are closely related to geophysics, or on the targets and problems that geophysics addresses. Typically, this is engineering focused on the subsurface, particularly petroleum engineering, rock mechanics, geophysical software engineering, drilling technology, remote sensing, instrumentation and sensor design.

Ethical policies

Authors should observe high standards with respect to publication best practice. Falsification or fabrication of data, plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the authors’ own work without proper citation, and misappropriation of work are all unacceptable practices. Any cases of ethical or publication malpractice are treated very seriously and will be managed in accordance with the Commission on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. Further information about OUP’s ethical policies.

Plagiarism

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Geophysics and Engineering may be screened with iThenticate anti-plagiarism software in an attempt to detect and prevent plagiarism. Any manuscript may be screened, especially if there is reason to suppose part or all of the text has been previously published. Prior to final acceptance any manuscript that has not already been screened may be put through iThenticate. More information about iThenticate.

Disclosure

Any financial interests or connections, direct or indirect, or other situations that might raise the question of bias in the work reported or the conclusions, implications, or opinions stated—including pertinent commercial or other sources of funding for the individual author(s) or for the associated department(s) or organization(s), personal relationships, or direct academic competition—should be disclosed. For further information see the FAQ.

If there are none, please declare no conflicts of interest.

If one or a few authors have a conflict to disclose, further to that statement, there should be an additional statement for those remaining authors who do not have any conflicts of interest.

Data policies

OUP’s policy on data and privacy.

Third-party permissions

In order to reproduce any third party material, including tables, figures, or images, in an article authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder and be compliant with any requirements the copyright holder may have pertaining to this reuse. When seeking to reproduce any kind of third party material authors should request the following:

• non-exclusive rights to reproduce the material in the specified article and journal;
• electronic rights, preferably for use in any form or medium;
• the right to use the material for the life of the work; and
• world-wide English-language rights.

We are not able to accept permissions which carry a time limit because we retain journal articles as part of our online journal archive. Further guidelines on clearing permissions.

Self-archiving policy

The journal’s self-archiving policy.

Permissions regarding re-use of OUP material

Guidelines on permissions for the reuse of OUP material.

Funder policies

See this page for information about compliance with funder requirements including PubMed/PMC deposits.

Submissions

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering considers all manuscripts on the condition that:

• the manuscript is your own original work and does not duplicate any other previously published work, including your own work.
• the manuscript has been submitted only to the Journal of Geophysics and Engineering. It should not be under consideration or peer review or accepted for publication or published elsewhere.
• the manuscript contains nothing that is abusive, defamatory, libellous, obscene, fraudulent, or illegal.

All manuscripts are submitted and reviewed via the journal’s web-based manuscript submission system, Scholar One. To submit to the journal go to the Journal's online submission page. New authors should create an account prior to submitting a manuscript for consideration. Questions about submitting to the journal should be sent to the editorial office at [email protected].

More information about using Scholar One.

Article type guide

*Commissioned.

Manuscript preparation (Manuscript template)

Manuscript format, structure, and style

Manuscript template

LaTeX 

The journal is supported by the OUP LaTeX template. If you are  using LaTeX to write your paper, please see the ‘OUP LaTeX template’ section on the Preparing your manuscript page for further instructions.

Language editing pre-submission 

Language editing, particularly if English is not your first language, can be used to ensure that the academic content of your paper is fully understood by the journal editors and reviewers

Please note that edited manuscripts will still need to undergo peer review by the journal

First page 

Please include:

• Title of paper
• Author names
• Address and email of corresponding author

If there are multiple corresponding authors then nominate one for communication with the editorial office

Abstract 

Maximum length of 250 words

Avoid reference citations and abbreviations

Authors 

Please list all author contributions upon submission of the manuscript

Style conventions 

The journal follows Oxford SciMed style

Please ensure that you refer to these requirements when preparing your manuscript

UK spelling should be used throughout, except in quotations and references

Abbreviations 

Please define non-standard abbreviations at the first occurrence

Tables & figures 

Figures and text may be submitted in one file rather than separate files

Should be accompanied by a legend

Please number figures and tables consecutively. Figures should use a common image format (e.g. eps, tif, jpg)

Further information on figures.

Figure accessibility and alt text

Incorporating alt text (alternative text) when submitting your paper helps to foster inclusivity and accessibility. Good alt text ensures that individuals with visual impairments or those using screen readers can comprehend the content and context of your figures. The aim of alt text is to provide concise and informative descriptions of your figure so that all readers have access to the same level of information and understanding, and that all can engage with and benefit from the visual elements integral to scholarly content. Including alt text demonstrates a commitment to accessibility and enhances the overall impact and reach of your work.  

