Journal profile · Multiple
Satellite Navigation
ISSN 2662-9291 · eISSN 2662-1363 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Satellite Navigation: CAS Zone 1 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 12.4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 165 days to acceptance (66 articles, last 24 months); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Satellite Navigation is published by SpringerOpen and is in Zone 1 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are GNSS positioning and interference, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, together about 57.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Aerospace Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Satellite Navigation aims to report innovative ideas, new results or progress on the theoretical techniques and applications of satellite navigation. The journal welcomes original articles, reviews and commentaries. The topics include but are not limited to: Navigation System and Signals Satellite navigation constellation Autonomous satellite navigation theory and system Precise orbit determination and time synchronization Signal processing Receiver and signal processing Anti-jamming and anti-spoofing Integrated PNT Multi-sensor integrated navigation GNSS Augmentation technology Micro PNT technology Resilient PNT theory Time and Coordinate Reference System Establishment and maintenance of time-space reference system Time synchronization methods High precision clock technology Industrial and Scientific Applications Intelligent applications Geodesy applications Geoscience applications Articles on advances of other related areas, such as various augmentations, intelligent vehicle systems, indoor positioning, sensor networks and location services are welcome as well.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Yuanxi YangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 23 in mainland China (about 53%); most named Mainland China 23, Germany 3, Italy 2, Netherlands 2, Finland 2 (43 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- GNSS positioning and interferenceEngineering28.7%
- Geophysics and Gravity MeasurementsEarth and Planetary Sciences14.4%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsPhysics and Astronomy14.1%
- Advanced Frequency and Time StandardsPhysics and Astronomy7%
- Indoor and Outdoor Localization TechnologiesEngineering6.5%
- Inertial Sensor and NavigationEngineering5.8%
- Soil Moisture and Remote SensingEnvironmental Science3.5%
- Robotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationEngineering2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Aerospace | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Remote Sensing | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Aerospace | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Remote Sensing | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Engineering, Aerospace | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Remote Sensing | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Telecommunications | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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 (publisher) 2025
- 12.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 12.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 19.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 12.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 4.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 150OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 12.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 375,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 216 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 18 |
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | 383 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 774 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 1,137 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 1,445 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 1,720 |
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
165 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 116 days – 202 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 36 days (66 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 207 days
- Sample
- 66 articles with submission and acceptance dates (66 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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
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, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,670 / EUR 1,390 / GBP 1,140 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- LaTeX
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted3
- communicationsFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original article Review CommunicationsLength not stated
- original articleFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original article Review CommunicationsLength not stated
- reviewFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original article Review CommunicationsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Manuscripts must be submitted by an author, not a third party. Model summary
Please note that a manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence for open access articles. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Satellite Navigation articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution No…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Suggesting peer reviewers allowed. Model summary
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2662-9291
- Electronic ISSN
- 2662-1363
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Satellite Navigation
What CAS zone is Satellite Navigation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Satellite Navigation is in Zone 1 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Engineering, Aerospace / Remote Sensing / Telecommunications; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Satellite Navigation?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 12.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 19.9, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at Satellite Navigation?
Based on the dates recorded on 66 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 165 days (interquartile range 116–202 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Satellite Navigation?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Templates: LaTeX; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Satellite Navigation based?
Of the 43 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 23 (about 53%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (23), Germany (3) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Satellite Navigation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Satellite Navigation is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Satellite Navigation open access, and what is the APC?
Satellite Navigation 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .