Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation is a fully open-access journal of the Zoological Society of London published by Wiley since 2015, devoted to research at the interface of remote sensing science, ecology and conservation, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2.《生态学与保护遥感》是伦敦动物学会（Zoological Society of London）旗下、由（Wiley）自 2015 年起出版的全开放获取期刊，聚焦遥感科学与生态学、保护生物学的交叉研究，2025 年影响因子为 5.2。

Scope

• It provides a forum for rapid, peer-reviewed publication of novel, multidisciplinary research at the interface between remote sensing science and ecology and conservation.该刊为遥感科学与生态学、保护生物学交叉领域的新颖跨学科研究提供快速同行评审发表平台。
• Remote sensing is defined in its broadest sense, covering hand-held and fixed ground-based sensors such as camera traps and acoustic recorders as well as instruments on aircraft and satellites.该刊对遥感取最广义定义，既包括相机陷阱、声学记录仪等手持或固定式地面传感器，也包括航空与卫星平台上的仪器。
• It prioritises findings that advance the scientific basis of ecology and conservation and promotes remote-sensing methods relevant to managing land use and biological systems, from populations and species to ecosystems and biomes.该刊优先发表能够夯实生态学与保护科学基础的研究，并推动服务于土地利用与生物系统管理的遥感方法，覆盖从种群、物种到生态系统与生物群系各层次。
• Its intended readership includes ecologists, conservation scientists, policy makers, managers of terrestrial and aquatic systems, remote sensing scientists and students.目标读者包括生态学家、保护科学家、政策制定者、陆地与水域系统管理者、遥感科学家及学生。
• Recurring subjects include biodiversity and ecosystem services, protected areas, non-invasive monitoring, Landsat and hyperspectral imagery, LiDAR, radar and NDVI.常见主题包括生物多样性与生态系统服务、保护地、非侵入式监测、Landsat 与高光谱影像、LiDAR、雷达以及 NDVI。
• Applications span terrestrial, freshwater and marine systems and multiple spatial and temporal scales.应用涵盖陆地、淡水与海洋系统，并跨越多种空间与时间尺度。
• All content is published open access immediately, and the journal charges no submission or page fees.全部内容即时以开放获取方式发表，期刊不收取投稿费或版面费。

History

• The journal was launched in 2015 by the Zoological Society of London and Wiley, and its first issue opened with an editorial by Nathalie Pettorelli and co-authors.该刊由伦敦动物学会与（Wiley）于 2015 年共同创办，首期以 Nathalie Pettorelli 等人的社论开篇。^[1]
• It is one of four journals published by the society, alongside Journal of Zoology, Animal Conservation and International Zoo Yearbook.它是该学会出版的四本期刊之一，另外三本为（Journal of Zoology）（Animal Conservation）与（International Zoo Yearbook）。
• Open access was the model from the outset, with an article publication charge of 3,260 US dollars and a choice of Creative Commons licences.该刊自创刊起即采用开放获取模式，文章处理费为 3260 美元，作者可在多种知识共享许可协议中选择。
• Six issues appear each year, and volume 11 was completed in 2025.期刊每年出版 6 期，第 11 卷于 2025 年出齐。
• It is indexed in SCIE, Scopus, BIOSIS Previews and Biological Abstracts, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2 places it in Q1 of Ecology at rank 30 of 205.该刊被 SCIE、Scopus、BIOSIS Previews 与 Biological Abstracts 收录，2025 年影响因子 5.2，在生态学学科位列 Q1，排名 30/205。
• Earlier impact factors were 4.3 in 2024, 5.787 in 2022 and 5.481 in 2021.此前的影响因子为 2024 年 4.3、2022 年 5.787、2021 年 5.481。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Nathalie Pettorelli of the Zoological Society of London, who works on conservation science and the application of remote sensing to biodiversity monitoring.现任主编为伦敦动物学会的 Nathalie Pettorelli，研究方向为保护科学以及遥感在生物多样性监测中的应用。
• Six honorary editors advise the journal, among them Gregory Asner of Stanford University, Zoe Davies of the University of Kent and Claudia Kuenzer of the German Aerospace Center.期刊设 6 位名誉编辑，包括（Stanford University）的 Gregory Asner、（University of Kent）的 Zoe Davies 与（German Aerospace Center）的 Claudia Kuenzer。
• A team of senior editors handles manuscripts, including Mat Disney of University College London, Marcus Rowcliffe of the Zoological Society of London and Kylie Scales of the University of the Sunshine Coast.稿件由资深编辑团队处理，成员包括（University College London）的 Mat Disney、伦敦动物学会的 Marcus Rowcliffe 以及（University of the Sunshine Coast）的 Kylie Scales。
• Roughly fifty associate editors cover the journal's subject range and are based in Britain, the United States, Germany, China, Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Greece, Mexico, Hong Kong and Singapore.约 50 位副编辑覆盖期刊各报道方向，分布于英国、美国、德国、中国、澳大利亚、加拿大、法国、意大利、西班牙、瑞典、希腊、墨西哥、香港与新加坡。
• Chinese institutions represented on the board include the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, Capital Normal University, East China Normal University and the University of Hong Kong.编委所属的中国机构包括中国科学院、清华大学、首都师范大学、华东师范大学与香港大学。
• Manuscripts are submitted through Wiley's online system and all research articles are peer reviewed, with rapid turnaround an explicit aim and fee waivers available to authors in eligible countries.稿件经（Wiley）在线系统投稿，所有研究论文均经同行评审，快速出版是明确目标，符合条件的国家作者可申请费用减免。