Journal profile · Remote Sensing
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
ISSN 1712-7971 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · CANADA · Bimonthly
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.11; fully open access; APC about USD 2,195; median 173 days to acceptance (68 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Environmental Engineering and Atmospheric Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
*Please note that Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 49 (2023). Previous volumes will continue to provide access through a Pay to Read model. Members of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) and the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS-SCT) are eligible for a 30% reduction in the Article Processing Charge (APC). Please provide your member discount code for CJRS-JCT when submitting your manuscript and generating your quote through the T&F submission portal. Please ensure the discount has been applied before agreeing to the APC and submitting your paper. Discounts must be entered at the quotation stage of the submission process and cannot be applied retrospectively. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing / Journal canadien de télédétection is a publication of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) and the official journal of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS-SCT). Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing is a fully open access journal providing a forum for the publication of scientific research and review articles. The journal publishes topics including sensor and algorithm development, image processing techniques and advances focused on a wide range of remote sensing for Earth observation applications including, but not restricted to; forestry and agriculture, ecology, hydrology and water resources, oceans and ice, geology, urban, atmosphere, and environmental science. Articles can cover local to global scales and can be directly relevant to the Canadian, or equally important, the international community. The international editorial board provides expertise in a wide range of remote sensing theory and applications. Articles can be published in English or French. All papers are published with an abstract in both languages. Peer Review Statement Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing is an international, ranked, peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge. It accepts the following types of article: research, review, technical note and data note. All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via Submission Portal. All accepted articles will be made freely and permanently available through gold open access publication. Please note, from 2023 th
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Remote Sensing
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Canada 12, Mainland China 1, Taiwan, China 1, United States 1, Spain 1 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Remote Sensing in AgricultureEnvironmental Science15.1%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Science13.6%
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and TechniquesEngineering7.4%
- Remote-Sensing Image ClassificationEngineering6.9%
- Soil Moisture and Remote SensingEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Cryospheric studies and observationsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.5%
- Geochemistry and Geologic MappingComputer Science4.2%
- Climate change and permafrostEarth and Planetary Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Remote Sensing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Remote Sensing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Remote Sensing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.11LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.56Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 100OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,104OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.56OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 105,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,239 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 6 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 61 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 192 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 201 |
| 2022 | 44 | 9 | 359 |
| 2021 | 62 | 14 | 761 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
173 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 128 days – 213 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 31 days (69 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 196 days
- Sample
- 68 articles with submission and acceptance dates (73 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 55 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 69 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | AUD 3,060 / EUR 2,110 / GBP 1,756 / USD 2,195 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- CANADA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1712-7971
- Society / sponsor
- CASI and CRSS-SCT
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 52, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
What CAS zone is Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Remote Sensing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.11; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 100.
How long does peer review take at Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing?
Based on the dates recorded on 68 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 173 days (interquartile range 128–213 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (12), Mainland China (1) and Taiwan, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing open access, and what is the APC?
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,195.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, DOAJ, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .