Drones

Drones is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published monthly online by MDPI. The journal focuses on the design and applications of drones, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs), and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPASs), etc. Likewise, contributions based on unmanned marine/water/underwater drones, unmanned ground vehicles, fully autonomous driving, and space drones are also welcome.
  • Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
  • High visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science)InspecEi Compendex and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Remote Sensing) / CiteScore - Q1 (Aerospace Engineering)
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 21.7 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 2.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2024).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: reviewers who provide timely, thorough peer-review reports receive vouchers entitling them to a discount on the APC of their next publication in any MDPI journal, in appreciation of the work done.
 
Impact Factor: 4.4 (2023); 5-Year Impact Factor: 4.8 (2023)
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Topic in Climate, Drones, Forests, Land, Remote Sensing, IJGI
Advances in Multi-Scale Geographic Environmental Monitoring: Theory, Methodology and Applications Topic Editors: Jingzhe Wang, Yangyi Wu, Yinghui Zhang, Ivan Lizaga, Zipeng Zhang
Deadline: 31 October 2024
Topic in Aerospace, Automation, Drones, Electronics, Remote Sensing
Civil and Public Domain Applications of Unmanned Aviation Topic Editors: Hyoun Jin Kim, Giuseppe Loianno, Didier Theilliol, Nikolaos Tsourveloudis, Kimon P. Valavanis, Nikolaos Vitzilaios
Deadline: 31 December 2024
Topic in Drones, Electronics, Future Internet, Sensors, Telecom
Advances in Wireless and Mobile Networking Topic Editors: Peppino Fazio, Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Carlos Tavares Calafate, Danilo Amendola
Deadline: 31 January 2025
Topic in Drones, Electronics, Energies, JMSE, Mathematics
Cooperative Localization, Optimization and Control of Networked Autonomous Systems: Theories, Analysis Tools and Applications Topic Editors: Xu Fang, Chao Deng, Shankar A. Deka, Jitao Li, Heling Yuan
Deadline: 31 March 2025
Special Issue in Drones
Advances in Perception, Communications, and Control for Drones Guest Editors: Zhihong Liu, Shihao Yan, Yirui Cong, Kehao Wang
Deadline: 10 October 2024
Special Issue in Drones
Intelligent Image Processing and Sensing for Drones 2nd Edition Guest Editor: Seokwon Yeom
Deadline: 14 October 2024
Special Issue in Drones
UAVs for Photogrammetry, 3D Modeling, Obtrusive Light and Sky Glow Measurements Guest Editors: Pawel Burdziakowski, Katarzyna Bobkowska
Deadline: 16 October 2024
Special Issue in Drones
Advances in Detection, Security, and Communication for UAV Guest Editors: Liuguo Yin, Shu Fu
Deadline: 16 October 2024
Topical Collection in Drones
Feature Papers Collection of the World’s Top 2% Scientists in Drones Collection Editors: Diego González-Aguilera, Pablo Rodríguez-Gonzálvez
Topical Collection in Drones
Feature Papers of Drones Volume II Collection Editors: Diego González-Aguilera, Pablo Rodríguez-Gonzálvez
Topical Collection in Drones
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Drones in Emergencies Operations Collection Editors: Gino Lim, Houbing Song, Israel Quintanilla García
Topical Collection in Drones
Drones for Security and Defense Applications Collection Editors: Diego González-Aguilera, Pablo Rodríguez-Gonzálvez, Abdessattar Abdelkefi, Xiwang Dong, Petros Bithas, Oleg Yakimenko, Andrey V. Savkin, Eben N. Broadbent
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