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Journal of Remote Sensing

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
ISSN: 26941589

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
6.8
SJR
2.144
CiteScore
11.9
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Journal of Remote Sensing
J REMOTE SENS-PRC
Publications
185
Citations
2 317
h-index
26
Publications
185
Citations
2 238
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 countries
China (157 publications)
USA (49 publications)
France (9 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Remote Sensing
296 citations, 12.78%
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
191 citations, 8.24%
Remote Sensing of Environment
123 citations, 5.31%
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
100 citations, 4.32%
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
66 citations, 2.85%
Journal of Remote Sensing
60 citations, 2.59%
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
48 citations, 2.07%
Earth System Science Data
46 citations, 1.99%
Forests
43 citations, 1.86%
Ecological Indicators
34 citations, 1.47%
Land
32 citations, 1.38%
Scientific data
26 citations, 1.12%
Science of the Total Environment
26 citations, 1.12%
International Journal of Digital Earth
26 citations, 1.12%
International Journal of Remote Sensing
24 citations, 1.04%
GIScience and Remote Sensing
21 citations, 0.91%
Sensors
21 citations, 0.91%
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
19 citations, 0.82%
Sustainability
18 citations, 0.78%
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
17 citations, 0.73%
Geophysical Research Letters
17 citations, 0.73%
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
16 citations, 0.69%
Ecological Informatics
16 citations, 0.69%
Scientific Reports
16 citations, 0.69%
Global Change Biology
14 citations, 0.6%
Journal of Environmental Management
14 citations, 0.6%
Sustainable Cities and Society
13 citations, 0.56%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
12 citations, 0.52%
Optics Express
11 citations, 0.47%
Science of Remote Sensing
10 citations, 0.43%
Nature Communications
9 citations, 0.39%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
9 citations, 0.39%
Expert Systems with Applications
9 citations, 0.39%
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
9 citations, 0.39%
Atmosphere
9 citations, 0.39%
Environmental Research Letters
9 citations, 0.39%
Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment
9 citations, 0.39%
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
9 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
9 citations, 0.39%
Smart Agricultural Technology
9 citations, 0.39%
Frontiers in Marine Science
8 citations, 0.35%
Agronomy
8 citations, 0.35%
Geo-Spatial Information Science
8 citations, 0.35%
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
8 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Hydrology
8 citations, 0.35%
Atmospheric Research
7 citations, 0.3%
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
7 citations, 0.3%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
7 citations, 0.3%
Water (Switzerland)
7 citations, 0.3%
IEEE Access
6 citations, 0.26%
Big Earth Data
6 citations, 0.26%
Land Use Policy
5 citations, 0.22%
Forest Ecology and Management
5 citations, 0.22%
Forest Ecosystems
5 citations, 0.22%
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
5 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
4 citations, 0.17%
Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing
4 citations, 0.17%
Geoscientific Model Development
4 citations, 0.17%
Reviews of Geophysics
4 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
4 citations, 0.17%
Catena
4 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
4 citations, 0.17%
Geocarto International
4 citations, 0.17%
Water Research
4 citations, 0.17%
Plants
4 citations, 0.17%
Science Bulletin
4 citations, 0.17%
Land Degradation and Development
4 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
4 citations, 0.17%
Applied Geography
4 citations, 0.17%
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
4 citations, 0.17%
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
4 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
4 citations, 0.17%
Geography and Sustainability
4 citations, 0.17%
Industrial Crops and Products
3 citations, 0.13%
Frontiers in Plant Science
3 citations, 0.13%
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
3 citations, 0.13%
Information Fusion
3 citations, 0.13%
Nature Geoscience
3 citations, 0.13%
Environmental Research
3 citations, 0.13%
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
3 citations, 0.13%
Science China Earth Sciences
3 citations, 0.13%
Applied Optics
3 citations, 0.13%
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
3 citations, 0.13%
Earth Science Informatics
3 citations, 0.13%
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
3 citations, 0.13%
Aquaculture
3 citations, 0.13%
Cities
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Forestry Research
3 citations, 0.13%
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
3 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of Geographical Information Science
3 citations, 0.13%
Urban Forestry and Urban Greening
3 citations, 0.13%
Biogeosciences
3 citations, 0.13%
Frontiers in Earth Science
3 citations, 0.13%
AIP Conference Proceedings
3 citations, 0.13%
Landscape Ecology
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Hazardous Materials
3 citations, 0.13%
Advances in Space Research
3 citations, 0.13%
Plant Phenomics
3 citations, 0.13%
Drones
3 citations, 0.13%
Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences
3 citations, 0.13%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
661 citations, 28.53%
MDPI
504 citations, 21.75%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
397 citations, 17.13%
Springer Nature
198 citations, 8.55%
Taylor & Francis
120 citations, 5.18%
Wiley
76 citations, 3.28%
Copernicus
68 citations, 2.93%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
63 citations, 2.72%
American Geophysical Union
29 citations, 1.25%
Frontiers Media S.A.
