About this journal
Aims and scope
International Journal of Remote Sensing (IJRS) is a subscription-based peeer reviewed journal publishing international research on remote sensing of the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere and the terrestrial earth, as well as human modifications to the earth system.
An official journal of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society, International Journal of Remote Sensing addresses the theory, science and technology of remote sensing and novel applications of remotely sensed data.
The IJRS Drones Section publishes research related to remote sensing with unmanned aerial systems (UASs, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones)
The journal covers the following topics:
- Remotely sensed data collection, analysis, interpretation and display
- Surveying from space, air, water and ground platforms
- Imaging and related sensors
- Image processing
- Use of remotely sensed data
- Economic surveys and cost-benefit analyses
The International Journal of Remote Sensing accepts original research articles and review papers.
The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. RSPSoc members can publish their work Gold Open Access for a discounted article publishing charge (APC). Please email [email protected] with your RSPSoc membership number if you would like to choose this option.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 656K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.0 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.3 (2023) 5 year IF
- 7.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.921 (2023) SNIP
- 0.776 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 7 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 53 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 20 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 21% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Prof. Kevin Tansey : University of Leicester, UK
Editor of the IJRS Drones Section
Prof. Anita Simic Milas: Bowling Green State University, OH, USA
Senior Associate Editors
Prof. Zongyao Sha: Wuhan University, China
Prof. Guoqing Zhou: Guilin University of Technology, China
Review Papers Editor
Dr. Shoba Periasamy: Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University, Chennai, India
Special Issues Editor
Dr Le Yu: Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Associate Editors
Prof. Gholamreza Akbarizadeh: Shahid ChamranUniversity of Ahvaz, Ahwaz, Iran
Dr. Yakoub Bazi: King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Prof. Michael J. Collins: University of Calgary, Canada
Prof. Begüm Demir: Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Prof. Gutemberg B. França: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Prof. Marco Gianinetto: Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Dr Kasturi Devi Kanniah: University of Technology, Johor, Malaysia
Dr Xiaofeng Li: Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Prof. Farid Melgani: University of Trento, Italy
Prof. Maurizio Migliaccio: Università di Napoli, Italy
Dr Dongping Ming: China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
Prof. Mahesh Pal: National Institute of Technology, Kuruksheta, India
Dr Simonetta Paloscia: Instituto di Fisica Applicata nello Carrara Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Prof. Jian Peng: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
Dr George Petropoulos: Harokopio University of Athens, Greece
Prof. Jie Shan: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Prof. Ramesh P. Singh: Chapman University, CA, USA
Prof. Costas A. Varotsos: University of Athens, Greece
Prof. Xue Wan: Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
Prof. Le Wang: University at Buffalo, NY, USA
Dr Pengxin Wang: China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Prof. Weicheng Wu: East China University of Technology, Nanchang, China
Prof. Qinchuan Xin: Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Prof. Yong Xue: University of Derby, UK
Dr Volkan Yilmaz: Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Prof. Yanfei Zhong: Wuhan University, China
Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board
Prof. Lei Yan: RS & GIS Institute, Peking University, Beijing, China
Social Media Editor
Dr Tom Potter: Mount's Bay Labs, UK
Editorial Advisory Board
Prof. Peter Atkinson: Lancaster University, UK
Prof. Jin Chen: Beijing Normal University, China
Prof. Qi Chen:University of Hawaii, Mānoa, HI, USA
Prof. Neil I. Fox: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Prof. Peng Gong: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr Yang Hong: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Prof. Claudia Kuenzer: Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Wuerzburg, Germany
Dr Junli Li: Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS, Urumqi, China
Dr Xi Li: Wuhan University, China
Prof. Desheng Liu: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Dr Jianguo Liu: Imperial College, London, UK
Prof. Soe Myint: Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA
Prof. Arthur Roberts:Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Dr Jose A. Sobrino: University of Valencia, Spain
Prof. Douglas A. Stow:San Diego State University, CA, USA
Michael J. C. Weir:University of Twente, The Netherlands (retired)
Prof. Caiyun Zhang: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
Editors-in-Chief Emeritus
Giles Foody
Timothy A. Warner
Arthur P. Cracknell†
Abstracting and indexing
International Journal of Remote Sensing is currently abstracted and indexed in:
- ACM Guide to Computing Literature
- Astrophysics Data System
- British Library Inside
- CAB International
- Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
- CSIRO
- Current Contents®/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
- EBSCO Databases
- GEOBASE
- GeoRefS
- The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Inspec Direct databases
- New Jour
- Photogrammetric Record
- SciBase
- Science Citation Index®
- Science Citation Index Expanded™
- SCOPUS
- Zetoc
Open access
International Journal of Remote Sensing is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
Calls for papers
Society information
Members of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) are eligible for a discounted personal subscription to the International Journal of Remote Sensing. For more details, please visit the RSPSoc membership page.
RSPSoc members publishing their work Gold Open Access can received 50% off the article publishing charge (APC). Please email [email protected] with your RSPSoc membership number if you would like to choose this option.
To become an RSPSoc member, please visit https://www.rspsoc.org.uk/ or email [email protected].
Each year the RSPSoc selects a recipient for the Len Curtis award which is awarded to an outstanding technical publication published in the preceding year in the International Journal of Remote Sensing (IJRS). The award is usually a certificate and books to the value of £200.
24 online issues, 12 print issues per year
Currently known as:
- International Journal of Remote Sensing (1980 - current)
Incorporates
- Remote Sensing Reviews (1983 - 2001)
Associated with:
- Remote Sensing Letters (2010 - current)
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Explore open Calls for Papers and past Special Issues from the history of International Journal of Remote Sensing :
IJRS welcomes proposals for new special issues. Interested parties should contact the Editor-in-Chief, Kevin Tansey, by email at [email protected].
Open Call for Papers
New research from the Spaceborne Imaging Spectrometer Mission DESIS (submission deadline 30 October 2024)
Advancing Applications of Self-Supervised Learning in Remote Sensing Data Analysis (SSL-RS) (submission deadline 31 December 2024)
Past Special Issues
Pan-Ocean Remote Sensing: The role of space ocean science and technology towards sustainable development goals (TBD 2024)
Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing (TBD 2024)
Recent Developments in the Remote Sensing of Night-time Light (TBD 2024)
Learning from Data for Remote Sensing Image Analysis (43.15-16.2022)
Optical polarization remote sensing (41.13.2020)
6th UAS4Enviro Conference (40.24.2019)
South/Southeast Asia Research Initiative (40.21.2019)
Oil palms (40.19.2019)
Fifth international symposium on recent advances in quantitative remote sensing (RAQRS) (40.5-6.2019)
Remote sensing of the coastal zone of the European Seas (39.24.2018)
Earth as a planet (39.18.2018)
Fine resolution remote sensing of species in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems (39.21.2018)
Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) for environmental applications (39.15-16.2018)
Advances in remote sensing applications in silvo-pastoral systems (39.14.2018)
Enabling Earth observations in support of global, coastal, ocean and climate change research and monitoring (39.13.2018)
Onboard payload data compression (39.07.2018)
Chilean remote sensing (38.24.2017)
Remote sensing of night-time light (38.21.2017)
Unmanned aerial vehicles for environmental applications (38.8-10.2017)
Remote sensing of atmospheric radiation and dynamics (35.15.2014)
Pan-ocean remote sensing: Ocean remote sensing for well-being of all (35.14.2014)
Remote sensing of the China seas (35.11-12.2014)
Remote sensing the Mekong (35.08.2014)
SPOT-VEGETATION – Fifteen years of success: What’s next? (35.07.2014)
Emerging Methods for the Study of Coastal Ecosystem Landscape Structure and Change (34.18.2013)
Remote Sensing for Sustainable Agriculture (34.17.2013)
Third International Symposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing (34.09–10.2013)
Sustainable Urbanization (34.03.2013)
Pan Ocean Remote Sensing: Connecting Regional Impacts to Global Environmental Change (33.23.2012)
Satellite Time Series Analysis: From Local Analysis to a Global View (33.15.2012)
Prior Knowledge-Based Retrieval and Validation of Information from Remote-Sensing Data at Various Scales (33.03.2012)
Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods, 36th Annual Meeting (32.11.2011)
Remote Sensing and Climate Change (32.03.2011)
Spatial Information Retrieval, Analysis, Reasoning and Modelling (31.22.2010)
Population Estimation Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies (31.21.2010)
Pan Ocean Remote Sensing: Oceanic Manifestation of Global Changes (31.17–18.2010)
Satellite-Based Observation of Hydrological Processes (31.14.2010)
Satellite Observation of the Wenchuan Earthquake of 12 May 2008 (31.13.2010)
Geoinformatics 2007 (31.06.2010)
SilviLaser 2008 (31.05.2010)
Accuracy 2008 Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (30.20.2009)
ForestSAT 2007 (30.19.2009)
1989–2009 Remote Sensing and the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (30.15–16.2009)
Remote Sensing: its Applications and Integration with GIS (30.07.2009)
Advances in the Remote Sensing of Volcanic Activity and Hazards (29.22.2008)
Satellite Observation of the Atmosphere, Ocean and their Interface in Relation to Climate, Natural Hazards and Management of the Coastal Zone (29.21.2008)
Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing: Papers from the Second International Symposium, 25th–29th September 2006, Torrent, Spain (29.17–18.2008)
The Remote Sensing Heritage of Academician Kirill Ya Kondratyev (29.09.2008)
3D Remote Sensing in Forestry (29.05.2008)
Satellite Observations Related to Sumatra Tsunami and Earthquake of 26 December 2004 (28.13–14.2007)
CLOUDMAP: New Satellite Cloud Products for Cirrus and Contrails for NWP and Climate Analysis (28.09.2007)
MERIS (MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) (28.03–04.2007)
Remote Sensing and GIS for Estuarine Ecosystem Analysis (26.23.2005)
SAFARI 2000 Southern African Regional Science Initiative (26.19.2005)
Atmospheric Ozone: The Ozone Hole in the Context of Global Change (26.16.2005)
Uncertainties in Integrated Remote Sensing and GIS (26.14.2005)
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