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. Remote Sensing was indexed in Compendex - Elsevier. |
| 2012 | Remote Sensing was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). 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 new Impact Factor (2020) of 4.848, 5-Year Impact Factor (2020) of 5.353. 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 (ISSN: 2072-4292) 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 established the following sections:
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| 2022 | Remote Sensing received its Impact Factor (2021) of 5.349, 5-Year Impact Factor (2020) of 5.786. Remote Sensing (ISSN: 2072-4292) 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 CiteScore (2021) of 7.4. Remote Sensing established the following section:
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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 |
| 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 |
| 2020–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Duccio Rocchini for the section on Ecological 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 |
| 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: Dr. Qi Wang for the section on Remote Sensing Image Processing Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alfredo Huete for the section on Biogeosciences Remote Sensing |
| 2018–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Soe Myint for the section on Urban 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. Mattia Crespi for the section on Engineering Remote Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Deepak R. Mishra for the section on Remote Sensing Communications |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jose Moreno for the section on Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stuart Phinn for the section on Ecological Remote Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Chris Roelfsema for the section on Coral Reefs 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 |
