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IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. · United States · Est. 2013

ISSN2473-2397eISSN2168-6831

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 27. 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

4.065

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

SNIPi

5.159

Total Worksi

1,268

Total Citationsi

35,611

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine informs readers of activities in the IEEE GRS Society, its technical committees and chapters. GRSM also informs and educates readers via technical papers, provides information on international remote sensing activities and new satellite missions, publishes contributions on education activities, industrial and university profiles, conference news, book reviews, and a calendar of important events.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Frequency4

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,268

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?

2473-2397 / 2168-6831

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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

✅

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

4.3k

2019

3.8k

2020

4.1k

2021

3.1k

2022

1.2k

2023

112

1.6k

2024

130

831

2025

137

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.

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

InstrumentationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geochemistry & GeophysicsImaging Science & Photographic TechnologyRemote Sensing

Scopus Categories

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Electrical and Electronic EngineeringInstrumentation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesRemote-Sensing Image ClassificationHuman auditory perception and evaluationSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and TechniquesEducational Robotics and EngineeringGeochemistry and Geologic MappingRemote Sensing and Land UseAcademic Publishing and Open AccessRemote Sensing in AgricultureBig Data and Digital Economy

Frequently asked questions about IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

Is IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine: 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 Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine?

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine 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 27.

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

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