Top Peer Reviewed Journals in Remote Sensing Based on Impact Factor

The 2012 Science Edition of Thomson Reuters’ Journal Citation Report has released the top peer-reviewed journals in Remote Sensing based on the Impact Factor score. So which Remote Sensing journal has the highest Impact Factor in 2012? Which Remote Sensing journal has the most citations in 2012? Here are the top 20.

1. Full Journal Title: REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
ISO Abbrev. Title: Remote Sens. Environ.
JCR Abbrev. Title: REMOTE SENS ENVIRON
Total Citations: 24105
Impact Factor: 5.103
5-Year Impact Factor: 6.144

2. Full Journal Title: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING
ISO Abbrev. Title: IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing
JCR Abbrev. Title: IEEE T GEOSCI REMOTE
Total Citations: 19794
Impact Factor: 3.467
5-Year Impact Factor: 3.612

3. Full Journal Title: ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING
ISO Abbrev. Title: ISPRS-J. Photogramm. Remote Sens.
JCR Abbrev. Title: ISPRS J PHOTOGRAMM
Total Citations: 2496
Impact Factor: 3.313
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.026

4. Full Journal Title: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
ISO Abbrev. Title: IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Observ. Remote Sens.
JCR Abbrev. Title: IEEE J-STARS
Total Citations: 771
Impact Factor: 2.874
5-Year Impact Factor: 2.815

5. Full Journal Title: JOURNAL OF GEODESY
ISO Abbrev. Title: J. Geodesy
JCR Abbrev. Title: J GEODESY
Total Citations: 2031
Impact Factor: 2.808
5-Year Impact Factor: 2.898

6. Full Journal Title: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
ISO Abbrev. Title: Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinf.
JCR Abbrev. Title: INT J APPL EARTH OBS
Total Citations: 1292
Impact Factor: 2.176
5-Year Impact Factor: 2.557

7. Full Journal Title: Remote Sensing
ISO Abbrev. Title: Remote Sens.
JCR Abbrev. Title: REMOTE SENS-BASEL
Total Citations: 895
Impact Factor: 2.101
5-Year Impact Factor: 2.171

8. Full Journal Title: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
ISO Abbrev. Title: IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett.
JCR Abbrev. Title: IEEE GEOSCI REMOTE S
Total Citations: 2579
Impact Factor: 1.823
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.981

9. Full Journal Title: PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING AND REMOTE SENSING
ISO Abbrev. Title: Photogramm. Eng. Remote Sens.
JCR Abbrev. Title: PHOTOGRAMM ENG REM S
Total Citations: 5028
Impact Factor: 1.802
5-Year Impact Factor: 2.042

10. Full Journal Title: Remote Sensing Letters
ISO Abbrev. Title: Remote Sens. Lett.
JCR Abbrev. Title: REMOTE SENS LETT
Total Citations: 149
Impact Factor: 1.615
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.615

11. Full Journal Title: PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RECORD
ISO Abbrev. Title: Photogramm. Rec.
JCR Abbrev. Title: PHOTOGRAMM REC
Total Citations: 369
Impact Factor: 1.440
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.243

12. Full Journal Title: GIScience & Remote Sensing
ISO Abbrev. Title: GISci. Remote Sens.
JCR Abbrev. Title: GISCI REMOTE SENS
Total Citations: 254
Impact Factor: 1.433
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.405

13. Full Journal Title: GPS SOLUTIONS
ISO Abbrev. Title: GPS Solut.
JCR Abbrev. Title: GPS SOLUT
Total Citations: 522
Impact Factor: 1.429
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.960

14. Full Journal Title: MARINE GEODESY
ISO Abbrev. Title: Mar. Geod.
JCR Abbrev. Title: MAR GEOD
Total Citations: 461
Impact Factor: 1.407
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.558

15. Full Journal Title: International Journal of Digital Earth
ISO Abbrev. Title: Int. J. Digit. Earth
JCR Abbrev. Title: INT J DIGIT EARTH
Total Citations: 200
Impact Factor: 1.222
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.464

16. Full Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING
ISO Abbrev. Title: Int. J. Remote Sens.
JCR Abbrev. Title: INT J REMOTE SENS
Total Citations: 12896
Impact Factor: 1.138
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.674

17. Full Journal Title: RADIO SCIENCE
ISO Abbrev. Title: Radio Sci.
JCR Abbrev. Title: RADIO SCI
Total Citations: 3254
Impact Factor: 1.000
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.026

18. Full Journal Title: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING
ISO Abbrev. Title: Can. J. Remote Sens.
JCR Abbrev. Title: CAN J REMOTE SENS
Total Citations: 1417
Impact Factor: 0.986
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.274

19. Full Journal Title: Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
ISO Abbrev. Title: J. Appl. Remote Sens.
JCR Abbrev. Title: J APPL REMOTE SENS
Total Citations: 437
Impact Factor: 0.876
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.130

20. Full Journal Title: Photogrammetrie Fernerkundung Geoinformation
ISO Abbrev. Title: Photogramm. Fernerkund. Geoinf.
JCR Abbrev. Title: PHOTOGRAMM FERNERKUN
Total Citations: 89
Impact Factor: 0.741
5-Year Impact Factor: NONE