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Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Editor-in-Chief: Qian (Jenny) Du, of Mississippi State University, USA

The Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS) optimizes the communication of concepts, information, and progress within the remote sensing community to improve the societal benefit for monitoring and management of natural disasters, weather forecasting, agricultural and urban land-use planning, environmental quality monitoring, ecological restoration, and numerous other commercial and scientific applications. 

On the cover: The figure is from a Gold Open Access paper "Improved urban flood detection in deeper floods using synthetic aperture radar double-scattering intensity and interferometric coherence" by David C. Mason and Sarah L. Dance in Vol. 19, Issue 2.
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Special Section on Intelligent Remote Sensing for Water Resources

Special Section Editors: Hongjun Su, Qiang Dai, Lu Zhuo, and Zhaoyue Wu

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Special Section on Advanced Spectral Analysis Techniques and Remote Sensing Applications

Special Section Editors: Sicong Liu, Francesca Bovolo, Claudio Persello, Danfeng Hong, and Alim Samat

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Special Section on Multi-Source Ocean Remote Sensing Data Fusion and Applications

Guest Editors: :Feng Gao, Junyu Dong, Hua Su, Yibin Ren, and Lizhang Zhou

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Previously Published Special Sections

from the Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Multi-Source Ocean Remote Sensing Data Fusion and Applications (July-September 2025)

Guest Editors: Feng Gao, Junyu Dong, Hua Su, Yibin Ren, and Lizhang Zhou

Intelligent Remote Sensing for Water Resources: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives (April-June 2025)

Guest Editors: Hongjun Su, Qiang Dai, Lu Zhuo, Zhaoyue Wu

Advanced Spectral Analysis Techniques and Remote Sensing Applications (October-December 2024)

Guest Editors: Sicong Liu, Francesca Bovolo, Claudio Persello, Danfeng Hong, Alim Samat

50th Anniversary of Landsat: Current Achievement and Future Directions (July-September 2024)

Guest Editors: Elhadi Adam, Craig Coburn, and Anthony Campbell

Advanced Infrared Technology and Remote Sensing Applications II (April-June 2024)

Guest Editors: Marija Strojnik, Wen Chen, Sarath Gunapala, Joern Helbert, Esteban Vera, and Eric Shirley

Integrating Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Data Science for Air Quality Management (January-March 2024)

Guest Editors: Kaixu Bai, Simone Lolli, and Yuanjian Yang

Frontiers in Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing (July-September 2023)

Guest Editors: Chi Lin and Chang Wu Yu

Meeting the Challenges of Ecosystem Management using Remote Sensing (April-June 2023)

Guest Editors: Manjit Kaur, Raman Singh, and Hassène Gritli

Unmanned Systems and Satellites: A Synergy for Added-Value Possibilities (April-June 2022)

Guest Editors: Panagiotis Partsinevelos and Hongbo Su

Coastal Zone Remote Sensing for Environmental Sustainability (January-March 2022)

Guest Editors: Shuisen Chen, Chandrasekar Nainarpandian, and Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi

Journal Metrics:
ISSN: 1931-3195
CiteScoreTM 2024: 3.3 
Impact Factor*: 1

*Source: Clarivate Analytics, Journal Citation Reports (2025)

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