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IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 1976

ISSN1558-0644

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 16.7. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

2.649

H-Indexi

378

CiteScorei

16.7

SNIPi

2.369

Total Worksi

26,249

Total Citationsi

1,167,737

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS) focuses on the theory, concepts, and techniques of science and engineering as applied to sensing the land, oceans, atmosphere, and space and the processing, interpretation, and dissemination of this information. This journal publishes technical papers disclosing novel methodological advancement and significant research. Experimental data must be complete and clearly describe experimental apparatus, methods, and relevant experimental conditions.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyMonthly, 2001-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications26,249

Publisher OrgInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle and/or double anonymous

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1558-0644

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single and/or double anonymous

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

871

47k

2019

1.2k

58k

2020

1.5k

55k

2021

1.6k

52k

2022

2.2k

55k

2023

2.9k

42k

2024

2.7k

12k

2025

1.9k

873

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Electrical & ElectronicGeochemistry & GeophysicsImaging Science & Photographic TechnologyRemote Sensing

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Remote-Sensing Image ClassificationSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and TechniquesSoil Moisture and Remote SensingAdvanced SAR Imaging TechniquesRemote Sensing and Land UseAdvanced Image Fusion TechniquesRemote Sensing in AgricultureGeophysical Methods and ApplicationsPrecipitation Measurement and AnalysisSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Is IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing?

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 16.7.

Is IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.