The Journal of Location Based Services is a world-leading journal publishing cutting-edge research in all areas of location-based research and associated technologies, including both applied and theoretical research. The journal actively encourages interaction between industry and academia. The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Analysis of LBS-generated data
- Augmented reality
- Computational movement analysis
- Context modelling and context-awareness
- Context modelling, personalisation and context-aware adaptation
- Evaluation methodologies for LBS
- Geotagged big data
- indoor spatial data modelling and mapping
- Innovative LBS and applications
- LBS in the era of autonomous cars and artificial intelligence
- LBS, crowdsourcing, and volunteered geographic information (VGI)
- Legal, ethical and business aspects in LBS
- Location based social networks and games
- Mobile healthcare
- Mobile human-computer interaction
- Mobile spatial cognition
- Mobile user interface and interaction
- Multi-sensor system and sensor fusion
- Outdoor and indoor positioning
- Privacy
- Smart cities and transportation
- Smart environments and ambient spatial intelligence
- Social and behavioural implications of LBS
- Ubiquitous positioning
- User experiences of LBS
- User studies and evaluation
- Visualisation techniques for LBS
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to rigorous and rapid peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Proposals for innovative new Special Issues are actively encouraged and should be approved by the Editor-in-Chief. Queries regarding submissions can be made by contacting the Editor-in-Chief, whose decision is final.
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