title: Cartography and Geographic Information Science
text: # Cartography and Geographic Information Science
  
  Cartography and Geographic Information Science is an academic journal about cartography and geographic information science published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the U.S. Cartography and Geographic Information Society, in affiliation with the International Cartographic Association. Its editor-in-chief is Alexander Ken; its 2018 impact factor is 2.271.
  
  It started in 1974 as The American Cartographer, was renamed in 1990 to Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, and in 1999 received its current name.
  
  ## Indexing
  
  The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following bibliographic databases:
  
  * Academic Search Premier
  * Applied Science & Technology Source
  * Compendex
  * Computer & Applied Sciences
  * Environment Index
  * INSPEC
  * GEOBASE
  * Google Scholar
  * Scopus
  * Social Sciences Citation Index
  * vLex
  