Journal History
| 2017 | The inaugural issue was released. Drones was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2018 | Drones was indexed in AGRIS - Agricultural Sciences and Technology (FAO). |
| 2020 | Drones was indexed in Scopus - Elsevier. |
| 2021 | Drones was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Drones announced the first edition of the PhD Thesis Award. Drones established the following Sections:
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| 2022 | Drones received its first Impact Factor (5.532), ranked 10/34 (Q2) in the Category “Remote Sensing”. Drones received an increased CiteScore (2022) of 7.2, ranked 11/131 (Q1) in the Category “Aerospace Engineering”, ranked 59/353 (Q1) in the Category “Information Systems”, ranked 122/747 (Q1) in the Category “Computer Science Applications”, ranked 48/270 (Q1) in the Category “Control and Systems Engineering”, ranked 64/269 (Q1) in the Category “Artificial Intelligence”. Drones announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. Drones adopted a monthly publication schedule. Drones established the following section: -Innovative Urban Mobility. |
| 2023 | Drones announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award. Drones announced the 2021 Best Paper Awards Winners Drones announced the second edition of the Best Paper Award. Drones received a new CiteScore (2022) of 6.1, ranked 28/137 (Q1) in the Category “Aerospace Engineering”, 94/379 (Q1) in the Category “Information Systems”, 199/792 (Q2) in the Category “Computer Science Applications”, 73/286 (Q2) in the Category “Control and Systems Engineering”, and 96/301 (Q2) in the Category “Artificial Intelligence”. Drones received its new Impact Factor (4.8). |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2017–Present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Diego Gonzalez-Aguilera |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2021–Present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi for the Section on "Drone Design and Development" Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yangquan Chen for the Section on "Drones in Agriculture and Forestry" Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Eben Broadbent for the Section on "Drones in Ecology" Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Vishal Sharma for the Section on "Drone Communications" |
| 2023–Present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Pablo Rodríguez-Gonzálvez for the Section on "Innovative Urban Mobility" Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Carlos Tavares Calafate for the Section on "Drone Communications" |
