Focus and Scope

Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research (NJSR) covers the multidisciplinary topics of geomatics, land management and real estate economics: spatial information management, positioning and measurement, engineering surveys, cadastre and land management, spatial planning and development, valuation and the management of real estate and construction economics and management. These include geodesy, geodynamics, navigation, positioning, geoinformatics, cartography, photogrammetry, remote sensing, land management, cadastre, land use planning, urban economics, real estate economics and finance, valuation, corporate real estate management, property and facitlities management, and land, real estate, environmental and planning law.

NJSR monitors innovations in theory, tools, analysis techniques and legislation. The journal is a scientific referee journal. The purpose is to publish two volumes a year. There is also a separate Special Series.

Section Policies

Articles

Editors

• Martin Vermeer

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The NJSR is a scientific referee journal. Every article goes through a double-blind peer review process asking three and utilizing at least two reviewers from the same field as the authors, which are asked to complete their review within four weeks.

Articles are continuously welcome.

Publication Frequency

The Journal aims to publish at least one and preferably two issues per year, each containing at least three articles.

Delayed Open Access

The contents of this journal will be available in an open access format 6 month(s) after an issue is published.

The back issues of this journal will be available in Open Access six months after an issue is published.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Executive Editorial Board

• M. Sc. Katri Koistinen (Chair), Department of Surveying, Aalto University School of Science and Technology
  
• M. Sc. Juhana Hiironen (Secretary), Department of Surveying, Aalto University School of Science and Technology
  
• M. Sc. Arvo Kokkonen, Central Administration, National Land Survey of Finland
  
• Professor Markku Poutanen, Finnish Geodetic Institute
  
• M. Sc. Ulf Sandgren, National Land Survey of Sweden
  

Editorial Board

• Professor Martin Vermeer (Chair), Department of Surveying, Aalto University School of Science and Technology
  
• M. Sc. Juhana Hiironen (Secretary), Department of Surveying, Aalto University School of Science and Technology
  
• Professor Kari I. Leväinen, Heisitie 5a, FI-01390 Vantaa
  
• Dr Markku Airaksinen, National Land Survey of Finland
  
• Dr Lassi Lehto, Finnish Geodetic Institute
  
• Dr Jussi Heikkinen, Department of Surveying, Aalto University School of Science and Technology
  
• Lic. Erja Werdi, Department of Surveying, Aalto University School of Science and Technology
  
• Prof. Arvo Vitikainen, Department of Surveying, Aalto University School of Science and Technology
  
• Lic. Hannu Koivula, Finnish Geodetic Institute
  

Regional Editors

Denmark

Professor Joachim Höhle, Laboratory for Geoinformatics, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University

Professor Erik Stubkjær, Research Group Cadastral Development, Division of Geomatics, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University

Estonia

Ph. D. Siim Maasikamäe, Department of Surveying, Faculty of Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences

Finland

Professor Kauko Viitanen, Institute of Real Estate Studies, Department of Surveying, Helsinki University of Technology

Professor Arvo Vitikainen, Institute of Real Estate Studies, Department of Surveying, Helsinki University of Technology

Germany

Professor Dr.-Ing. Habil. Monica Sester, Institut für Kartographie und Geoinformatik, Leibnitz Universität Hannover

Iceland

Civ. Ing. Örn Ingvarsson, Valuation and Economics, The Land Registry of Iceland

Latvia

Professor Anda Jankava, Department of Land Use Planning and Geodesy, Latvian University of Agriculture

Lithuania

Dr. Virginija Gurskiene, Land Management Department, Lithuanian University of Agriculture

Norway

Professor Tore I. Haugen, Department of Architectural Design and Management, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Professor Hans Sevatdal, Department of Land Use and Landscape Planning, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Professor Geir-Harald Strand, Deputy Director, Norwegian Institute of Land Inventory

Sweden

Ph. D. Huaan Fan, Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Royal Institute of Technology

Professor Stellan Lundström, Section for Building and Real Estate Economics, Department of Infrastructure, Royal Institute of Technology

Professor Hans Mattsson, Section of Real Estate Planning and Law, Department of Infrastructure, Royal Institute of Technology

Head of Department Anders Olsson, Geodetic Research Department, National Land Survey of Sweden

