Journal Open access Double-blind peer review
'Remote Sensing of Land' (RSL) publishes double-blind peer-reviewed articles within all fields of remote sensing of the land.
Editor-in-Chief Dr. Suresh Kumar (Agriculture, Forestry & Ecology Group, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehra Dun -248001, Uttarakhand, India.)
Managing Editor Dr. Kalpana Bhagat 
(Gatha Cognition.)
- Articles published
- 38
- Crossref citations
- 292
- Citation ratio · Crossref
- 7.68
- Citation ratio · OpenAlex
- 9.55
- Days to first decision
- 50
Citation ratio = citations ÷ all articles published since the first issue. Days to first decision = median days from submission to the editor’s first decision, for the last 20 manuscripts (submitted since May 2021).
About the journal
‘Remote Sensing of Land’ (RSL) publishes double-blind peer-reviewed articles in all fields of remote sensing of land.
Land is a wider concept than soil or terrain. It is a reasonably stable, or predictably cyclic, bio-physical unit of the earth’s surface: relief, soils, surface hydrology (shallow lakes, rivers, marshes and swamps), near-surface geology (sedimentary layers and groundwater), the near-surface atmosphere and vegetation, which together shape the potential for land use — and the results of past and present human activity, such as land reclaimed from the sea, vegetation clearance, soil salinisation and waterlogging, drainage structures, and infrastructure such as roads and buildings.
Land provides environmental services, including biodiversity protection, carbon control, nutrient cycles, water and groundwater conservation, forestry and scenic beauty. Millions of people have been directly affected by land degradation in recent decades, and billions are at risk. Effective monitoring and assessment of sustainable land management (SLM) needs advanced tools and methods, and remote sensing is an efficient way to build the scientific base that SLM requires. RSL therefore publishes innovative methods and techniques for the remote sensing and analysis of land.
At a glance
What we publish
How we publish
- Online journal: articles are published Online First as soon as they are accepted and the proofs approved, then placed in an issue.
- Every article gets a Crossref DOI, and CrossMark on its web page and PDF shows readers any later update.
- Every article is preserved long-term in the Internet Archive (archive.org), with its PDF, DOI and licence.
- No fee to submit or be reviewed, and no page or colour charges.
- Authors choose Standard publication at no cost, or Open Access Plus (free for everyone to read, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) after acceptance.
- In 2026, every article submitted is published free of charge and Open Access.
- We follow the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and every manuscript is checked for similarity.
Fees and waivers
There is no submission fee, no review fee, no page or colour charge and no withdrawal fee. Standard publication costs the author nothing. The only charge is the Article Publishing Charge (APC) for Open Access Plus, which the author chooses only after acceptance. All prices are all-inclusive.
Open Access free of charge in 2026: All articles submitted to our journals in 2026 are published free of charge and are freely accessible to readers — no APC. From 2027, the choice between Standard publication and Open Access Plus described here applies again.
- The country tier follows the corresponding author’s institution, using the current World Bank income list.
- Students (as corresponding author, with proof of enrolment) get 50% off any price above.
- Ask for a discount or waiver when you submit. Fees and waivers are handled by our office and never affect the editorial decision — editors and reviewers do not see them.
- Some journals hosted for institutions or societies are free for authors because the host covers the cost; this is shown on the journal’s home page.
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