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
Citation ratio = citations ÷ all articles published since the first issue.
Call for papers
Call for papers. ‘Remote Sensing of Land’ invites Original Research Papers, Technical Papers, Review Articles and Book Reviews for publication in its upcoming issues.
Remote sensing is a key science and technology for information and knowledge about the land. Remotely sensed data offer a synoptic view, many sensors with different spatial, temporal and radiometric resolutions, and a digital format, so their use keeps growing — in agriculture, mining, urban planning, water resources, forestry and many other fields.
‘Remote Sensing of Land’ collects high-quality papers on applications and on new algorithms, techniques and methods for the remote sensing and analysis of land.
Topics
The journal covers these topics, but is not limited to them:
- Remote sensing sensors, including Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), optical, thermal and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
- Remote sensing in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Innovative methods and techniques for data analysis, interpretation, mapping and classification
- Multi-sensor and multi-temporal data analysis
- Applied methods in earth sciences and land applications
- Machine learning in remote sensing
- Ground-based and airborne sensors in land applications
Subjects and readers
Subjects covered: Space technology, remote sensing, GIS, cartography, earth sciences, geology, geography, environmental sciences, soil science, agriculture, forestry.
Readers: Scientists, engineers, managers, academicians and students interested in geospatial analysis, mapping and monitoring of the earth’s surface.
Article types
How to submit
- Prepare your manuscript as the Author Guide describes.
- Submit it on the Manuscript Portal — register as an author, or sign in, and choose ‘Remote Sensing of Land’.
- Your manuscript gets double-blind peer review, and once accepted it is published Online First with a Crossref DOI.
Fees
- No fee to submit or be reviewed, and no page or colour charges.
- In 2026, every article is published free of charge and Open Access.