Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Editor-in-Chief: Qian (Jenny) Du, of Mississippi State University, USA

The Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS) optimizes the communication of concepts, information, and progress within the remote sensing community to improve the societal benefit for monitoring and management of natural disasters, weather forecasting, agricultural and urban land-use planning, environmental quality monitoring, ecological restoration, and numerous other commercial and scientific applications. 

On the cover: The figure is from "Water body extraction based on multi-scale attention from synthetic aperture radar images" by Linglong Zhu et al. in Vol. 18, Issue 3.

Featured Content

Special Section on Intelligent Remote Sensing for Water Resources

Special Section Editors: Hongjun Su, Qiang Dai, Lu Zhuo, and Zhaoyue Wu

Special Section on Advanced Spectral Analysis Techniques and Remote Sensing Applications

Special Section Editors: Sicong Liu, Francesca Bovolo, Claudio Persello, Danfeng Hong, and Alim Samat

Special Section on the 50th Anniversary of Landsat

Special Section Editors: Elhadi Adam, Craig Coburn, and Anthony Campbell

Previously Published Special Sections

from the Journal of Applied Remote Sensing


Advanced Infrared Technology and Remote Sensing Applications II (April-June 2024)

Guest Editors: Marija Strojnik, Wen Chen, Sarath Gunapala, Joern Helbert, Esteban Vera, and Eric Shirley


Integrating Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Data Science for Air Quality Management (January-March 2024)

Guest Editors: Kaixu Bai, Simone Lolli, and Yuanjian Yang


Frontiers in Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing (July-September 2023)

Guest Editors: Chi Lin and Chang Wu Yu


Meeting the Challenges of Ecosystem Management using Remote Sensing (April-June 2023)

Guest Editors: Manjit Kaur, Raman Singh, and Hassène Gritli


Unmanned Systems and Satellites: A Synergy for Added-Value Possibilities (April-June 2022)

Guest Editors: Panagiotis Partsinevelos and Hongbo Su


Coastal Zone Remote Sensing for Environmental Sustainability (January-March 2022)

Guest Editors: Shuisen Chen, Chandrasekar Nainarpandian, and Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi


Multitemporal Remote Sensing Data Processing and Applications (October-December 2021)

Guest Editors: Liangpei Zhang, Jocelyn Chanussot, Assefa M. Melesse, and Xinghua Li


Satellite Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Algorithms and Applications (October-December 2021)

Guest Editors: Kun Tan, Xiuping Jia, and Antonio J. Plaza


Satellite Remote Sensing for Disaster Monitoring and Risk Assessment, Management, and Mitigation (July-September 2021)

Guest Editors: Hung Lung Allen Huang and Mitchell Goldberg


Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Imaging Spectrometer Design (July-September 2021)

Guest Editors: Shen-En Qian, Robert O. Green, and Antonio J. Plaza


Journal Metrics:
ISSN: 1931-3195
CiteScoreTM 2023: 3.4
Impact Factor *: 1.4
h5-index: 24 (#19 in Remote Sensing)
*Source: Journal Impact Factor TM, from Clarivate, 2024

Author Benefits:

  • Rigorous, prompt peer review
  • Rapid, e-first publication of articles
  • Professional copyediting and typesetting
  • Free online color figures
  • Free inclusion of video and multimedia content
  • 5 free downloads from the SPIE Digital Library for authors
  • Open access publication option at a low cost
  • Eligibility for annual best paper award
  • Integration with Code Ocean, a cloud-based code development and publishing platform

 


Alerts Receive Email Alerts

Become a Reviewer

CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR FIELD
BY SHARING YOUR EXPERTISE

Access & Subscriptions

SUBSCRIPTION AND MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

Submit a Manuscript

REACH A WIDE AUDIENCE
FOR YOUR RESEARCH

Back to Top