The Netherlands

Professor Andreas F. van Wagenberg, Facility Management, Management Studies Group, Wageningen University

Professor Jaap Zevenbergen, Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente

Review Board

The review Board consists of members of the Executive Editorial Board, the Editorial Board, the Regional Editors and the following professionals and scientists:

Professor Brian Atkin
Norden Graduate School for the Construction Sector
Denmark

Dr. Lisbeth Birgersson
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden

Professor Bo-Crister Björk
Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Hanken
Finland

Professor Roy T. Black
Department of Real Estate
Georgia State University
USA

Dr. Siri Hunnes Blakstad
SINTEF
Norway

Førsteamanuensis Leif Erik Blankenberg
Norkart AS / NLH, IKF
Norway

Professor Jan Bröchner
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden

Professor Derek Clements-Croome
Construction Engineering
School of Construction Management and Engineering
The University of Reading
UK

Professor G.P.M.R. Dewulf
University of Twente
The Netherlands

Professor Andrew U. Frank
Institute of Geoinformation and Cartography
Technical University of Vienna
Austria

Professor Jan Åke Granath
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden

Mr. Gudni Gudnason
Icelandic Building Research Institute
Iceland

Professor Hilmar Ingensand
Institut f. Geodäsie u. Photogrammetrie, Zürich
Switzerland

Professor Kyösti Holma
University of Lapland
Finland

Dr. Tarja Häkkinen
VTT Technical Research Centre
Finland

Professor Per-Erik Josephson
Building economics and management
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden

D.Sc. Mervi Himanen
VTT Building and Transport
Finland

Ph.D. Thomas Kalbro
Section of Real Estate Planning and Law
Department of Real Estate and Construction Management
Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden

Professor (emer.) Juhani Kakkuri
Finnish Geodetic Institute
Finland

Professor Tom Kauko
Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Department of Geography
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Norway

Lic.Sc.(Econ.) Marko Kohtamäki
University of Vaasa
Finland

Professor Willem Korthals Altes
Section Geo-information and Land Development
OTB Research Institute for Housing
Urban and Mobility Studies
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands

Dr.Ir. P.J.M.M. Krumm
Corporate Finance and Control, ProRail
The Netherlands

Dr.Tech Roine Leiringer
The Manchester Centre for Civil & Construction Engineering
United Kingdom

Professor Eva Liljeblom
Hanken, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
Finland

Lic.Tech. Anna-Liisa Lindholm
Institute of Real Estate Studies
Department of Surveying
Helsinki University of Technology
Finland

Dr. Marianna Luoma
Real Estate Education and Training Institute
Finland

Dr. Stig-Göran Mårtensson
Division of Geomatics
University of Gävle
Sweden

Dr. Jaakko Mäkinen
Department of Geodesy and Geodynamics
Finnish Geodetic Institute
Finland

Dr. Matti Ollikainen
Department of Geodesy and Geodynamics
Finnish Geodetic Institute
Finland

Professor Hannu Oja
Tampere School of Public Health
University of Tampere
Finland

Professor Peter van Oosterom
Section GIS Technology
OTB Research Institute for Housing
Urban and Mobility Studies
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands

Professor David Proverbs
University of Wolverhampton
United Kingdom

Professor Alexander Redlein
Vienna University of Technology
Austria

Professor Yacine Rezgui
University of Salford
United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Frank Riemenschneider
Muenster University of Applied Sciences
Germany

Dr. Anne Ruokolainen
YIT
Finland

Dr.Sc. Arto Saari
Construction Economics and Management
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Helsinki University of Technology
Finland

Ph. D. Klaus Erich Schmidt
Geodynamic Department
Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen (National Survey and Cadastre)
Denmark

D.Sc. Jaakko Santala
Institute of Geodesy
Department of Surveying
Helsinki University of Technology
Finland

Docent (emer.) Aulis Tenkanen
Institute of Real Estate Studies
Helsinki University of Technology
Finland

Professor Jukka Vesalainen
University of Vaasa
Finland

Dr. D.J.M. van der Voordt
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands

Dr. Helmut Woschitz
Ingenieurgeodäsie und Messsysteme
Technische Universität Graz
Austria