Journal profile · Environmental Science-Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
ISSN 2194-9042 · eISSN 2194-9050 · Copernicus Publications · Germany
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 393 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences is published by Copernicus Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage, Remote-Sensing Image Classification and 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications, together about 37.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS Annals) contain selected full paper double-blind peer-reviewed scientific contributions of ISPRS Congresses, Symposia and a number of Conferences and Workshops.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- 3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageEarth and Planetary Sciences19.3%
- Remote-Sensing Image ClassificationEngineering9.3%
- 3D Modeling in Geospatial ApplicationsEngineering9.2%
- Satellite Image Processing and PhotogrammetryEngineering6.7%
- Geographic Information Systems StudiesSocial Sciences5.3%
- Automated Road and Building ExtractionEngineering4.8%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsEnvironmental Science4.7%
- Remote Sensing and Land UseEarth and Planetary Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 44/104 | 58th |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 59/106 | 44th |
| Instrumentation | Q3 | 75/128 | 41st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceScopusPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 973OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.75OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,599 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 679 | 679 | 2,494 |
| 2025 | 393 | 393 | 3,733 |
| 2024 | 318 | 318 | 4,348 |
| 2023 | 317 | 317 | 4,136 |
| 2022 | 352 | 352 | 4,206 |
| 2021 | 193 | 193 | 4,173 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- conference papercontain selected full paper double-blind peer-reviewed scientific contributions of ISPRS Congresses, Symposia and a number of Conferences and WorkshopsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open access under CC BY 3.0 (4.0 since June 2017) license. Model summary
The Annals are open access publications, they are published under the Creative Common Attribution 3.0 (4.0 since June 2017) License
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
ISPRS has two proceedings series: Annals (double-blind peer-reviewed full papers) and Archives (accepted on the basis of submitted abstracts, which are not published). Model summary
The Annals contain manuscripts accepted after a double-blind peer-review of a full paper (approx. 6-8 pages), while the Archives contain manuscripts accepted on the basis of submitted abstracts.
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
- Copernicus Publications
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2194-9042
- Electronic ISSN
- 2194-9050
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
How long does peer review take at ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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.
Which databases index ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science and Scopus; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .