Remote Sens. 2023, 15(14), 3616; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15143616 - 20 Jul 2023
Best Paper Award
Remote Sensing Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose 5 articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.
The Prizes:
– The first prize (one paper): CHF 1000;
– The second prize (two papers): CHF 800;
– The third prize (two papers): CHF 500.
– Each winner will receive a certificate, and a voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission (review or research article) in Remote Sensing (subject to peer review)— valid for one year.
Remote Sensing Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2026
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Remote Sensing will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).Selection Criteria
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Seasonal Vegetation Trends for Europe over 30 Years from a Novel Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Time-Series—The TIMELINE NDVI Product
Global Water Quality of Inland Waters with Harmonized Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Using Cloud-Computed Machine Learning
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(5), 1390; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051390 - 1 Mar 2023
Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Models (CUDEMs) to Support Coastal Inundation Modeling
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(6), 1702; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061702 - 22 Mar 2023
G-Rep: Gaussian Representation for Arbitrary-Oriented Object Detection
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(3), 757; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030757 - 28 Jan 2023
Surface ALbedo VALidation (SALVAL) Platform: Towards CEOS LPV Validation Stage 4—Application to Three Global Albedo Climate Data Records
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(4), 1081; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15041081 - 16 Feb 2023
Award Committee
Dr. Prasad Thenkabail
Chairperson
U.S. Geological Survey
Dr. Magaly Koch
Boston University
Prof. Dr. Qi Wang
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Prof. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
University of Alberta
Winner
Transformer Neural Network for Weed and Crop Classification of High Resolution UAV Images
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(3), 592; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030592 - 26 Jan 2022
A First Assessment of Canopy Cover Loss in Germany’s Forests after the 2018–2020 Drought Years
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(3), 562; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030562 - 25 Jan 2022
A Review of Landcover Classification with Very-High Resolution Remotely Sensed Optical Images—Analysis Unit, Model Scalability and Transferability
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(3), 646; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030646 - 29 Jan 2022
Underwater Image Restoration via Contrastive Learning and a Real-World Dataset
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(17), 4297; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14174297 - 31 Aug 2022
Self-Supervised Assisted Semi-Supervised Residual Network for Hyperspectral Image Classification
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(13), 2997; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14132997 - 23 Jun 2022
Use of the Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 Satellites for Water Quality Monitoring: An Early Warning Tool in the Mar Menor Coastal Lagoon
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(12), 2744; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14122744 - 7 Jun 2022
UAVs for Science in Antarctica
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(7), 1610; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14071610 - 28 Mar 2022
A Review of Synthetic-Aperture Radar Image Formation Algorithms and Implementations: A Computational Perspective
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(5), 1258; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051258 - 4 Mar 2022
Global Mangrove Watch: Updated 2010 Mangrove Forest Extent (v2.5)
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(4), 1034; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14041034 - 21 Feb 2022
Global 10 m Land Use Land Cover Datasets: A Comparison of Dynamic World, World Cover and Esri Land Cover
Remote Sens. 2022, 14(16), 4101; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14164101 - 21 Aug 2022
Award Committee
Dr. Prasad Thenkabail
Chairperson
U.S. Geological Survey
Dr. Magaly Koch
Boston University
Prof. Timo Balz
Wuhan University
Dr. Alexander Kokhanovsky
Winner
A Machine Learning-Based Approach for Surface Soil Moisture Estimations with Google Earth Engine
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(11), 2099; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13112099 - 27 May 2021
Estimating Canopy Density Parameters Time-Series for Winter Wheat Using UAS Mounted LiDAR
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(4), 710; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040710 - 15 Feb 2021
Spatial-Spectral Transformer for Hyperspectral Image Classification
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(3), 498; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030498 - 30 Jan 2021
Leveraging TLS as a Calibration and Validation Tool for MLS and ULS Mapping of Savanna Structure and Biomass at Landscape-Scales