28 citations, 1.21%
IOP Publishing
18 citations, 0.78%
Optica Publishing Group
15 citations, 0.65%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
11 citations, 0.47%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
9 citations, 0.39%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
9 citations, 0.39%
Science in China Press
7 citations, 0.3%
SAGE
6 citations, 0.26%
Oxford University Press
5 citations, 0.22%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
4 citations, 0.17%
AIP Publishing
4 citations, 0.17%
IGI Global
4 citations, 0.17%
Cambridge University Press
3 citations, 0.13%
PeerJ
3 citations, 0.13%
IntechOpen
3 citations, 0.13%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2 citations, 0.09%
CSIRO Publishing
2 citations, 0.09%
National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 citations, 0.09%
Walter de Gruyter
1 citation, 0.04%
Emerald
1 citation, 0.04%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.04%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
1 citation, 0.04%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1 citation, 0.04%
Higher Education Press
1 citation, 0.04%
American Meteorological Society
1 citation, 0.04%
Harwood Academic Publishers
1 citation, 0.04%
Tyumen State University
1 citation, 0.04%
Northeast Forestry University
1 citation, 0.04%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.04%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1 citation, 0.04%
Scientific Societies
1 citation, 0.04%
PAGEPress Publications
1 citation, 0.04%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
1 citation, 0.04%
Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.04%
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
1 citation, 0.04%
Russian Geographical Society
1 citation, 0.04%
Research Square Platform LLC
1 citation, 0.04%
The University of Jordan
1 citation, 0.04%
Federal State Budgetary Institution - All-Russian Research Geological Oil Institute
1 citation, 0.04%
Meteorological Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.04%
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Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
24 publications, 12.97%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
20 publications, 10.81%
Beijing Normal University
19 publications, 10.27%
Sun Yat-sen University
14 publications, 7.57%
Peking University
13 publications, 7.03%
Wuhan University
9 publications, 4.86%
Xiamen University
9 publications, 4.86%
Tsinghua University
8 publications, 4.32%
Nanjing University
8 publications, 4.32%
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
7 publications, 3.78%
Beijing Forestry University
5 publications, 2.7%
China Agricultural University
5 publications, 2.7%
University of Copenhagen
5 publications, 2.7%
University of Hong Kong
5 publications, 2.7%
University of Massachusetts Boston
5 publications, 2.7%
University of Oklahoma
5 publications, 2.7%
Tongji University
4 publications, 2.16%
University of Twente
4 publications, 2.16%
Southwest University
4 publications, 2.16%
Southern University of Science and Technology
4 publications, 2.16%
Southwest Jiaotong University
4 publications, 2.16%
Boston University
4 publications, 2.16%
University of Maryland, College Park
4 publications, 2.16%
Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4 publications, 2.16%
University of Connecticut
4 publications, 2.16%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
4 publications, 2.16%
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4 publications, 2.16%
Zhejiang University
3 publications, 1.62%
Fujian Normal University
3 publications, 1.62%
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
3 publications, 1.62%
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
3 publications, 1.62%
East China Normal University
3 publications, 1.62%
National University of Singapore
3 publications, 1.62%
Chengdu University of Information Technology
3 publications, 1.62%
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
3 publications, 1.62%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
3 publications, 1.62%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
3 publications, 1.62%
Lanzhou University
3 publications, 1.62%
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 1.62%
Tarim University
3 publications, 1.62%
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 1.62%
Emory University
3 publications, 1.62%
University of Toronto
3 publications, 1.62%
Mississippi State University
