IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

The IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, known as J-STARS, is a fully open access peer-reviewed journal published by the IEEE for the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, founded in 2008, addressing applications in Earth observations and remote sensing, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.3《IEEE 应用地球观测与遥感精选主题期刊》（IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing，简称 J-STARS）是 IEEE 为地球科学与遥感学会出版的全开放获取同行评审期刊，2008 年创刊，聚焦地球观测与遥感应用，2025 年影响因子为 6.3。

Scope

• The journal addresses the growing field of applications in Earth observations and remote sensing, and provides a venue for the rapidly expanding special issues sponsored by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society该刊面向不断扩展的地球观测与遥感应用领域，为 IEEE 地球科学与遥感学会主办的数量快速增长的特刊提供发表园地。
• It draws upon the experience of the highly successful IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and provides a complementary medium for the wide range of topics in applied Earth observations该刊汲取成果卓著的（IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing）之经验，为应用地球观测的广泛主题提供互补性发表渠道。
• Papers should address current issues and techniques in applied remote and in situ sensing, their integration, and applied modeling and information creation for understanding the Earth论文应探讨应用遥感与原位感知的当前问题与技术、二者的集成，以及用于认识地球的应用建模与信息生成。
• Applications are for the Earth, oceans and atmosphere, and topics can include observations, derived information such as forecast data, simulated information, data assimilation and Earth information techniques addressing issues of the Earth system应用对象涵盖地球、海洋与大气，主题可包括观测、预报数据等派生信息、仿真信息、数据同化以及应对地球系统科学工程问题的地球信息技术。
• The applications areas encompass the societal benefit areas of the Global Earth Observations System of Systems programme, among them biodiversity, health and climate, which are not traditionally addressed in the IEEE context其应用领域涵盖全球地球观测系统（GEOSS）计划的社会效益范畴，包括生物多样性、健康与气候等以往在 IEEE 语境下少有涉及的方向。
• Much of the content is organized into thematic special issues, each shaped by guest editorial teams of domain experts and often aligned with GRSS technical committees, workshops or major international conferences大量内容以主题特刊形式组织，每期由相关领域的客座编辑团队策划，常与 GRSS 技术委员会、研讨会或大型国际会议相衔接。
• The technical content of papers must be both new and significant, and authors must adhere to ORCID requirements论文的技术内容须兼具新颖性与重要性，作者须遵守 ORCID 相关要求。

History

• The journal launched in 2008, and the eight papers of the inaugural issue in March 2008 focused on Earth observations and renewable energy该刊于 2008 年创办，2008 年 3 月创刊号所刊八篇论文聚焦地球观测与可再生能源。^[1]
• Its purpose was not to compete with existing journals but to complement them by focusing on Earth observation applications and applied remote sensing research其创办宗旨不是与既有期刊竞争，而是以地球观测应用与应用遥感研究为侧重形成互补。
• The journal is sponsored by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society and is one of its four flagship journals该刊由 IEEE 地球科学与遥感学会主办，是旗下四大权威期刊之一。
• It became a fully open access journal in January 2020 and is compliant with funder mandates including Plan S该刊于 2020 年 1 月起转为完全开放获取，符合包括 Plan S 在内的资助机构开放获取要求。
• For manuscripts submitted on or after 1 January 2025 the article processing charge is a flat 1800 US dollars per paper对 2025 年 1 月 1 日及以后投稿的稿件，该刊按每篇 1800 美元收取统一文章处理费。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 3.784 in 2021, 4.715 in 2022, 5.3 in 2024 and 6.3 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 3.784、2022 年为 4.715、2024 年为 5.3、2025 年为 6.3。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Peifeng Ma of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, whose research covers SAR and InSAR remote sensing, geohazard monitoring and sustainable development现任主编 Peifeng Ma 来自中国香港的香港中文大学，研究方向涵盖 SAR 与 InSAR 遥感、地质灾害监测与可持续发展。
• He states that the goal of the journal is to publish very quickly, with a rapid peer review process targeting a publication time frame of about ten weeks for most accepted papers他表示该刊以快速发表为目标，快速同行评审流程力争使多数录用论文在约十周内出版。
• The editorial board includes volunteer experts from many fields around the world, and special issues are shaped by guest editorial teams responsible for scope setting and review guidance编委会由全球众多领域的志愿专家组成，特刊由客座编辑团队负责确定选题范围并指导评审。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the ScholarOne Manuscripts site, and the submission and review workflow is the same as that of the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing稿件通过 ScholarOne Manuscripts 系统投递，投稿与评审流程同（IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing）一致。
• Proposals for theme issues and special issues are welcome and may be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief or the Deputy Editor-in-Chief该刊欢迎专题与特刊提案，可直接联系主编或副主编。
• Its 2025 CiteScore is 8.5, with an Eigenfactor score of 0.04507 and an article influence score of 1.364该刊 2025 年 CiteScore 为 8.5，Eigenfactor 得分为 0.04507，论文影响力分数为 1.364。