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(2), 257; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13020257 - 13 Jan 2021
Applying RGB- and Thermal-Based Vegetation Indices from UAVs for High-Throughput Field Phenotyping of Drought Tolerance in Forage Grasses
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(1), 147; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13010147 - 5 Jan 2021
Mapping Daily Evapotranspiration at Field Scale Using the Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Dataset, with Sharpened VIIRS as a Sentinel-2 Thermal Proxy
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(17), 3420; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13173420 - 28 Aug 2021
SAR Ship Detection Dataset (SSDD): Official Release and Comprehensive Data Analysis
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(18), 3690; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13183690 - 15 Sep 2021
UAVs for Vegetation Monitoring: Overview and Recent Scientific Contributions
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(11), 2139; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13112139 - 29 May 2021
A Review of GPR Application on Transport Infrastructures: Troubleshooting and Best Practices
Remote Sens. 2021, 13(4), 672; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040672 - 13 Feb 2021
Winner
A Spatial-Temporal Attention-Based Method and a New Dataset for Remote Sensing Image Change Detection
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(10), 1662; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12101662 - 22 May 2020
LiCSBAS: An Open-Source InSAR Time Series Analysis Package Integrated with the LiCSAR Automated Sentinel-1 InSAR Processor
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(3), 424; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030424 - 28 Jan 2020
Mapping Landslides on EO Data: Performance of Deep Learning Models vs. Traditional Machine Learning Models
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(3), 346; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030346 - 21 Jan 2020
Change Detection Based on Artificial Intelligence: State-of-the-Art and Challenges
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(10), 1688; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12101688 - 25 May 2020
Current Practices in UAS-based Environmental Monitoring
Remote Sens. 2020, 12(6), 1001; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12061001 - 20 Mar 2020
Award Committee
Dr. Jón Atli Benediktsson
Chairperson
Winner
An Integrated View of Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Changes Based on Models and Satellite Observations
Remote Sens. 2019, 11(12), 1407; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11121407 - 13 Jun 2019
Evaluation of Different Machine Learning Methods and Deep-Learning Convolutional Neural Networks for Landslide Detection
Remote Sens. 2019, 11(2), 196; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11020196 - 20 Jan 2019
Satellite Remote Sensing of Precipitation and the Terrestrial Water Cycle in a Changing Climate
Remote Sens. 2019, 11(19), 2301; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11192301 - 2 Oct 2019
A Review on Deep Learning Techniques for 3D Sensed Data Classification
Remote Sens. 2019, 11(12), 1499; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11121499 - 25 Jun 2019
Award Committee
Dr. Jón Atli Benediktsson
Chairperson
Winner
Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Remote Sensing and Scientific Research: Classification and Considerations of Use
Remote Sens. 2012, 4(6), 1671-1692; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs4061671 - 8 Jun 2012
A Non-Stationary 1981–2012 AVHRR NDVI3g Time Series
Remote Sens. 2014, 6(8), 6929-6960; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs6086929 - 25 Jul 2014
Advances in Remote Sensing of Agriculture: Context Description, Existing Operational Monitoring Systems and Major Information Needs
Remote Sens. 2013, 5(2), 949-981; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5020949 - 22 Feb 2013
An International Comparison of Individual Tree Detection and Extraction Using Airborne Laser Scanning
Remote Sens. 2012, 4(4), 950-974; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs4040950 - 30 Mar 2012
Global Data Sets of Vegetation Leaf Area Index (LAI)3g and Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR)3g Derived from Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI3g) for the Period 1981 to 2011
Remote Sens. 2013, 5(2), 927-948; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5020927 - 22 Feb 2013
Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) Technique for Landslide Characterization and Monitoring
Remote Sens. 2013, 5(3), 1045-1065; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs5031045 - 1 Mar 2013
A Review of the Application of Optical and Radar Remote Sensing Data Fusion to Land Use Mapping and Monitoring
Remote Sens. 2016, 8(1), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8010070 - 16 Jan 2016
Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs for Monitoring and Management: A Review
Remote Sens. 2016, 8(2), 118; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8020118 - 6 Feb 2016
The EnMAP Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Mission for Earth Observation
Remote Sens. 2015, 7(7), 8830-8857; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs70708830 - 13 Jul 2015