Alt text is applicable to all images, figures, illustrations, and photographs. 

Alt text is only accessible via e-reader and so it won’t appear as part of the typeset article. 

Detailed guidance on how to draft and submit alt text. 

Endnote

EndNote template.

References 

May be formatted in any readable style at submission

Authors are responsible for their accuracy

Acknowledgements/funding details

These should be included at the end of the text

Please refer to your funding organizations to acknowledge their support

PubMed Central links will require a specific grant number to be referenced

Supplementary data 

Material to be considered as supplementary material should be submitted at the same time as the main manuscript

Supplementary material should be referred to in the main manuscript at an appropriate point in the text

Supplementary material will be available online only and will not be edited or typeset, so please ensure that it is clearly and succinctly presented and that the final, publication-ready version is submitted

The style should conform with the rest of the paper

The presentation should work on any internet browser

We recommend that files are no more than 2MB each, although exceptions can be made at the editorial office’s discretion

Availability of Data and Materials

Where ethically feasible, the Journal of Geophysics and Engineering strongly encourages authors to make all data and software code on which the conclusions of the paper rely available to readers. We suggest that data be presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files, or deposited in a public repository whenever possible. For information on general repositories for all data types, and a list of recommended repositories by subject area, please see Choosing where to archive your data.

Data and Software Citation

The Journal of Geophysics and Engineering supports the Force 11 Data Citation Principles and the recommendations of the FORCE11 Software Citation Implementation Group. When data and software underlying the research article are available in an online source, authors should include a full citation in their reference list.
For details of the minimum information to be included in data and software citations see the guidance on Citing research data and software.

Preprint Policy

Authors retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels, and this does not prevent submission to the journal. For further information see our Online Licensing, Copyright and Permissions policies. If accepted, the authors are required to update the status of any preprint, including your published paper’s DOI, as described on our Author Self-Archiving policy page.
 

Processes

Peer review

All submissions to the journal are initially reviewed by one of the journal editors. At this stage, manuscripts may be rejected without peer review if it is felt that they are not relevant to the journal or are not of high enough priority. This fast rejection process means that authors are given a quick decision and do not need to wait for the review process to be completed.

Manuscripts that are not instantly rejected are sent out for peer review, usually to two independent reviewers. Based on the feedback from these reviewers and the editors’ judgement, a decision is given on the manuscript. Authors will normally be notified of acceptance, rejection, or need for revision within 10 weeks of submission.

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering adheres to a policy of blind reviewing, in which the identity of the author is, as far as possible, kept from reviewers, whilst reviewers’ names are kept confidential. Authors are therefore encouraged to avoid explicit disclosure of their identity in the text of their manuscript; for example, by use of a header. In some cases the editor may decide that direct discussion between author and reviewer would be helpful, but names are never disclosed without explicit permission from both parties.

Production process

For the Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, manuscripts arrive at OUP and go through the production process until final versions are ready to publish. These are then published on our Advance Access page. They will remain on the page up until the issue that they are assigned to is published.

Authors will receive a link to the PDF proof of their manuscript on our online system by email, and it is essential that a current email address is supplied with all manuscripts. Proofing instructions will accompany the PDF file but the proof should be checked within 3 working days upon receipt and uploaded in accordance with covering instructions. Only essential corrections should be made at the proof stage.

Open Access

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering flipped to become a fully open access on Jan 1, 2019. Archive material prior to this date is free. All rights are reserved to archive material.

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering is a fully open access journal, and all articles are published in the journal under an open access licence immediately upon publication. You will need to pay an open access charge to publish under an open access licence.

Details of the open access licences and open access charges.

CC BY licence - $1,550

Corresponding authors based in countries and regions, that are part of the developing countries initiative are eligible for a full waiver of publishing fees in our fully open access journals. For further details, please see our APC Waiver Policy.

OUP has a growing number of Read and Publish agreements with institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publishing. This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access, and the institution may pay the charge. Find out if your institution is participating.

You can pay open access charges using our Author Portal. 

Orders from the UK will be subject to the current UK VAT charge. For orders from the rest of the European Union, OUP will assume that the service is provided for business purposes. Please provide a VAT number for yourself or your institution and ensure you account for your own local VAT correctly.

Charges

Page charges and colour figures

No page or colour charges are levied on authors or their institutions.

Contacts at JGE

JGE Editorial Office in China

Sinopec Geophysical Research Institute,219 Shanggao Road Jiangning District Nanjing 211103,China
Tel: +86-25-68109538
E-mail: [email protected]

JGE Editorial Office in UK

Centre for Reservoir Geophysics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK