Announcement: Remote Sensing 2017 Best Reviewer Award Winners

Peer review is an essential part of the publication process, ensuring that Remote Sensing maintains the high standard of its published papers. Thanks to our reviewers, the median time from submission to first decision has been reduced to 28 days.

The following referees have been selected by the Editor-in-Chief of Remote Sensing, Prof. Prasad Thenkabail, to receive the “Remote Sensing 2017 Best Reviewer Award” based on the quantity, timeliness and quality of their reviews in 2017. The top three will receive 500 CHF, publication of a Feature Paper in Remote Sensing free of charge and a certificate. The other referees will be awarded publication of a Feature Paper in Remote Sensing free of charge and a certificate.

Dr. John C. Trinder	Dr. Antonio Pepe
The University of New South Wales, Australia	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Dr. Brian Johnson	Dr. Veraldo Liesenberg
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan	Santa Catarina State University, Brazil
Dr. Andrea Buono	Dr. Jinyang Du
Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Italy	University of Montana, USA
Dr. Antonio Novelli	Dr. Saeid Gharechelou
Politecnico di Bari, Italy	Chiba University, Japan
Dr. Loris Nanni	Dr. Liming He
University of Padua, Italy	University of Toronto, Canada

On behalf of the Remote Sensing editorial board members and editorial staff, we wish to congratulate the ten outstanding reviewers for their accomplishments.