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Drone Systems and Applications

Canadian Science Publishing · Canada · Est. 2021

ISSN2564-4939eISSN2564-4939

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.519

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.463

Total Worksi

118

Total Citationsi

657

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Remote Sensing; Aerospace Engineering; Automotive Engineering; Computer Science Applications; Control and Optimization; Control and Systems Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications118

Publisher OrgCanadian Science Publishing

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Canadian Science Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2564-4939 / 2564-4939

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2021

179

2022

222

2023

353

2024

2025

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.

Aerospace EngineeringQ2

Automotive EngineeringQ2

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

Control and OptimizationQ2

Control and Systems EngineeringQ2

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Remote Sensing

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsAutomotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringControl and OptimizationAerospace Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

UAV Applications and OptimizationAir Traffic Management and OptimizationRobotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationRobotic Path Planning Algorithms3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageDistributed Control Multi-Agent SystemsAerospace and Aviation TechnologyAvian ecology and behaviorRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsAerospace Engineering and Energy Systems

Frequently asked questions about Drone Systems and Applications

Is Drone Systems and Applications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Drone Systems and Applications: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Drone Systems and Applications?

Drone Systems and Applications 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.48.

Is Drone Systems and Applications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Drone Systems and Applications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.