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).
Special issues: proposals invited
Call for guest editors. Guest editors are invited to propose special issues of ‘Remote Sensing of Land’ on a focused theme within the journal’s aim and scope — including selected papers from a conference or seminar.
How a special issue works
- Guest editors shape the theme, invite authors and work with the journal’s Editorial Board on every decision.
- Submissions: authors submit their papers on the Manuscript Portal, naming the special issue.
- Same standards: every paper has the journal’s double-blind peer review and similarity check.
- Online First: each paper is published with a Crossref DOI as soon as it is ready, and the papers are then gathered in the special issue.
What to send in your proposal
- Proposed title and theme
- Why the theme matters now, and who will read it
- Guest editors, with short CVs and affiliations
- A draft call for papers, with topics
- Expected number of papers and likely contributors
- Timeline: call, submissions, review, publication
What happens next
- You send the proposal through the proposal form or to office@gathacognition.com.
- The journal’s Editorial Board considers the theme, the guest editors and the timeline, and we write back with its decision.
- The call for papers is published on this page and announced.
- Papers are submitted on the Manuscript Portal, peer reviewed and published Online First; the special issue is then compiled.
Fees
- No fee to propose or guest-edit a special issue.
- Authors: in 2026, every article is published free of charge and Open Access.
- Sponsors can prepay Open Access for the issue’s authors: 10 articles at 20% off.