Journal History
2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Remote Sensing was published as a quarterly journal. |
2010 | Remote Sensing adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
2011 | Remote Sensing was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Remote Sensing was indexed in Compendex - Elsevier. |
2012 | Remote Sensing was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Remote Sensing was indexed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
2013 | Remote Sensing announced the first edition of the Best Paper award. Remote Sensing received its first Impact Factor (2.101). |
2014 | Remote Sensing received its new Impact Factor (2013) of 2.62. |
2015 | Remote Sensing received its new Impact Factor (2014) of 3.180. The 1st International Electronic Conference on Remote Sensing (ECRS-1) was held. |
2016 | Remote Sensing received its new Impact Factor (2015) of 3.036, ranked 5/28. Remote Sensing announced the first edition of the Travel award. |
2017 | Remote Sensing received its new Impact Factor (2016) of 3.244, ranked 7/28. Remote Sensing established the following sections:
Remote Sensing announced the first edition of the Best Guest Editor award. |
2018 | Remote Sensing received its new Impact Factor (2017) of 3.406, ranked 8/30. Remote Sensing established the following section:
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2019 | Remote Sensing adopted a semi-monthly publication schedule. Remote Sensing received its new Impact Factor (2018) of 4.118, ranked 7/30. Remote Sensing established the following sections:
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2020 | Remote Sensing received its new Impact Factor (2019) of 4.509, ranked 9/30. Remote Sensing established the following sections:
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2021 | Remote Sensing received its 2020 Impact Factor (4.848), 2020 5-Year Impact Factor (5.353), ranked 8/29 (Q2) in “Imaging Science & Photographic Technology”, 10/23 (Q2) in “Remote Sensing”, 27/199 (Q1) in “Geosciences, Multidisciplinary” and 76/274 (Q2) in “Environmental Sciences”. Remote Sensing (ISSN: 2072-4292) has been approved for coverage within three new categories of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR): “Environmental Sciences”, “Geosciences Multidisciplinary” and “Imaging Science & Photographic Technology”. Remote Sensing established the following sections:
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2022 | Remote Sensing received its 2021 Impact Factor (5.349), 2021 5-Year Impact Factor (5.786), ranked 6/28 (Q1) in “Imaging Science & Photographic Technology”, 11/34 (Q2) “Remote Sensing”, 30/201 (Q1) in “Geosciences, Multidisciplinary” and 83/279 (Q2) in “Environmental Sciences”. Remote Sensing received its 2021 CiteScore (7.4), ranked 17/191 (Q1) in “General Earth and Planetary Sciences”. Remote Sensing established the following section:
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2023 | Remote Sensing received its 2022 Impact Factor (5.0), 2022 5-Year Impact Factor (5.6), ranked 31/202 (Q1) in “GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY”, 78/275 (Q2) “ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES”, 12/34 (Q2) in “REMOTE SENSING” and 8/28 (Q2) in “IMAGING SCIENCE & PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY”. Remote Sensing received its 2022 CiteScore (7.9), ranked 18/192 (Q1) in “General Earth and Planetary Sciences”. |
2024 | Remote Sensing received its 2023 Impact Factor (4.2), 2023 5-Year Impact Factor (4.9), ranked 34/253(Q1) in “GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY”, 110/358(Q2) “ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES”, 10/36(Q2) in “IMAGING SCIENCE & PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY” and 16/62(Q2) in “REMOTE SENSING”. Remote Sensing received its 2023 CiteScore (8.3), ranked 16/195 (Q1) in “General Earth and Planetary Sciences”. |
Editor-in-Chief
2009–2011 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wagner |
2011–present | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail |
Section Editor-in-Chief
2017–2019 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Richard Müller for the section on Atmospheric Remote Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Xiaofeng Li for the section on Ocean Remote Sensing |
2017–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alfredo Huete for the section on Biogeosciences Remote Sensing |
2017–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Richard Gloaguen for the section on Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Clement Atzberger for the section on Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Qi Wang for the section on Remote Sensing Image Processing |
2018–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Soe Myint for the section on Urban Remote Sensing |
2019–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Vincenzo Levizzani for the section on Remote Sensing of the Water Cycle Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stuart Phinn for the section on Coral Reefs Remote Sensing |
2019–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gerrit de Leeuw for the section on Atmospheric Remote Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Randolph H. Wynne for the section on Forest Remote Sensing |
2019–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mattia Crespi for the section on Engineering Remote Sensing |
2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jorge Vazquez for the section on Ocean Remote Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Magaly Koch for the section on Environmental Remote Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Deepak R. Mishra for the section on Remote Sensing Communications |
2020–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Duccio Rocchini for the section on Ecological Remote Sensing |
2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jose Moreno for the section on Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration |
2021–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Chris Roelfsema for the section on Coral Reefs Remote Sensing |
2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stuart Phinn for the section on Ecological Remote Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Carlos Alberto Silva for the section on Forest Remote Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Fumio Yamazaki for the section on Earth Observation for Emergency Management Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lefei Zhang for the section on AI Remote Sensing |
2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Alexander Kokhanovsky for the section on Atmospheric Remote Sensing |
2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Pieraccini for the section on Engineering Remote Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Shin Nagai for the section on Biogeosciences Remote Sensing |