International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

The International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation is a peer-reviewed journal that has appeared under its present title since 1999 and has been published by Elsevier since 2002, covering the application of earth observation data to the inventory and management of natural resources and the environment, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.2 and first quartile ranks in physical geography and remote sensing《国际应用地球观测与地理信息学报》（International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation）是 1999 年起启用现刊名、2002 年起由（Elsevier）出版的同行评审期刊，刊载将地球观测数据用于自然资源与环境清查及管理的研究，2025 年影响因子为 8.2，在自然地理与遥感两类均居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes original papers that apply earth observation data to the inventory and management of natural resources and the environment该刊刊载将地球观测数据应用于自然资源与环境清查及管理的原创论文。
• Earth observation data are normally those acquired from remote sensing platforms such as satellites and aircraft, complemented and supplemented by surface and subsurface measurements and mapping其地球观测数据通常来自卫星、航空器等遥感平台，并以地表与地下测量及制图加以补充。
• Natural resources include forests, agricultural land, soils, water resources, mineral deposits and land itself as a foundation for infrastructure and housing自然资源涵盖森林、农地、土壤、水资源、矿床，以及作为基础设施与住房基础的土地区域。
• Environmental issues include biodiversity, land degradation, industrial pollution and natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods and landslides环境议题包括生物多样性、土地退化、工业污染，以及地震、洪水、滑坡等自然灾害。
• The focus may be conceptual or data driven and includes capturing, databasing, visualisation and interpretation of geospatial data as well as questions of data quality and spatial uncertainty研究取向可为概念性或数据驱动，涵盖地理空间数据的采集、建库、可视化与解读，以及数据质量与空间不确定性问题。
• The journal welcomes contributions that expand existing methodology in image and point cloud processing, geospatial mapping and big spatiotemporal data analytics using GeoAI该刊欢迎在影像与点云处理、地理空间制图以及基于地理空间人工智能的大时空数据分析方面拓展既有方法的稿件。
• It encourages Discussion articles that stimulate dialogue between earth observation studies and managers, Review articles that survey a scientific domain, and Letter articles that provide rapid communication of state-of-the-art methods and novel applications该刊鼓励三类文章：促进地球观测研究与管理者对话的「讨论」类文章、综述某一科学领域的「评论」类文章，以及快速报道最新方法与新型应用的「快报」类文章。

History

• The journal traces its origin to the ITC Journal, first published in 1973 in Enschede, and it still carries that earlier lineage in how its archives are referenced该刊的源头可追溯至 1973 年在（Enschede）创刊的（ITC Journal），其过刊的著录方式仍沿用这一历史渊源。
• In 1999 the journal appeared under its present title with volume numbering beginning again from volume one1999 年，该刊以现刊名出版，卷号从第 1 卷重新起算。
• Elsevier took over the journal in 2002, and coverage in the citation indexes was granted in 2008, taking publications from 2007 onwards as the reference point（Elsevier）于 2002 年接手该刊；引文索引收录于 2008 年获得，以 2007 年及其后的出版物作为回溯基准。
• The journal now publishes ten issues a year, and its digital object identifier prefix is 10.1016, shared with other Elsevier titles该刊现每年出版 10 期，其数字对象标识符前缀为（10.1016），与其他（Elsevier）期刊一致。
• Impact factors rose from 5.933 in 2021 and 7.672 in 2022 to 8.6 in 2024 and 8.2 in 2025, when the journal ranked fourth of 71 titles in physical geography and seventh of 66 in remote sensing影响因子由 2021 年的 5.933、2022 年的 7.672 升至 2024 年的 8.6 与 2025 年的 8.2，当年在自然地理类 71 种期刊中列第 4 位、在遥感类 66 种期刊中列第 7 位。
• Geomatica, the open access journal affiliated with the Canadian Institute of Geomatics, is listed by the publisher as a partner journal of the title（Geomatica）是与（Canadian Institute of Geomatics）关联的开放获取期刊，出版方将其列为本刊的伙伴期刊。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Jonathan Li of the University of Waterloo, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, whose field is geospatial information and remote sensing主编为 Jonathan Li（University of Waterloo 地理与环境管理系），其研究领域为地理空间信息与遥感。
• The journal has 42 editors and editorial board members drawn from 15 countries and regions, with the largest groups from China, the Netherlands, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States该刊编委与编委会共 42 人，来自 15 个国家和地区，其中人数最多的分别来自中国、荷兰、加拿大、英国与美国。
• The associate editors are M. A. Cho of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria, F. Cigna of the National Research Council in Rome, V. Liesenberg of the University of Santa Catarina State, A. Ramoelo of the University of Pretoria, X. Zhang of Peking University and S. Zlatanova of the University of New South Wales副编辑包括（Pretoria）科学与工业研究理事会的 M. A. Cho、（Roma）国家研究理事会的 F. Cigna、（University of Santa Catarina State）的 V. Liesenberg、（University of Pretoria）的 A. Ramoelo、（Peking University）的 X. Zhang 以及（University of New South Wales）的 S. Zlatanova。
• Board members come from institutions such as the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lancaster University, the University of Nottingham, the University of Southampton, Utrecht University, Heidelberg University, Wageningen University and Research and the University of Toronto编委来自（NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory）、（Lancaster University）、（University of Nottingham）、（University of Southampton）、（Utrecht University）、（Heidelberg University）、（Wageningen University and Research）与（University of Toronto）等机构。
• Editorial handling is quick, with an average of five days to a first decision, 55 days to a decision after review, 143 days to acceptance and eight days from acceptance to online publication编辑处理速度较快：平均 5 天给出首次决定、55 天完成评审后决定、143 天录用，自录用到上线为 8 天。
• The journal regularly publishes special issues and calls for papers organised by guest editors, including recent collections on multi-modal foundation models for earth observation该刊定期发布由客座编辑组织的专刊与专题征稿，近期专题包括面向地球观测的多模态基础模型。