Remote Sensing Journal List with Impact Factors (2018/01/23)

The following list provides impact factors for relevant Remote Sensing scientific journals.
Quartile H index
Society 2013 (5-year) 2014 (5-year) 2015 (5-year) 2016-7 (5-year) Journal Name Abb. Time for Review Page Charge Consideration
(2017) (2017)
Elsevier 4.77 (6.07) 6.39 (7.77) 5.88 (7.39) 6.27 (7.65) Remote Sensing of Environment RSE Q1 203 90 Days (sometimes 7 Weeks) no page charge
Elsevier 2.90 (4.21) 3.13 (4.65) 4.19 (5.06) 6.39 (6.46) ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing PHOTO Q1 79 90 Days (sometimes 60 or 120 Days) no page charge
Elsevier 2.54 (2.81) 3.47 (3.49) 3.80 (3.90) 3.93 (4.36) International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation JAG Q1 57 90 Days no page charge
GRSS IEEE 2.93 (3.61) 3.51 (0.00) 3.36 (0.00) 4.94 (0.00) IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing TGRS Q1 186 90 Days (sometimes 60 Days) >6 pages: $200 per page
GRSS IEEE 2.87 (2.82) 3.03 (0.00) 2.15 (0.00) 2.91 (0.00) IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing JSTARS Q1 47 30 Days (sometimes 50 Days) >6 pages: $200 per page
GRSS IEEE 1.82 (1.98) 2.10 (0.00) 2.23 (0.00) 2.76 (0.00) IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters GRSL Q1 71 30 Days >3 pages: $200 per page Restriction 5 pages
Taylor & Francis 1.43 (1.41) 1.77 (0.00) 2.48 (0.00) 3.05 (0.00) GIScience & Remote Sensing TGRS20 Q1 26 60 ~ 90 Days no page charge !
Taylor & Francis 0.00 (0.00) 3.29 (0.00) 2.76 (0.00) 2.29 (0.00) International Journal of Digital Earth TJDE20 Q1 22 >= 90 Days no page charge ! Refer to website
Taylor & Francis 1.36 (0.00) 1.65 (0.00) 1.64 (0.00) 1.72 (0.00) International Journal of Remote Sensing TRES Q1 133 90 Days (sometimes 60 or 120 Days) no page charge
Taylor & Francis 1.62 (0.00) 1.57 (0.00) 1.49 (0.00) 1.53 (0.00) Remote Sensing Letters RSL Q1 21 30 ~ 45 Days no page charge Restriction 10 pages
Taylor & Francis 1.09 (1.27) 0.00 (0.00) 1.96 (0.00) 1.84 (0.00) Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing CJRS Q1 55 60 ~ 90 Days $125 per page for all paper
Taylor & Francis 0.00 (0.00) 1.36 (0.00) 1.17 (0.00) 1.53 (0.00) European Journal of Remote Sensing TEJR20 Q2 14 >= 90 Days $475 USD / £365 GBP / €420 EUR
Taylor & Francis 0.00 (0.00) 1.31 (0.00) 2.14 (0.00) 1.71 (0.00) Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk TGNH20 Q2 14 >= 90 Days $750 USD / £575 GBP / €665 EUR
Springer 0.00 (0.00) 1.72 (0.00) 1.75 (0.00) 1.83 (0.00) Natural Hazards NHAZ Q1 71 >= 120 Days (sometimes 1 year!) no page charge
Springer 0.53 (0.00) 0.76 (0.00) 0.68 (0.00) 0.73 (0.00) Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing ISRS Q2 / Q3 24 40 ~ 50 Days no page charge
ASPRS 2.07 (2.04) 1.61 (0.00) 1.29 (0.00) 2.49 (0.00) Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing PERS Q2 100 90 Days >7 pages: $125 per page
WILEY 1.44 (1.24) 1.04 (0.00) 1.62 (0.00) 3.26 (0.00) The Photogrammetric Record PR Q1 / Q2 34 >= 90 Days no page charge
SPIE 0.88 (1.13) 1.18 (1.31) 0.94 (1.13) 1.11 (1.24) Journal of Applied Remote Sensing JARS Q2 31 30 Days (sometimes 60 Days) $60 per page for all paper
MDPI 2.62 (0.00) 3.18 (0.00) 3.04 (0.00) 3.24 (0.00) Remote Sensing RS Q1 55 Changing (1 Day ~ several Months) 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs) Open Access
EGU 0.00 (0.00) 1.74 (0.00) 2.28 (0.00) 2.51 (0.00) Natural Hazards And Earth System Sciences NHESS Q1 68 Changing (Refer to website!) €77/€93 net per page Refer to website