Announcements

We are pleased to announce that the following institutions have joined MDPI's institutional membership program as of 1 January 2016:

• Tsinghua University, China
• Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology (CSMNT)
• Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• University of Ulm, Germany

Authors affiliated with these institutions will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

We are pleased to announce that MDPI's open access journals Safety, Journal of Imaging, Fermentation, C-Journal of Carbon Research, Magnetochemistry, Batteries and Horticulturae released their first issue at the end of December 2015.

Season's greetings from everyone at MDPI!

We are pleased to announce that the University of Bern, Switzerland has not only renewed their institutional membership with MDPI after two years of successful cooperation, but also increased the reduction of the article processing charges (APCs) for affiliated authors to 25%.

We are pleased to announce that University of Ulm, Germany and Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany has joined MDPI's institutional membership program:

Primary authors from the University of Ulm and Helmholtz Zentrum Munich will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 January 2016. Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

We are pleased to announce that Virginia Tech has joined MDPI's institutional membership program. Authors from Virginia Tech will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 December 2015. Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

We are pleased to announce that the following universities have joined MDPI's institutional membership program:

• Technical University of Denmark (as of 1 November 2015)
• University of North Florida, USA (as of 15 November 2015)

Primary authors from the Technical University of Denmark and the University of North Florida will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

I am writing to you with great pleasure that the Remote Sensing Handbook (Three Volume Set) is now published!. In every way, you will find this handbook unique, creative, and a path breaking effort of 300+ leading remote sensing scientists of the world. Such excellent work was only possible due to terrific effort from authors, editors, publishers, printers, and many, many others. It is a huge effort and it is hard to believe it is finally here and well worth the effort.

Ultimately we have a comprehensive coverage of all remote sensing topics, written by the best in the field. The handbook comprises 82 Chapters, about 2200 pages, from 300+ authors, every page printed in color and bound in hard copy. I can easily say that the three volumes constitute what every remote sensing student; professor, scientist, and professional practitioners and experts would need as a constant reference.

The Remote Sensing Handbook (Three Volume Set) is available at the following links (or a simple google search will show many other options for placing an order):
http://www.amazon.com/Remote-Sensing-Handbook-Three-Volume/dp/1482218011
https://www.crcpress.com/Remote-Sensing-Handbook/book-series/CRCREMSENHAN
https://www.crcpress.com/Remote-Sensing-Handbook---Three-Volume-Set/Thenkabail/9781482218015

Three Volume Set through these (and other) links:

• Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies
  https://www.crcpress.com/Remotely-Sensed-Data-Characterization-Classification-and-Accuracies/PhD/9781482217865
• Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies
  https://www.crcpress.com/Remote-Sensing-of-Water-Resources-Disasters-and-Urban-Studies/PhD/9781482217919
• Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping with Remote Sensing
  https://www.crcpress.com/Land-Resources-Monitoring-Modeling-and-Mapping-with-Remote-Sensing/PhD/9781482217957

With best wishes,
Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail, Ph.D.
Research Geographer-15, U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), USGS Western Geographic Science Center (WGSC)
Editor-in-Chief, Remote Sensing Open Access Journal
Editorial Board, Remote Sensing of Environment
Editorial Advisory Board, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Adjunct Professor: (1) Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science (SWES), University of Arizona (UoA); (2) Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota (UND); (3) School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability(SESES), Northern Arizona University (NAU), Flagstaff, AZ 2255, N. Gemini Dr. Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA

We are pleased to announce that the following universities have joined MDPI's institutional membership program:

University of Freiburg, Germany
University of Regensburg, Germany

Primary authors from the University of Freiburg and the University of Regensburg will benefit from a 10% discount on the article processing charges as of 1 October 2015 and 1 November 2015.

Additional details can be found on our institutional membership page.

We are pleased to report the 2014 Impact Factor for Remote Sensing. According to the 2015 release of the Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (published by Thomson Reuters in June 2015), the updated Impact Factor for Remote Sensing is 3.180. It has risen from 2.623 in the previous year (+21%), as illustrated in the figure below. The 5-Year Impact Factor is 3.257. Remote Sensing now ranks 5/28 (Q1) in the category ‘Remote Sensing’.

Evolution of the Remote Sensing Impact Factor:

Evolution of citations to Remote Sensing :