3 publications, 1.62%
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
3 publications, 1.62%
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 1.62%
United States Geological Survey
3 publications, 1.62%
Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
3 publications, 1.62%
Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 1.62%
Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 1.62%
Agricultural Research Service
3 publications, 1.62%
Beijing Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.08%
Fudan University
2 publications, 1.08%
Northwestern Polytechnical University
2 publications, 1.08%
University of Bordeaux
2 publications, 1.08%
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
2 publications, 1.08%
Ocean University of China
2 publications, 1.08%
South China Normal University
2 publications, 1.08%
Shenzhen University
2 publications, 1.08%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
2 publications, 1.08%
Hohai University
2 publications, 1.08%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 1.08%
Chang'an University
2 publications, 1.08%
Anhui University
2 publications, 1.08%
Ningbo University
2 publications, 1.08%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 1.08%
University of Western Australia
2 publications, 1.08%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 1.08%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2 publications, 1.08%
Henan Polytechnic University
2 publications, 1.08%
Henan University
2 publications, 1.08%
University of South Florida
2 publications, 1.08%
Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
2 publications, 1.08%
University of Science and Technology of China
2 publications, 1.08%
Nanning Normal University
2 publications, 1.08%
Guilin University of Technology
2 publications, 1.08%
Avignon University
2 publications, 1.08%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2 publications, 1.08%
Goddard Space Flight Center
2 publications, 1.08%
Université Paris-Saclay
2 publications, 1.08%
École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques de Bordeaux-Aquitaine
2 publications, 1.08%
University of Iowa
2 publications, 1.08%
South Dakota State University
2 publications, 1.08%
University of Virginia
2 publications, 1.08%
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.08%
Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.08%
Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.08%
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.08%
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 1.08%
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.54%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1 publication, 0.54%
Beihang University
1 publication, 0.54%
Dalian University of Technology
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
1 publication, 0.54%
China University of Mining and Technology
1 publication, 0.54%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.54%
Ghent University
1 publication, 0.54%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.54%
Fuzhou University
1 publication, 0.54%
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China, 157, 84.86%
China
157 publications, 84.86%
USA, 49, 26.49%
USA
49 publications, 26.49%
France, 9, 4.86%
France
9 publications, 4.86%
Australia, 7, 3.78%
Australia
7 publications, 3.78%
Netherlands, 6, 3.24%
Netherlands
6 publications, 3.24%
United Kingdom, 5, 2.7%
United Kingdom
5 publications, 2.7%
Denmark, 5, 2.7%
Denmark
5 publications, 2.7%
Germany, 4, 2.16%
Germany
4 publications, 2.16%
Spain, 3, 1.62%
Spain
3 publications, 1.62%
Italy, 3, 1.62%
Italy
3 publications, 1.62%
Canada, 3, 1.62%
Canada
3 publications, 1.62%
Singapore, 3, 1.62%
Singapore
3 publications, 1.62%
Austria, 2, 1.08%
Austria
2 publications, 1.08%
Belgium, 2, 1.08%
Belgium
2 publications, 1.08%
Thailand, 2, 1.08%
Thailand
2 publications, 1.08%
Switzerland, 2, 1.08%
Switzerland
2 publications, 1.08%
Brazil, 1, 0.54%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.54%
Norway, 1, 0.54%
Norway
1 publication, 0.54%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.54%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.54%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.54%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.54%
Finland, 1, 0.54%
Finland
1 publication, 0.54%
Sweden, 1, 0.54%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.54%
Japan, 1, 0.54%
Japan
1 publication, 0.54%
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