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Frontiers in Remote Sensing

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland

ISSN2673-6187eISSN2673-6187

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. 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

1.192

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.444

Total Worksi

516

Total Citationsi

5,619

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Remote Sensing publishes research on all aspects of remote sensing, including its applications in environmental monitoring, resource management, and disaster response. The journal covers topics such as sensor technologies, data processing and analysis, image interpretation, and modeling.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyContinuous

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications516

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2673-6187 / 2673-6187

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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?

N/A

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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

2020

1.7k

2021

119

2.8k

2022

845

2023

691

2024

144

477

2025

103

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.

BiophysicsQ1

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Imaging Science & Photographic TechnologyRemote Sensing

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)BiophysicsPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Remote Sensing in AgricultureRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsMarine and coastal ecosystemsAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsRemote-Sensing Image ClassificationCryospheric studies and observationsMarine animal studies overview

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Remote Sensing

Is Frontiers in Remote Sensing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Remote Sensing: 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 Frontiers in Remote Sensing?

Frontiers in 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.76.

Is Frontiers in Remote Sensing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Remote Sensing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.